var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option July 24, 2014 * NASA Selects Contract for Mission Support Services at Ames * NASA has selected Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Houston, to support NASA's flight programs and mission projects, providing support for multiple sustained project management, research and technology development capabilities that encompass all phases of mission and p ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES A serious drought settled over California in early 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84065&src=nha *** Image from Jul 07, 2014 (Posted on Jul 23, 2014 4:32 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a servic ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option July 24, 2014 * Satellite Study Reveals Parched U.S. West Using Up Underground Water *  The Colorado River Basin lost nearly 53 million acre feet of freshwater over the past nine years, according to a new study based on data from NASA’s GRACE mission. This is almost double the volume of the nation's largest reservoir, Nevada's Lake Mead ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option July 24, 2014 * Hubble Finds Three Surprisingly Dry Exoplanets *  This is an artistic illustration of the gas giant planet HD 209458b in the constellation Pegasus. To the surprise of astronomers, they have found much less water vapor in the hot world’s atmosphere than standard planet-formation models predict.Image Credit: ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 47 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV Coverage Set For European Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:07:19 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV Coverage Set For European Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station July 23, 2014 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #MEDIA ADVISORY M14-116 N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 24 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 205 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2119 S20W53 069 0020 Cso 03 03 Beta 2121 N06E57 319 0120 Dai 09 05 Beta 2122 S15E34 ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option July 23, 2014 * NASA Seeks Proposals for Commercial Mars Data Relay Satellites *  Artist rendering of commercial Mars satellites providing communications back to Earth.Image Credit: NASA/JPL  NASA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to investigate the possibility of using commercial Mars-orbiting satellites to provide ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option July 23, 2014 * NASA TV Coverage Set For European Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station * NASA Television will broadcast live the launch and docking of the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5) cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. Loaded with more than seven ton ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 23 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 204 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2119 S21W37 066 0060 Dso 06 05 Beta 2121 N07E66 322 0090 Dsi 04 02 Beta 2122 S12E49 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (22 July 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Forging Sulaiman Range http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84060&src=eoa-iotd * Coastlines of the Southern Baltic Sea http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84047&src=eoa-iotd * Looking Back from Apollo 11 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84038&src=eoa-iotd * A Rash of Fire in Canada an ...Continue Reading