There are 3 messages totalling 144 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Returns Critical NASA Science from Space Station 2. NASA Announces Space Station Research and Development Conference 3. NASA Awards Safety and Fire Operations Contract ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 08:48:54 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Returns Critical NASA Science from Space Station May 18, 2014 Dan Huot ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 May 20 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 140 Issued at 0030Z on 20 May 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2060 S13W74 229 0080 Hax 03 02 Alpha 2061 S25W36 191 0090 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 2063 N12W24 ...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 May 19, 2014 * Construction to Begin on NASA Mars Lander Scheduled to Launch in 2016 *  NASA’s Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission will pierce beneath the Martian surface to study its interior. Launch is scheduled for March 2016. Image Credit: NASA  NASA an ...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 May 19, 2014 * NASA Awards Safety and Fire Operations Contract * NASA has selected NLT Management Services LLC of Ewing, New Jersey, to provide institutional safety and fire protection services to support the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston and White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The five-year CSFO contract begins July 1 ...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 May 19, 2014 * From Wind Tunnel Tests to Software Reviews, NASA's Commercial Crew Partners Continue to Advance * Progress Being Made to Return Space Launches to U.S. Soil Working in wind tunnels, software laboratories and work stations across America, NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partners continue to make strides in advancing ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 4 new images) -- FIRES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND NORTHERN MEXICO The 2014 fire season in the southwestern United States. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83681&src=nha *** Image from May 15, 2014 (Posted on May 16, 2014 11:58 AM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83675&src=nha *** Imag ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FRESH LAVA ARRIVES AT UBINAS VOLCANO Located in the Peruvian Andes, Ubinas has shown signs of an impending eruption since mid 2013, with the appearance of a fresh lava dome in March 2014. Frequent ash plumes rose above the volcano in May. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83688&src=nha *** Im ...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 May 19, 2014 * Hidden Greenland Canyons Mean More Sea Level Rise *  Click this link or the image above to view the videoNew maps of the bedrock beneath Greenland’s ice sheet (right) have found long, deep canyons that are likely to cause ocean-feeding glaciers (left) to retreat faster and farther inland than previously thought.Image Credi ...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 May 19, 2014 * NASA Announces Space Station Research and Development Conference * The American Astronautical Society, in cooperation with NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), will host the third annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference June 17 - 19 in Chicago. The theme of ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-20 2014 May 18 at 7:26 p.m. MDT (2014 May 19 0126 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 12-18 No space weather storms were observed during the week. Outlook For May 19-25 There is a chance for R1 (minor) or greater radio blackouts during the forecast period. S1 (minor) or greater solar radiation storms are not expected. G1 (minor) or greater geomagn ...Continue Reading