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 15, 2014 * NASA's Newest Wind Watcher Arrives at Launch Site *  Components of NASA's International Space Station-RapidScat instrument rest side by side in Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility after arrival. ISS-RapidScat will measure Earth's ocean surface wind speed and direction from the station, data that ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES The 2014 fire season in the southwestern United States. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83675&src=nha *** Image from May 14, 2014 (Posted on May 15, 2014 12:32 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA ...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 15, 2014 * NASA's Hubble Shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot is Smaller than Ever Measured *  Images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope over a span of 20 years, shows how the planet's trademark spot has decreased in size over the yearsImage Credit: NASA/ESA  Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot -- ...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 15, 2014 * NASA June 2 Kauai Media Day for First Supersonic Saucer-Shaped Vehicle Test * Reporters are invited to a media day Monday, June 2 at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, Hawaii, to learn about NASA's upcoming flight test of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) experiment. NASA's LDSD ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 179 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan 2. NASA Astronaut Rick Mastracchio Available for Interviews after Space Station Mission 3. SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft with NASA Cargo Set for Return to Earth ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 08:07:09 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan May ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 May 15 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 135 Issued at 0030Z on 15 May 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2055 N12W50 271 0250 Eho 12 09 Beta 2056 N05W37 258 0210 Eai 13 13 Beta-Gamma 2057 N15 ...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 14, 2014 * International Space Station Science, New Crew Mission highlighted in Back-to-Back NASA TV Programs * Scientific research to prepare astronauts to venture farther into the solar system than ever before and provide real benefits to life on Earth happens every day aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Starting at 3: ...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 14, 2014 * NASA Astronaut Rick Mastracchio Available for Interviews after Space Station Mission * NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio of Waterbury, Connecticut, who returned from the International Space Station Tuesday (May 13 U.S. time), will be available for live satellite interviews from 7 to 8 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 20. Mastracchio ...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 14, 2014 * SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft with NASA Cargo Set for Return to Earth * NASA Television will provide live coverage of the departure of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from the International Space Station beginning at 9 a.m. EDT on Sunday, May 18. After leaving the space station, the capsule will splashdown in the Pacific Ocean c ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN NAMIBIA Seasonal rain has sent the Zambezi spilling into its floodplain. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83667&src=nha *** Image from May 13, 2014 (Posted on May 13, 2014 4:01 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth O ...Continue Reading