:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 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 114 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2035 S13W85 224 0390 Ekc 14 09 Beta-Gamma 2038 S11W47 186 0110 Dai 07 15 Beta-Gamma 20 ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv readers, Here's a rare opportunity – Goddard Space Flight Center is advertising for a historian to set up an archive, write a book, and other things for three years. You can find the Request for Proposals in the Federal Business Register under solicitation number NNG14500087Q – or just click on this link: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8ce0f9e50272cc8b24f43eed8428555c&tab=core&_cview=0 Although there are a number of references to the NASA History Program (notably our style g ...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 April 23, 2014 * NASA Astronauts to Call Colorado Students from Space * Cadets and students from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy Magnet School in Colorado will gather at 11:50 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 24, to speak live with astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station. The event, featur ...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 April 23, 2014 * NASA Exploration Forum to Showcase Human Path to Mars * NASA is developing the capabilities needed to send astronauts to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other agency leadership will showcase NASA’s human exploration path to Mars at an Exploration Forum from 12:30 ...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 April 23, 2014 * NASA Satellites Show Drought May Take Toll on Congo Rainforest *  Click this link or the image above to view the videoA view of the entire African rainforest area (green) transitions into a view of the Congo region (mostly brown) that is the subject of new research published in Nature. The study area represents intact a ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers, Warning: a few items we want to share with you have piled up – so, we may wear out our welcome in your inbox today.  My apologies in advance.   The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) History Technical Committee has a call for papers out for next January's SciTech 2015 meeting.  SciTech 2015 will take place January 5-9, 2015, at the Gaylord Palms and Convention Center, Kissimmee, FL.   The deadline for submitting abstracts is June 2 (at 8 pm Eas ...Continue Reading

Folks:             Some readers of this listserv may be interested in the upcoming event described below and in the attached flyer.  FYI,              Steve Garber The Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, invites you to a panel discussion on 30 April 2014 at the National Defense University to mark the publication of "Adapting to Flexible Response, 1960-1968," Volume II in ...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 April 23, 2014 * NASA Hubble Instruments Highlight New National Air and Space Museum Exhibit * Two instruments that played critical roles in discoveries made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope now are on display in an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. "Repairing Hubble" recognizes the 24th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 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 113 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2034 N06W92 244 0080 Eso 11 01 Beta 2035 S13W71 223 0240 Eac 13 18 Beta 2036 S17W92 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (22 April 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Hot Springs National Park http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83545&src=eoa-iotd * Thwaites Glacier from Sentinel-1A http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83538&src=eoa-iotd * Arkansas River Meanders http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83531&src=eoa-iotd * Ship Wave Clouds Behind the Cro ...Continue Reading