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 17, 2014 * NASA's Kepler Telescope Discovers First Earth-Size Planet in 'Habitable Zone' *  Kepler-186f resides in the Kepler-186 system about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The system is also home to four inner planets, seen lined up in orbit around a host star that is half the size and mass of the ...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 17, 2014 * NASA Sets Preview Briefing, TV Schedule for Space Station Spacewalk * Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk in the coming week to replace a failed backup computer relay system on the space station's truss. The activity, designated U.S. EVA 26, will be broadcast live on NAS ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SpaceX Launch of NASA Cargo to Space Station Set for Friday, Spacewalk Wednesday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:07:21 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SpaceX Launch of NASA Cargo to Space Station Set for Friday, Spacewalk Wednesday April 16, 2014 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Michael Curie ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 17 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 107 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2032 N11W41 273 0110 Hax 03 01 Alpha 2033 N12W31 263 0080 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 2034 N04W10 ...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 16, 2014 * NASA Names Six New Members to Advisory Council * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has announced the appointment of six new members to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). The group advises NASA's senior leadership on challenges and solutions facing the agency as it unfolds a new era of exploration. The six new members ar ...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 16, 2014 * SpaceX Launch of NASA Cargo to Space Station Set for Friday, Spacewalk Wednesday * NASA and SpaceX are targeting a 3:25 p.m. EDT launch on Friday, April 18, of SpaceX's third cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Television coverage will begin a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 16 1215 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 **** CORRECTION**** SRS Number 106 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2032 N12W29 274 0160 Cso 06 03 Beta 2033 N12W18 263 0060 Hsx 02 01 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 16 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 106 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2032 N12W29 274 0160 Cso 06 03 Beta 2033 N12W18 263 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2034 N04E02 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 April 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Five Volcanoes Erupting at Once http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83502&src=eoa-iotd * Wildfire Burns Valparaiso, Chile http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83498&src=eoa-iotd * Grand Canyon Geology Lessons on View http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83495&src=eoa-iotd * Tehuano Winds ...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 15, 2014 * NASA Signs Agreement with SpaceX for Use of Historic Launch Pad * NASA Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A, the site from which numerous Apollo and space shuttle missions began, is beginning a new mission as a commercial launch site. NASA signed a property agreement with Space Exploration Technologies C ...Continue Reading