var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option September 5, 2014 * NASA Administrator Marks Completion of World’s Largest Spacecraft Welding Tool for Space Launch System * NASA’s new Vertical Assembly Center (VAC), a 170-foot-high marvel of machinery that will be used to assemble elements of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS), now is complete and ready to weld parts for the roc ...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 September 5, 2014 * NASA Awards Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite Modification for the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 Mission * NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, for the Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) for flight on the Joint Polar Satellite System ...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 September 5, 2014 * Commander of Underwater NASA Mission Available for Interviews * NASA will venture to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean this month to investigate technologies and procedures for use in near- and long-term space missions. The commander of the seven-day mission, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, will be available for media ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA Heavy rains triggered floods in parts of India and Bangladesh in summer 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84299&src=nha *** Image from Aug 29, 2014 (Posted on Sep 04, 2014 3:38 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a ...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 September 5, 2014 * NASA Television to Broadcast Sept. 10 Return of Space Station Crew *  NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, along with cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, both flight engineers with the Russian Federal Space Agency, return to Earth Sept. 10 after six month aboard the International ...Continue Reading

Folks:    Just a reminder that the grand reopening celebration of the History Office’s Historical Reference Collection will be on Tuesday, September 9 between 2 and 4 PM in room CP72.   If you are external to NASA Headquarters and plan to attend the grand reopening, please inform Nadine Andreassen two days in advance at 202-358-0087 or email: nadine.j.andreassen@nasa.gov. We will open for research the following day, September 10. If you plan to visit us for research on September 10 or later, pleas ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2120 Issue Time: 2014 Sep 05 1116 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2119 Begin Time: 2014 Aug 30 1335 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2420 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 05 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 248 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2151 S08W88 256 0060 Hax 02 02 Alpha 2152 S15W38 206 0310 Eki 11 16 Beta-Gamma 2153 S0 ...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 September 4, 2014 * NASA Instrument aboard European Spacecraft Returns First Science Results * A NASA instrument aboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA's) Rosetta orbiter has successfully made its first delivery of science data from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The instrument, named Alice, began mapping the comet’s surface last ...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 September 4, 2014 * NASA Hosts Media Briefing to Announce New Earth-Observing Role for International Space Station *  The first in a series of NASA Earth-observing instruments to be mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station is scheduled for launch this month. ISS-RapidScat will monitor ocean winds for climate rese ...Continue Reading