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 Administrator to Tour Space Lab, Speak at University of Colorado-Boulder * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will tour the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) and speak with students and faculty at the University of Colorado-Boulder on Friday, Apr. 18. Bolden will tour the LASP Space Technology Re ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRE BURNS VALPARAISO, CHILE A large wildfire burned homes on the edge of the Chilean city of Valparaiso. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83498&src=nha *** Image from Apr 13, 2014 (Posted on Apr 14, 2014 5:04 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SHIVELUCH VOLCAN ...Continue Reading

April 15, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius v2.0 data covering the month of March 2014. Aquarius v2.0 data are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP and also THREDDS.  Links to these and also other Aquarius resources (eg. Aquarius v2.0 documentation package) are available at http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/aquarius. Users should note that Aquarius v2.0 data are processed through the end of March, 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 April 15, 2014 * NASA Astronauts Will Breathe Easier With New Oxygen Recovery Systems *  ISS Air Revittilization System rack represents the state of the art in spacecraft oxygen recovery technologyImage Credit: NASA For NASA's long-duration human spaceflight missions, travelers will need to recycle as much breathable oxygen in their ...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 Hosts Media Teleconference to Announce Latest Kepler Discovery * NASA will host a news teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 17, to announce a new discovery made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope. The journal Science has embargoed the findings until the time of the news conference. ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV to Air SpaceX-3 Status Update at Noon EDT April 13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:13:49 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV to Air SpaceX-3 Status Update at Noon EDT April 13 April 12, 2014 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 Report ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 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 105 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2032 N12W14 273 0140 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2033 N12W05 264 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2034 N04E16 ...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 14, 2014 * NASA Cassini Images May Reveal Birth of New Saturn Moon * NASA's Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon, and may also provide clues to the formation of the planet's known moons. Images taken with Cassini's narrow angle camera on April 15, ...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 14, 2014 * NASA Holds Space Tech Mission Directorate Media Teleconference Wednesday * NASA will host a media teleconference at noon EDT Wednesday, April 16, to discuss the status of ongoing projects and the road ahead for the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate. NASA Associate Administrator for Space Technology Michael ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONE ITA An intense tropical cyclone blew through Papua New Guinea and Australia's Queensland state in April 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83486&src=nha *** Image from Apr 11, 2014 (Posted on Apr 11, 2014 1:47 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN MISSISSIPPI Passing ...Continue Reading