The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- KING FIRE IN CALIFORNIA The fast-moving King fire burned in Eldorado National Forest in September 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84397&src=nha *** Image from Sep 17, 2014 (Posted on Sep 18, 2014 2:48 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service ...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 19, 2014 * NASA TV, Web Coverage Set for Sept. 21 Mars Spacecraft Orbit Insertion * NASA Television will broadcast live the Sunday, Sept. 21, Mars orbital insertion of the agency’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, from 9:30 to 10:45 p.m. EDT. The broadcast also will be available on the agency’s websi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 19 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 262 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2164 S13W66 048 0090 Dao 10 08 Beta 2166 N13W14 356 0030 Cao 05 09 Beta 2168 S21E30 ...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 18, 2014 * NASA Extends Mission and Program Integration Contract at Johnson * NASA has exercised an option to extend a contract with Barrios Technology Ltd. of Houston to provide support to International Space Station activities at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The cost-plus-award-fee and incentive-fee contract mod ...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 18, 2014 * NASA's 2015 Sample Return Robot Challenge Open for Registration *  A team robot approaches the sample during the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. Teams are required to demonstrate autonomous robots that can locate and collec ...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 18, 2014 * NASA Television Coverage Set for Next Space Station Crew Launch * NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of the Sept. 25 launch from Kazakhstan of three crew members of Expedition 41/42, as they begin their planned six-hour journey to the International Space Station. NASA Television coverage will start at ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 18 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 261 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2158 N15W93 088 0090 Cao 06 02 Beta 2164 S13W53 048 0070 Dac 10 06 Beta 2165 S08W16 ...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 17, 2014 * NASA Administrator Visits North Texas Air Traffic Management Facilities, Discusses NextGen Development * NASA and aviation partners of the agency's North Texas Research Station (NTX) facility will host a media availability with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at 11:15 a.m. CDT Friday, Sept. 19, in Fort Worth, Tex ...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 17, 2014 * NASA Mars Spacecraft Ready for Sept. 21 Orbit Insertion *  This artist concept depicts the process of orbital insertion of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft.Image Credit: NASA/GSFC  NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is nearing its scheduled Se ...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 17, 2014 * Hubble Helps Find Smallest Known Galaxy Containing a Supermassive Black Hole *  Artist's View of M60-UCD1 Black HoleImage Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI-RCC14-41a Astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground observation have found an unlikely object in an improbable place -- a monster bl ...Continue Reading