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 Seeks America's Best and Brightest for Space Technology Research Fellowships *  Current NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship recipient Erik Komendera with completed 2D truss structure, assembled and welded using Intelligent Precision Jigging RobotsImage Credit: NASA  NASA is seeking applicatio ...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 Announces a New Challenge at World Maker Faire * NASA will announce a new challenge to engage the public in the agency’s journey to Mars Saturday, Sept. 20, at the World Maker Faire in New York City. NASA Chief Technologist David Miller will announce the details of the new challenge during a talk in the New Yo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2157 S15W88 097 0050 Cai 04 05 Beta 2158 N16W81 090 0110 Cao 03 02 Beta-Gamma 2163 S15 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 September 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * UN Panel: Ozone Layer on the Road to Recovery http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84382&src=eoa-iotd * Hurricane Odile http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84378&src=eoa-iotd * Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Ukraine http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84357&src=eoa-iotd * Star-Spangled ...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 16, 2014 * NASA Chooses American Companies to Transport U.S. Astronauts to International Space Station Selection * Selection Will Return Launches to America  Image Credit: NASA U.S. astronauts once again will travel to and from the International Space Station from the United States on American spacecraft under groundbreaki ...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 16, 2014 * NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Finds Planet That Makes Star Act Deceptively Old *  A new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that a giant exoplanet, WASP-18b, is making the star that it orbits very closely act much older than it actually is. This artist’s illustration depicts WASP-18b and its s ...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 16, 2014 * NASA Airborne Campaigns Focus on Climate Impacts in the Arctic *  Flights are underway from Fairbanks, Alaska, with NASA’s C-130 Hercules aircraft to study the connection between retreating Arctic sea ice and climate change.Image Credit: NASA/Patrick Lynch  Over the past few decades, average global temperatures ...Continue Reading

Folks:             Former NASA Chief Historian Steve Dick is convening an exciting NASA/Library of Congress astrobiology seminar this Thursday and Friday (9/19 and 9/20) that is free and open to the public.  The title of this conference is “Preparing for Discovery:  A Rational Approach to the Impact of Finding Microbial, Complex, or Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.”  No registration is necessary and this event also will be Webcast. More information, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT ZHUPANOVSKY In its latest bout of activity, plumes of ash and steam have erupted from Zhupanovsky regularly. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84386&src=nha *** Image from Sep 11, 2014 (Posted on Sep 15, 2014 4:59 PM) -------------------------------------------------------------- ...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 16, 2014 * NASA to Make Major Announcement Today About Astronaut Transport to the International Space Station *  Image Credit: NASA NASA will make a major announcement today at 4 p.m. EDT regarding the return of human spaceflight launches to the United States. The agency will make the announcement during a news conference ...Continue Reading