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 23, 2014 * NASA Satellites Show Drought May Take Toll on Congo Rainforest *  Click this link or the image above to view the videoA view of the entire African rainforest area (green) transitions into a view of the Congo region (mostly brown) that is the subject of new research published in Nature. The study area represents intact a ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers, Warning: a few items we want to share with you have piled up – so, we may wear out our welcome in your inbox today.  My apologies in advance.   The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) History Technical Committee has a call for papers out for next January's SciTech 2015 meeting.  SciTech 2015 will take place January 5-9, 2015, at the Gaylord Palms and Convention Center, Kissimmee, FL.   The deadline for submitting abstracts is June 2 (at 8 pm Eas ...Continue Reading

Folks:             Some readers of this listserv may be interested in the upcoming event described below and in the attached flyer.  FYI,              Steve Garber The Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, invites you to a panel discussion on 30 April 2014 at the National Defense University to mark the publication of "Adapting to Flexible Response, 1960-1968," Volume II in ...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 23, 2014 * NASA Hubble Instruments Highlight New National Air and Space Museum Exhibit * Two instruments that played critical roles in discoveries made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope now are on display in an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. "Repairing Hubble" recognizes the 24th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 23 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 113 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2034 N06W92 244 0080 Eso 11 01 Beta 2035 S13W71 223 0240 Eac 13 18 Beta 2036 S17W92 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (22 April 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Hot Springs National Park http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83545&src=eoa-iotd * Thwaites Glacier from Sentinel-1A http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83538&src=eoa-iotd * Arkansas River Meanders http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83531&src=eoa-iotd * Ship Wave Clouds Behind the Cro ...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 22, 2014 * NASA Featured Prominently at USA Science and Engineering Festival April 25-27 * Media are invited to join a host of NASA scientists, engineers and managers at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, April 25-27 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, NW, Washington. At 8 a.m. EDT on Frid ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 22 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 112 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2034 N05W80 247 0260 Eki 13 11 Beta-Gamma 2035 S15W58 225 0290 Eki 12 27 Beta-Gamma 20 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 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

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 21, 2014 * NASA Selects Commercial Crew Program Manager * NASA has selected Kathy Lueders as program manager for the agency's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). Lueders, who has served as acting program manager since October 2013, will help keep the nation's space program on course to launch astronauts from American soil by 2017 aboa ...Continue Reading