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 16, 2014 * NASA Names Six New Members to Advisory Council * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has announced the appointment of six new members to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). The group advises NASA's senior leadership on challenges and solutions facing the agency as it unfolds a new era of exploration. The six new members ar ...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 16, 2014 * SpaceX Launch of NASA Cargo to Space Station Set for Friday, Spacewalk Wednesday * NASA and SpaceX are targeting a 3:25 p.m. EDT launch on Friday, April 18, of SpaceX's third cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Television coverage will begin a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 16 1215 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 **** CORRECTION**** SRS Number 106 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2032 N12W29 274 0160 Cso 06 03 Beta 2033 N12W18 263 0060 Hsx 02 01 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 16 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 106 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2032 N12W29 274 0160 Cso 06 03 Beta 2033 N12W18 263 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2034 N04E02 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 April 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Five Volcanoes Erupting at Once http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83502&src=eoa-iotd * Wildfire Burns Valparaiso, Chile http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83498&src=eoa-iotd * Grand Canyon Geology Lessons on View http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83495&src=eoa-iotd * Tehuano Winds ...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 Signs Agreement with SpaceX for Use of Historic Launch Pad * NASA Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A, the site from which numerous Apollo and space shuttle missions began, is beginning a new mission as a commercial launch site. NASA signed a property agreement with Space Exploration Technologies C ...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 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