var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option August 21, 2014 * NASA and Commercial Partners Review Summer of Advancements * NASA's spaceflight experts in the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) met throughout July with aerospace partners to review increasingly advanced designs, elements and systems of the spacecraft and launch vehicles under development as part of the space agency's Co ...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 August 21, 2014 * NASA TV to Air Events That Highlight Pluto-Bound Spacecraft * Media and the public are invited to attend two events Monday, Aug. 25 from 1-3 p.m. EDT to learn more about the agency’s New Horizons mission to Pluto and its historic connection to the Voyager spacecraft’s visit to Neptune in 1989. The events, which will ...Continue Reading

As you probably know by now, the History Office’s Historical Reference Collection closed on Oct. 25, as part of the ongoing building renovation. We are pleased to announce our grand reopening celebration on Tuesday, September 9 between 2 and 4 PM in room CP72.   If you are external to NASA Headquarters and plan to attend the grand reopening, please inform Nadine Andreassen two days in advance at 202-358-0087 or email: nadine.j.andreassen@nasa.gov. We will open for research the following day, September 10. I ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 21 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 233 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2139 N15W49 054 0030 Dao 09 03 Beta 2141 N16W20 025 0050 Csi 07 05 Beta 2143 S04W26 ...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 August 20, 2014 * Ozone-Depleting Compound Persists, NASA Research Shows *  Satellites observed the largest ozone hole over Antarctica in 2006. Purple and blue represent areas of low ozone concentrations in the atmosphere; yellow and red are areas of higher concentrations.Image Credit: NASA NASA research shows Earth's atmosphere con ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CANADA Several fires burned in Canada in summer 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84212&src=nha *** Image from Aug 17, 2014 (Posted on Aug 20, 2014 10:51 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://natu ...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 August 20, 2014 * NASA Announces Awards to Expand Informal STEM Education Network * NASA has selected 12 informal educational institutions to receive approximately $6 million in agency funding to provide compelling science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) opportunities in informal education settings, such as museums, science ...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 August 20, 2014 * Media Day at Wallops for NASA Hurricane Airborne Mission *  Two NASA Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft will fly over and around hurricanes to study how they form and intensify. The research flights originate from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.Image Credit: NASA  As the Atlantic Ocean's hurricane seas ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 20 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 232 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2139 N14W39 057 0050 Cao 05 05 Beta 2141 N16W05 023 0080 Esi 11 09 Beta 2143 S04W12 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 August 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Retreat of Yakutat Glacier http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84180&src=eoa-iotd * Change in the Air http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84119&src=eoa-iotd * Eastern Mediterranean Coastline at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84209&src=eoa-iotd * Dam Breach at Mount Polley ...Continue Reading