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 10, 2014 * NASA's Hubble Extends Stellar Tape Measure 10 Times Farther Into Space *  By applying a technique called spatial scanning to an age-old method for gauging distances called astronomical parallax, scientists now can use NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to make precision distance measurements 10 times farther into our g ...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 10, 2014 * NASA Signs Agreement with German, Canadian Partners to Test Alternative Fuels *  A heavily instrumented NASA HU-25 Falcon measures chemical components from the larger DC-8's exhaust generated by a 50/50 mix of conventional jet fuel and a plant-derived biofuel, demonstrating the type of work that will be done during ACCES ...Continue Reading

April 10, 2014 The PO.DAAC regrets to inform its users of the discontinuation of data retrieval for its OSCAT Level 2B dataset produced by the QuikSCAT science data systems team at JPL. The OSCAT scatterometer onboard the Oceansat-2 spacecraft experienced failure in its traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) toward the end of February 2014. As a result, science data processing of ocean surface wind vector data has permanently ceased. The last available file from the QuikSCAT scienc ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Administrator and Media to View New Orion Mission Control Center at Johnson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 11:27:38 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Administrator and Media to View New Orion Mission Control Center at Johnson April 9, 2014 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Lauren Worley Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1288 Report #MED ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 10 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 100 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2026 S10W58 023 0030 Cri 07 09 Beta 2027 N13W48 013 0130 Cao 03 03 Beta 2029 N18W65 ...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 9, 2014 * NASA Looks to Go Beyond Batteries for Space Exploration * Fly wheels, such as the NASA G2 flywheel module above, are one way to store rotational energy for use by spacecraft or machines on Earth. NASA’s looking for new energy storage systems to enable our future exploration missions.Image Credit: NASANASA is seeking proposals ...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 9, 2014 * NASA Administrator and Media to View New Orion Mission Control Center at Johnson * Media are invited to meet with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden during a visit to the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston from 1-2 p.m. CDT, Thursday, April 10. During the visit, media will join Bolden and Johnson Center Director E ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Apr 09 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 99 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Apr 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2026 S12W43 021 0080 Eai 12 16 Beta 2027 N13W37 015 0150 Cao 03 03 Beta 2029 N18W53 0 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (08 April 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tournament: Earth -- The Winner! The second annual Tournament: Earth has come to an end, and the winner is a familiar face. In 2013, a submarine volcano off of the Canary Islands took the first championship. This year, the entire island chain got in on the action. "Trailing the Canaries," the #2 seed in the art bracket, romped through the tournament in 2014. The image showed inter ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 47 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Television to Air Upcoming Space Station Cargo Ship Activities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 10:40:59 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Television to Air Upcoming Space Station Cargo Ship Activities April 4, 2014 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #MEDIA ADVISORY M14-061 NASA Televis ...Continue Reading