The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES A serious drought settled over California in early 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84150&src=nha *** Image from Jul 27, 2014 (Posted on Aug 07, 2014 3:14 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service o ...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 8, 2014 * NASA Selects U.S. Small Business Technology Transfer Projects for Further Development *  An artist's rendition of the 2007 Phoenix Mars probe during landing depicts dust particles stirred up from thrusters. CFD Research Corporation, in conjunction with the University of Florida, received a NASA 2012 STTR Phase II award ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 109 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA, Navy Prepare for Orion Spacecraft to Make a Splash 2. Television Coverage Set for Final European Space Station Cargo Ship Docking ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 07:52:39 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA, Navy Prepare for Orion Spacecraft to Make a Splash August 6, 2014 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, W ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 08 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 220 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2127 S11W78 255 0010 Bxo 01 03 Beta 2128 S19W75 252 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 2130 S08W54 ...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 7, 2014 * NASA Selects Proposals for Advanced Energy Storage Systems *  The Scarab lunar rover is one of the next generation of autonomous robotic rovers that will be used to explore dark polar craters at the lunar south pole. The rover is powered by a 100-watt fuel cell developed under the Space Power Systems Project under Game 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 August 7, 2014 * Television Coverage Set for Final European Space Station Cargo Ship Docking *  The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched the fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo carrier on an Ariane 5 rocket on the evening of July 29 from Kourou, French Guiana. Image Credit: European Space Agency&nbs ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 07 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 219 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2127 S08W62 252 0060 Dao 06 06 Beta 2128 S20W61 252 0010 Cao 01 01 Beta 2130 S07W41 ...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 6, 2014 * NASA, Navy Prepare for Orion Spacecraft to Make a Splash *  U.S. Navy personnel use a rigid hull inflatable boat to approach the Orion boilerplate test article during an evolution of the Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California on Aug. 2, 2014. Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett&n ...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 6, 2014 * The Future is Now: Innovative Advanced Concepts Selected for Continued Study * Looking ahead to an exciting future, NASA is continuing to invest in concepts that may one day revolutionize how we live and work in space with the selection of five technology proposals for continued study under the NASA Innovative Advanced ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TWIN HURRICANES APPROACH HAWAII In early August 2014, two hurricanes headed toward the Hawaiian Islands, where landfalling storms are rare. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84145&src=nha *** Image from Aug 04, 2014 (Posted on Aug 06, 2014 1:41 PM) SUPER TYPHOON HALONG tk * http://earthobservatory.nasa ...Continue Reading