February 7th 2014 PDT
February 7, 2014 * RELEASE 14-045 * * NASA Technology to Help Develop Noninvasive Medical Treatments * NASA has signed two patent license agreements with GRoK Technologies LLC of Houston to help develop novel biotechnology approaches that could have multiple applications in space and on Earth. The agreements are the results of the agency's Technology Transfer Program, which helps opens up NASA's research and technology to the public for use and development. The agreements grant rights for four paten ...Continue Reading
February 7th 2014 PDT
February 7, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-027 * * NASA Media Accreditation Open for Next SpaceX Station Resupply Mission Launch * Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's next commercial cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station. Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will launch its Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket at about 4:41 a.m. EDT Sunday, March 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. This will be the company's third commercial resupply miss ...Continue Reading
February 7th 2014 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA Extreme heat and strong winds fueled smoky grass fires in southeastern Australia in January 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83077&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 06, 2014 (Posted on Feb 06, 2014 2:33 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new ima ...Continue Reading
February 6th 2014 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Feb 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 38 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Feb 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1967 S13W51 112 1570 Fkc 22 51 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1968 N09W48 109 0740 Ekc 11 57 Beta-Gamm ...Continue Reading
February 6th 2014 PDT
February 6, 2014 * RELEASE 14-042 * * NASA Announces Fifth Round of CubeSat Space Mission Candidates * NASA has selected 16 small satellites from nine states to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2015, 2016 and 2017. The proposed CubeSats come from universities across the country, a primary school, non-profit organizations and NASA field centers. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites measure about 4 inches on each sid ...Continue Reading
February 6th 2014 PDT
February 6, 2014 * RELEASE 14-044 * * National Space Club Honors Kepler's Planet Hunters * NASA's Kepler space telescope mission will be honored with the National Space Club's preeminent award, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, in March. The National Space Club is recognizing Kepler for revolutionizing astrophysics and exoplanet science by expanding the census of planets beyond our solar system and fundamentally altering our understanding of our place in the Milky Way galaxy. The award citation ...Continue Reading
February 6th 2014 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT Frequent dust storms cloud the skies over China's Taklimakan Desert. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83073&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 01, 2014 (Posted on Feb 05, 2014 3:00 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading
February 6th 2014 PDT
Reminder: Today at noon (Eastern Standard Time) Fred Ordway will be our Quarterly History Brownbag speaker to talk on his role as technical advisor on the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" - in NASA Headquarters Room 1O26. If you are not able to join us in person at NASA Headquarters, please feel free to dial into the audio and see the presentation on Webex. Contact details are below. Bill Barry NASA Chief Historian Topic: History Quarterly Speaker Fred Ordway Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014 T ...Continue Reading
February 5th 2014 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Feb 06 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 37 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Feb 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1967 S12W38 113 1500 Fkc 19 82 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1968 N09W36 111 0430 Ekc 13 49 Beta-Gamm ...Continue Reading
February 5th 2014 PDT
February 5, 2014 * RELEASE 14-043 * * NASA Evolves Student Rocketry Challenge, Enhances Ties to Space Launch System * Student teams from 26 colleges and universities in 16 states and Puerto Rico will design and launch innovative rockets and payloads as part of the 2013-2014 NASA Student Launch rocketry competition. The NASA Student Launch will be held May 15-17 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Tooele County, Utah. There, the student teams will undergo a rigorous launch readiness review -- just like a ...Continue Reading
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