The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 July 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * An Aura of Success http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Gallery/aura.php?src=eoa-features On the 10th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Aura spacecraft, we offer 10 examples of how the satellite has changed our view of dust, pollution, aerosols, and ozone in our atmosphere. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earth ...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 July 15, 2014 * NASA Turns Over Next-Generation Air Traffic Management Tool to Federal Aviation Administration *  As seen in this image, Terminal Sequencing and Spacing technology enables air traffic controllers to better manage the spacing between aircraft as they save both time and fuel and reducing emissions, flying more effici ...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 July 15, 2014 * NASA Announces Early Career Faculty Space Tech Research Grants * NASA has selected seven university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs for America's space program. The selected proposals for unique, disruptive, or transformational space technologies will ...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 July 15, 2014 * NASA Seeks Proposals for Europa Mission Science Instruments *  Compiled from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft data, this colorized surface image of Europa shows the blue-white terrains which indicate relatively pure water ice. Scientists are very interested in these features because they may offer a way to investigate the habita ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 99 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station aboard Orbital Sciences Resupply Mission 2. NASA Awards Mission Operations Support Contract ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:07:14 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station aboard Orbital Sciences Resupply Mission July 13, 2014 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Head ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 15 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 196 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2109 S08W86 221 0300 Hhx 06 01 Alpha 2111 N06W71 207 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2113 N07W32 ...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 July 14, 2014 * NASA Awards Mission Operations Support Contract * NASA has awarded a nine-year contract to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT), Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland, to provide mission and flight crew operations support for the International Space Station and future human space exploration. The maximum value of this single awar ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CANADA In July 2014, wildfires in the Northwest Territories sent long plumes of smoke south toward the United States. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84002&src=nha *** Image from Jul 07, 2014 (Posted on Jul 09, 2014 12:17 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 4 new images) -- TYPHOON NEOGURI In Jul ...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 July 14, 2014 * NASA Honors Historic First Moon Landing, Eyes First Mars Mission * NASA marks the 45th anniversary of the first moon landing this month while it takes the steps needed for America's next giant leap to send astronauts to Mars. Image Credit: NASANASA's Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon July 20, 1969. The world watched 45 ...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 July 14, 2014 * NASA to Hold Briefing on Ocean Ecology, Carbon Cycle Field Campaign * NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 17, to discuss new fieldwork using coordinated ship and aircraft observations aimed at advancing the technology needed to measure microscopic plankton in the ocean from space. The new ...Continue Reading