January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-027 * * NASA Launches Third Generation Communications Satellite * NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L) launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Jan. 23, 2014 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L), the 12th spacecraft in the agency's TDRS Project, is safely in orbit after launching at 9:33 p.m. EST Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 24 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 24 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1952 S33W79 326 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1955 S14W31 278 0020 Cao 02 02 Beta 1957 N11W32 ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-020 * * NASA, ESA Discuss Rosetta Comet Mission in Media Teleconference * NASA will host a media teleconference at noon EST Friday, Jan. 24, to discuss the road ahead for the three U.S. science instruments, as well as other NASA support, that are part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta mission. Having been reactivated Monday after a record 957 days in hibernation, the spacecraft will be the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus. The R ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-029 * * NASA's Opportunity Rover Yields More Data on Changes to Mars' Environment * NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded the component images for this self-portrait about three weeks before completing a decade of work on Mars. The rover's panoramic camera (Pancam) took the images during the interval Jan. 3, 2014, to Jan. 6, 2014.Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ. New findings from rock samples collected and examined by NASA's ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-030 * * Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces New Space Plans for NASA's Kennedy Space Center * In the latest example of NASA Kennedy Space Center's transformation into a multi-user spaceport, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Louisville, Colo., announced Thursday steps it will take to prepare for a November 2016 orbital flight of its Dream Chaser spacecraft from Florida's Space Coast. The announcement included the purchase of an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Allianc ...Continue Reading

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=82934&src=nha *** OLI(Landsat 8) image from Jan 19, 2014 (Posted on Jan 23, 2014 1:03 PM) ----------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-031 * * NASA Offers Space Tech Grants To Early Career University Faculty * NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of outstanding early career faculty members who are beginning their independent careers. The grants will sponsor research in specific, high priority areas of interest to America's space program. Aligned with NASA's Space Technology Roadmaps and priorities identified by the National Researc ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 100 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Set for a Big Year in Earth Science with Five New Missions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:50:56 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Set for a Big Year in Earth Science with Five New Missions January 22, 2014 Susan Anderson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-8630 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 Rani Gran Goddard Space Flight Center, Gree ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 23 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 23 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1952 S31W66 325 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1955 S13W17 277 0040 Cao 03 02 Beta 1957 N11W19 ...Continue Reading

January 22, 2014 * RELEASE 14-021 * * Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet * Dwarf planet Ceres is located in the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Observations by ESA’s Herschel space observatory between 2011 and 2013 find that the dwarf planet has a thin water-vapour atmosphere. It is the first unambiguous detection of water vapour around an object in Image Credit: ESA/ATG medialab Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first defini ...Continue Reading