The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Fires in California * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82878&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 16, 2014 (Posted on Jan 16, 2014 6:19 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ONGOING ERUPTION OF SINABUNG VOLCANO, INDONESIA Until 2010, Indonesia's Sinabung Volc ...Continue Reading

January 17, 2014 * RELEASE 14-016 * * NASA Searches for Climate Change Clues in the Gateway to the Stratosphere * NASA's Global Hawk 872 on a checkout flight from Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., in preparation for the 2014 ATTREX mission over the western Pacific Ocean. Image Credit: NASA/Tom Miller NASA's uncrewed Global Hawk research aircraft is in the western Pacific region on a mission to track changes in the upper atmosphere and help researchers understand how these changes affec ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 17 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 17 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1948 N05W68 046 0050 Hax 01 02 Alpha 1949 S17W34 012 0110 Hax 03 02 Alpha 1950 N16W51 ...Continue Reading

January 16, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-014 * * NASA, MIT, DARPA Host Fifth Annual Student Robotics Challenge Jan. 17 * NASA will participate in the fifth annual Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge Friday, Jan. 17, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, Mass. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television beginning at 7:30 a.m. EST. The agency will join in the event with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, MIT, the European Space Agency, the Center for th ...Continue Reading

January 16, 2014 * CONTRACT RELEASE C14-001 * * NASA Awards Contract for Institutional Services at Wallops * NASA has selected LJT & Associates Inc., of Columbia, Md., to perform institutional services at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. The cost plus incentive fee contract, awarded under the Small Business Set Aside Program, is valued at a maximum of $257 million including a core requirement; indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity orders; and three options. The opti ...Continue Reading

January 16, 2014 * RELEASE 14-019 * * NASA Tests Orion Spacecraft Parachute Jettison over Arizona * Engineers testing the parachute system for NASA's Orion spacecraft increased the complexity of their tests Thursday, Jan. 16, adding the jettison of hardware designed to keep the capsule safe during flight. The test was the first to give engineers in-air data on the performance of the system that jettisons Orion's forward bay cover. The cover is a shell that fits over Orion's crew module to protect th ...Continue Reading

January 16, 2014 * RELEASE 14-020 * * NASA Announces Partnership Opportunities for U.S. Commercial Lunar Lander Capabilities * Building on the progress of NASA's partnerships with the U.S. commercial space industry to develop new spacecraft and rockets capable of delivering cargo, and soon, astronauts to low Earth orbit, the agency is now looking for opportunities to spur commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the surface of the moon. NASA has released an announcement seeking proposals to p ...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 South Australia in January 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82866&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 16, 2014 (Posted on Jan 16, 2014 11:57 AM) -------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

January 16, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-013 * * NASA, NOAA To Announce 2013 Global Temperature, Climate Conditions * Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will announce new data on 2013 global temperatures during a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 21. The scientists also will discuss 2013's most important weather and climate events. NASA and NOAA are two keepers of the world's temperature data and independently produce a record of E ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 56 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV News Conference, Media Availability with Next Space Station Crew ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:29:04 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV News Conference, Media Availability with Next Space Station Crew January 14, 2014 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters NASA Johnson Space Center 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M14-011 ...Continue Reading