:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 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 65 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1987 S02W87 152 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1989 N08W70 135 0030 Bxo 08 03 Beta 1990 S12W41 ...Continue Reading

March 5, 2014 * CONTRACT RELEASE C14-005 * * NASA Awards Contract to Modify Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay 3 * NASA has selected Hensel Phelps Construction Co., of Orlando, Fla., to modify High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the processing of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Hensel Phelps will receive a fixed-price contract for $99.57 million, consisting of the base amount and three options.  The period of p ...Continue Reading

March 5, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-040 * * NASA Coverage Set for March 16 SpaceX Mission to Space Station * The next SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch Sunday, March 16, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company's Falcon 9 rocket, carrying its Dragon cargo capsule, will lift off at 4:41 a.m. EDT. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 3:45 a.m. If fo ...Continue Reading

March 5, 2014 * RELEASE 14-069 * * Chandra and XMM-Newton Provide Direct Measurement of Distant Black Hole's Spin *  Multiple images of a distant quasar known as RX J1131-1231 are visible in this combined view from Chandra (pink) and Hubble (red, green, and blue).Image Credit: NASA/CXC/Univ of Michigan/R.C.Reis et al; Optical: NASA/STSc Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's (ESA's) XMM-Newton to show a supermassive black hole six billion light years ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA A spring storm system in Northern Africa sent dust blowing over the Mediterranean Sea in March 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83268&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 02, 2014 (Posted on Mar 05, 2014 9:59 AM) WEST AFRICA DUST Hundreds of millio ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 05 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 64 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1987 S01W76 153 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1989 N07W56 135 0070 Cso 06 08 Beta 1990 S12W28 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (04 March 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Why is that Forest Red and That Cloud Blue? http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/FalseColor/?src=eoa-features Are you distracted by unusual colors in satellite images? They are not photographs, and understanding the difference between them is the key to unlocking the power of false-color images. -------------------- Late ...Continue Reading

March 4, 2014 * RELEASE 14-066 * * NASA Administrator Bolden's Statement on the Agency's FY 2015 Budget Request * The following statement is from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the Obama Administration's budget request for the 2015 fiscal year: "Today, President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2015 budget request for the nation, and there is a lot of good news in it for NASA. The president’s funding plan for America’s space program reaffirms the path we are on, and will keep us moving forw ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 04 0052 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 63 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1987 S02W56 150 0130 Cso 10 10 Beta 1988 S08W87 185 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1989 N08W42 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 04 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 63 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1987 S02W56 150 0130 Cso 10 10 Beta 1988 S08W87 185 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1989 N08W42 ...Continue Reading