:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 16 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 16 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1948 N05W54 045 0100 Hax 02 01 Alpha 1949 S17W22 013 0150 Hax 03 04 Alpha 1950 N16W37 ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2014 * RELEASE 14-015 * * NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2013 Annual Report * The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has released its 2013 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting issues and concerns to agency and government officials. The report released Wednesday is based on the panel's 2013 fact-finding and quarterly public meetings; "insight" visits a ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius-CAP v2.0 data covering the month of December 2013.  CAP Level 2 and 3 products are described and discoverable via the PO.DAAC data portal and are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP, THREDDS and LAS.  Users should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of December, and will be augmented on monthly intervals for the next few months. ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-012 * * NASA Administrator to Tour Glenn Research Center's Advanced Propulsion Technologies * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit the agency’s Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland Friday, Jan. 17, to view the Center's latest developments in advanced space propulsion technologies. Members of the local Ohio congressional delegation will be invited to join him for the tour. Beginning at 1:25 p.m. EST, Bolden, GRC Director Jim Free, and attendin ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2014 * RELEASE 14-017 * * NASA Invites Public to Send Names on an Asteroid Mission and Beyond * This is an artist's concept of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft preparing to take a sample from asteroid Bennu.Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/Chris Meaney   NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be etched on a microchip aboard a spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in 2016. The "Messages to Bennu!" microchip will travel to the asteroid aboard the ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 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 15 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1944 S12W88 093 0140 Dac 08 04 Beta 1948 N06W41 046 0070 Hax 02 01 Alpha 1949 S16W08 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (14 January 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Islands in the Sun http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Gallery/islands.php?src=eoa-features If the cold of winter is getting you down, take flight to some tropical islands. Here are a few of our favorites, as viewed from satellites and the International Space Station. We can take your mind, but you'll need your own trave ...Continue Reading

January 14, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-011 * * NASA TV News Conference, Media Availability with Next Space Station Crew * The next International Space Station crew, which includes NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, will take part in a NASA Television news conference and then be available for media interviews Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Swanson and cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency will launch to the space station ...Continue Reading

January 14, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-010 * * NASA Sets Coverage Schedule for TDRS-L/Atlas V Launch Events * NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-L (TDRS-L) is scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket Thursday, Jan. 23, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The 40-minute launch window extends from 9:05 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. EST.  Prelaunch media briefings and launch commentary coverage will be carried live on NASA Televisio ...Continue Reading

January 14, 2014 * RELEASE 14-010 * * NASA's Commercial Crew Partners Aim to Capitalize, Expand on 2013 Successes in 2014 * Several companies, working closely with NASA, ended 2013 with an impressive string of achievements to build on in 2014 as the American aerospace industry continues to develop and demonstrate commercial human spaceflight capabilities with the potential to support both commercial and government customers. The year will be pivotal for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) a ...Continue Reading