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 2, 2014 * Ocean on Saturn Moon Could be as Salty as the Dead Sea *  Researchers found that Titan's ice shell, which overlies a very salty ocean, varies in thickness around the moon, suggesting the crust is in the process of becoming rigid. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Univ. of Arizona/G. Mitri/University of Nantes Scientists anal ...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 2, 2014 * NASA Launches New Carbon-Sensing Mission to Monitor Earth’s Breathing *  A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)satellite onboard from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. OCO-2 will measure the global distribution o ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 02 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 183 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2096 N09W51 357 0010 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2097 N12W44 350 0010 Hsx 01 03 Alpha 2100 N09W02 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (01 July 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Warm Current Blooms http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83944&src=eoa-iotd * Hanhowuz Reservoir, Turkmenistan http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83940&src=eoa-iotd * Desert Coast—Morocco, Western Sahara http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83931&src=eoa-iotd * Severe Tornadoes near Pi ...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 1, 2014 * Launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 Rescheduled for July 2 * The launch of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Wednesday, July 2 at 5:56 a.m. EDT (2:56 a.m. PDT) from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Th ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers, We are saddened by the news that our friend and colleague Fred Ordway has passed away.  We are planning an obituary for our next Newsletter and would welcome your inputs/reminiscences about Fred for that piece.  Please feel free to send them to me at bill.barry@nasa.gov  At this point we don't know any details about funeral arrangements, but will pass that information along as we get it. In the meantime, please take a look at our initial Facebook post – here: https:// ...Continue Reading

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There is 1 message totalling 40 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger Leaves NASA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:04:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger Leaves NASA June 30, 2014 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #RELEASE: J14-004 Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger Leaves NASA NASA astronaut and educator Dottie M ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 01 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 182 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2096 N09W36 356 0020 Cso 03 02 Beta 2097 N12W30 350 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2100 N09E11 ...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 June 30, 2014 * NASA Exercises Option on Engineering Support Contract * NASA has exercised the third option of its Technology, Engineering, and Aerospace Mission Support (TEAMS) 2 contract with Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc. (AMA) of Hampton, Virginia. AMA will continue providing engineering support to the agency's Langley Resea ...Continue Reading