January 10, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-009 * * NASA Administrator Bolden and Senator Vitter See Space Launch System Progress in New Orleans * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana will visit the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La., Monday, Jan. 13. They will be updated on construction of the facility that will manufacture the massive core stage of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket and progress on launching it on its targeted first flig ...Continue Reading

January 10, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius v2.0 data covering the month of December 2013. Aquarius v2.0 data are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP and also THREDDS.  Links to these and also other Aquarius resources (eg. Aquarius v2.0 documentation package) are available at http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/aquarius. Users should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of December, ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 102 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Orbital Sciences Launch to Space Station with NASA Research Reset for Thursday 2. New Science, NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard Orbital-1 Mission ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 10:19:59 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Orbital Sciences Launch to Space Station with NASA Research Reset for Thursday January 8, 2014 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Hous ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 10 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 10 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1944 S09W28 098 1420 Fkc 18 52 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1946 N08W32 102 0300 Dai 09 12 Beta-Gamm ...Continue Reading

January 9, 2014 * RELEASE 14-012 * * NASA, Obama Administration Highlight International Space Station Extension at Global Forum * Speaking at a global space exploration forum Thursday, John P. Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, explained the importance of President Obama's decision to extend International Space Station (ISS) operations until at least 2024. Holdren discussed the ISS extension plan at the International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF) in Washington, wher ...Continue Reading

January 9, 2014 * RELEASE 14-011 * * NASA Powers Up State-of-the-Art Space Launch System Software Avionics * The modern avionics system that will guide NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket ever built, has seen the light. The flight software and avionics for SLS were integrated and powered for testing Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., as part of a milestone known as first light. The milestone enables early integration and testing of avionics a ...Continue Reading

January 9, 2014 * RELEASE 14-009 * * New Science, NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard Orbital-1 Mission * Another NASA commercial space partner officially has begun contracted cargo flights to the International Space Station. Dozens of new NASA investigations and other science experiments from across the country are headed to the station aboard Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus spacecraft as part of the agency's commercial partnerships with U.S. aerospace companies. The launch aboard Orbital's ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON A prescribed fire burned out of control in southern Oregon in January 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82802&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 05, 2014 (Posted on Jan 08, 2014 5:18 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE IAN Cyclone Ian ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2103 Issue Time: 2014 Jan 09 0504 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2102 Begin Time: 2014 Jan 07 1525 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3073 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

January 8, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-008 * * Orbital Sciences Launch to Space Station with NASA Research Reset for Thursday * Orbital Sciences has confirmed it will proceed with a launch attempt from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. at 1:07 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 9 of its cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, pending closeout of all remaining prelaunch reviews and tests. NASA Television launch coverage begins at 12:45 p.m. A post-launch news conference woul ...Continue Reading