February 27th 2014 PST
February 27, 2014 * RELEASE 14-055 * * NASA and JAXA Launch New Satellite to Measure Global Rain and Snow * A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory onboard, is seen launching from the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, Japan.Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Age ...Continue Reading
February 27th 2014 PST
February 27, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-036 * * NASA Officials to Discuss Fiscal Year 2015 Budget * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2015 budget at 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, March 4, from Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson and Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese will join Bolden. The news briefing will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Questions will be taken from ...Continue Reading
February 27th 2014 PST
Folks: Just a reminder that applications for the three fellowships that our office sponsors are all due in approximately one month. The American Historical Association fellowship (http://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/grants-and-fellowships/fellowship-in-aerospace-history) deadline is April 1, the History of Science Society fellowship (http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_NASAFellowship.html) deadline is March 31, and the Society for His ...Continue Reading
February 26th 2014 PST
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Feb 27 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 58 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Feb 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1981 S07W61 219 0100 Eai 14 13 Beta 1982 S09W50 208 0320 Esc 14 33 Beta-Gamma 1984 S18W ...Continue Reading
February 26th 2014 PST
February 26, 2014 * RELEASE 14-059 * * NASA's Kepler Mission Announces a Planet Bonanza, 715 New Worlds * NASA's Kepler mission announced Wednesday the discovery of 715 new planets. These newly-verified worlds orbit 305 stars, revealing multiple-planet systems much like our own solar system. Nearly 95 percent of these planets are smaller than Neptune, which is almost four times the size of Earth. This discovery marks a significant increase in the number of known small-sized planets more akin to Eart ...Continue Reading
February 26th 2014 PST
February 26, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-031 * * NASA Updates Media on Spacewalk Safety Investigation * NASA will host a teleconference at 2 p.m. EST today to discuss the findings of an investigation into the July 2013 spacewalk at the International Space Station when water built up in an astronaut's spacesuit helmet. Telecon participants are: • Chris Hansen, chairman of the Mishap Investigation Board • William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Missi ...Continue Reading
February 25th 2014 PST
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Feb 26 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 57 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Feb 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1981 S08W47 219 0110 Eai 13 14 Beta 1982 S10W36 207 0330 Esc 13 43 Beta-Gamma 1984 S18W ...Continue Reading
February 25th 2014 PST
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (25 February 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Thousand Miles from Nowhere http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83203&src=eoa-iotd * Large Landslide Detected in Southeastern Alaska http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83195&src=eoa-iotd * The Koreas at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83182&src=eoa-iotd * Fires in Flor ...Continue Reading
February 25th 2014 PST
February 25, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-035 * * Missouri and Pennsylvania Students to Talk Live with Space Station Crew * Crew members of Expedition 38, currently aboard the International Space Station, will make space-to-Earth connections with students and faculty in Pennsylvania and Missouri this week to share what it is like to live and work in space. Both calls will be broadcast on NASA Television and live-streamed on the agency's website. Students from Temple University's School of Media and Co ...Continue Reading
February 25th 2014 PST
February 25, 2014 * RELEASE 14-058 * * NASA Responds to California's Evolving Drought * NASA is partnering with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to develop and apply new technology and products to better manage and monitor the state's water resources and respond to its ongoing drought. NASA scientists, DWR water managers, university researchers and other state resource management agencies will collaborate to apply advanced remote sensing and improved forecast modeling to bett ...Continue Reading
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