January 2, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-002 * * NASA Television Coverage Set for Orbital Sciences Mission to Space Station * NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Jan. 7 launch of the Cygnus cargo spacecraft mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). On the heels of a successful demonstration flight to the space station in September, Orbital Sciences is scheduled to launch the spacecraft on an Antares rocket at 1:55 p.m. EST from Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 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 2 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1936 S16W49 225 0210 Eac 13 18 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1938 S12W03 178 0030 Cro 04 06 Beta 1940 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- RECORD RAIN FLOODS BRAZIL Extreme rainfall caused widespread flooding and mudslides in southeastern Brazil in December 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82755&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 30, 2013 (Posted on Dec 31, 2013 4:22 PM) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

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:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 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 1 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1934 S16W83 272 0080 Eac 11 05 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1936 S16W36 225 0280 Eac 14 36 Beta-Gamma ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (31 December 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * The Glory of the New Year http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82746&src=eoa-iotd * Blast from San Miguel Volcano http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82734&src=eoa-iotd * United Arab Emirates at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82723&src=eoa-iotd * Getting a Little Boost fr ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BLAST FROM SAN MIGUEL VOLCANO An explosion at El Salvador's San Miguel (also known as Chaparrastique) Volcano lofted ash more than 71 kilometers (44 miles) downwind on December 29, 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82734&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 29, 2013 (Posted on Dec 30, ...Continue Reading

December 31, 2013 * RELEASE 13-383 * * NASA's Hubble Sees Cloudy Super-Worlds With Chance for More Clouds * Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have characterized the atmospheres of two of the most common type of planets in the Milky Way galaxy and found both may be blanketed with clouds. The planets are GJ 436b, located 36 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, and GJ 1214b, 40 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. Despite numerous efforts, the nature of the atmosph ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 31 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 365 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1931 S14W87 290 0130 Hax 02 01 Alpha 1934 S17W68 269 0140 Eac 12 09 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- A NEW ISLAND FORMS NEAR NISHINO-SHIMA VOLCANO Volcanic activity along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” gave rise to a tiny island in late November 2013. Located in the Ogasawara Islands, part of the Volcano Islands arc, the new islet sits about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Tokyo i ...Continue Reading