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 18, 2014 * NASA Announces Award Recipients for Space Station Research Flight Opportunity * NASA has awarded $500,000 and payload flight opportunities for research and technology development onboard the International Space Station to academic institutions across the U.S. The awards are through NASA's Experimental Program to Stimula ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jun 18 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 169 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Jun 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2087 S19W22 154 0150 Dsc 07 08 Beta-Gamma 2089 N17W62 194 0260 Dkc 08 07 Beta-Gamma 20 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 698 2014 Jun 17 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 40 is continuing with ISS in a 411 x 417 km x 51.7 deg orbit. On May 28 Soyuz TMA-13M was launched with Maksim Suraev, Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst; the spaceship docked with the Rassvet module at 0144 UTC May 29 and their crew joined commander S ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (17 June 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * The Loop http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83875&src=eoa-iotd * Dust over Oman http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83869&src=eoa-iotd * National Stadium of Brasília http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83866&src=eoa-iotd * Floods in Southern Brazil http://earthobservatory.nasa ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST IN THE MIDDLE EAST Strong northwesterly winds filled the skies with dust in June 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83869&src=nha *** Image from Jun 15, 2014 (Posted on Jun 16, 2014 4:50 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a serv ...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 17, 2014 * NASA Aeronautics Makes Strides to Bring Back Supersonic Passenger Travel *  NASA F/A-18 mission support aircraft were used to create low-intensity sonic booms during a resaerch project at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The Waveforms and Sonic boom Perception and Response, or WSPR, pr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jun 17 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 168 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jun 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2087 S18W08 153 0110 Csi 06 09 Beta 2089 N18W52 197 0270 Dkc 08 15 Beta-Gamma-Delta 20 ...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 16, 2014 * NASA Sets Media Events for OCO-2 Launch from California * The launch of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission (OCO-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is scheduled for Tuesday, July 1. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 2 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is targeted for 5:56 a.m. EDT (2:56 ...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 16, 2014 * Rocket Week Launches June 21 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility * Students and educators from across the United States will become "rocket scientists" during two workshops at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this month. The seventh annual RockOn! workshop, conducted in partnership with the Colorado a ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE CRISTINA Tropical Cyclone Cristina reached Category 4 status as it moved west over the eastern Pacific Ocean in June 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83863&src=nha *** Image from Jun 12, 2014 (Posted on Jun 13, 2014 12:25 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view ...Continue Reading