var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option May 2, 2014 * NASA Extends Media Accreditation for Next Orbital Sciences Cargo Resupply Mission to International Space Station * Media accreditation has been extended for the launch of the second NASA contracted cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station from Virginia. Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., will launch ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 May 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 122 Issued at 0030Z on 02 May 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2045 S24W85 120 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2047 S18W13 048 0150 Dsc 08 19 Beta-Gamma 2049 S0 ...Continue Reading

May 1, 2014 PO.DAAC Data Users, In March 2014 the Tellus ocean mass grid datasets (including EOF grids) were updated through a reprocessing with numerous enhancements including a new file naming convention, which includes version identification for specific processing releases (e.g., DSTvDPC1401) along with the hierarchical legacy release identification (e.g., RL05). The purpose of this new file naming convention is to provide more self-description, provenance and traceability ...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 May 1, 2014 * Hubble Astronomers Use Supernovae to Gauge Power of Cosmic Lenses * Distant exploding stars observed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are providing astronomers with a powerful tool to determine the strength of naturally-occurring "cosmic lenses" that are used to magnify objects in the remote universe. Two teams ...Continue Reading

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:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 May 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 121 Issued at 0030Z on 01 May 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2045 S24W71 119 0070 Cso 03 02 Beta 2047 S18E01 047 0090 Dai 08 14 Beta 2048 N20W79 ...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 April 30, 2014 * NASA Selects Partners for U.S. Commercial Lander Capabilities * NASA announced Wednesday the selection of three U.S. companies to negotiate no-funds exchanged partnership agreements with the agency to advance lander capabilities that will enable delivery of payloads to the surface of the moon, as well as new science an ...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 April 30, 2014 * NASA Invests in Hundreds of U.S. Small Businesses to Enable Future Missions *  ADA Technologies Inc. received several NASA SBIR/STTR contracts that enabled the development of a Fine Water Mist Portable Fire Extinguisher intended for use aboard the International Space Station and next-generation, astronaut-occupied ...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 April 30, 2014 * NASA's Carbon-Counting Spacecraft Arrives at Launch Site *  A truck convoy carrying NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 spacecraft arrives at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on April 30. The observatory will undergo final tests in preparation for a planned July 1 launch. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech  ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TORNADOES IN SOUTHERN U.S. Tornadoes in the southern United States. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83578&src=nha *** Image from Apr 28, 2014 (Posted on Apr 29, 2014 3:09 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FRESH LAVA ARRIVES AT UBINAS VOLCANO Located in the Peruvian A ...Continue Reading