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 6, 2014 * NASA Selects Minority Student Teams for 2014 Microgravity Research Flights * NASA has selected 13 undergraduate teams from minority-serving institutions across the United States to test their science experiments in microgravity conditions. The teams will travel on a Reduced Gravity Education Flight (RGEF) with NASA's Min ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 103 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA's Orion Spacecraft is Ready to Feel the Heat 2. Space Station Cargo Ship Departure to Air on NASA TV ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 08:59:53 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA's Orion Spacecraft is Ready to Feel the Heat June 5, 2014 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Amber Philman Ken ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jun 06 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 157 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jun 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2077 S05W12 303 0070 Cso 03 05 Beta 2078 S20W43 334 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2079 N12E13 ...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 5, 2014 * Space Station Cargo Ship Departure to Air on NASA TV * NASA Television will provide live coverage of the departure of an unpiloted Russian cargo vehicle from the International Space Station (ISS) beginning at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, June 9. The ISS Progress 53 cargo ship, which first arrived at the orbiting laboratory in lat ...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 5, 2014 * 2014 NASA Advanced Technology Phase I Concepts Selected For Study * NASA has selected 12 proposals for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program, which aims to turn science fiction into fact through pioneering technology development. The selected proposals cover a wide range of imagina ...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 5, 2014 * NASA's Orion Spacecraft is Ready to Feel the Heat *  Engineers completed installing the heat shield on NASA’s Orion spacecraft ahead of its first trip to space in December. The flight test will send an uncrewed Orion 3,600 miles into space before returning it to Earth for the splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The heat shie ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 39 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Exercises Contract Option on Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations Contract ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 15:01:12 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Exercises Contract Option on Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations Contract June 4, 2014 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rach ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jun 05 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 156 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jun 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2077 S05E03 302 0080 Cso 04 06 Beta 2078 S19W27 332 0010 Bxo 04 02 Beta 2079 N12E26 ...Continue Reading

June 4, 2014 Please be informed that our State of the Ocean (SOTO) and HIgh-level Tool for Interactive Data Extraction (HITIDE) tools will be unavailable for hardware maintenance tomorrow (Thursday) (06/05) from 10am-12pm (PST).  The following URLs will be unavailable: [*] http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/soto [*] http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/soto-2d (under PO.DAAC Labs) [*] http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/hitide [*] http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/hitid ...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 4, 2014 * NASA Exercises Contract Option on Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations Contract * NASA has exercised the second option of its Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL)/Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF) Operations Contract (NSOC) with Raytheon Technical Services Company of Houston. The contract ...Continue Reading