:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 12 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 346 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1912 S21W52 144 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1916 S12W78 171 0320 Ekc 12 20 Beta-Gamma 1917 S1 ...Continue Reading

December 11, 2013 * RELEASE 13-365 * * Chelton Receives 2013 Award for Achievements in Ocean Remote Sensing * NASA and the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) presented the 2013 William T. Pecora Award for achievement in Earth remote sensing to Dudley B. Chelton, distinguished professor of Earth, ocean, and atmospheric sciences at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore. The two agencies recognized Chelton's contributions to ocean remote-sensing science, education, and appli ...Continue Reading

December 11, 2013 * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-193 * * NASA Television Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to International Space Station * NASA Television will provide coverage of the upcoming Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus cargo spacecraft mission to resupply the International Space Station this month. On the heels of a successful demonstration flight to the space station in September, Orbital Sciences is scheduled to launch a Cygnus capsule on an Antares rocket at 9:42 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 18, from Laun ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 11 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 345 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1912 S21W38 143 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1916 S12W64 169 0350 Ekc 12 27 Beta-Gamma 1917 S1 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (10 December 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Cloud Towers http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82521&src=eoa-iotd * Smog Shrouds Eastern China http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82535&src=eoa-iotd * Dune movement around Aorounga http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82517&src=eoa-iotd * Taylor Valley, Antarctica http://eartho ...Continue Reading

December 10, 2013 * RELEASE 13-369 * * NASA Mars Spacecraft Reveals a More Dynamic Red Planet * NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed to scientists slender dark markings -- possibly due to salty water – that advance seasonally down slopes surprisingly close to the Martian equator. "The equatorial surface region of Mars has been regarded as dry, free of liquid or frozen water, but we may need to rethink that," said Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona in Tucson ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE IN EASTERN CHINA Thick haze hovered over eastern China winter 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82535&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 07, 2013 (Posted on Dec 09, 2013 2:03 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 47 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Developing Legs for Space Station's Robotnaut 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 16:50:01 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Developing Legs for Space Station's Robotnaut 2 December 9, 2013 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 Report #H13-363 NASA Developing Legs for Space Station's Robotnaut ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 10 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 344 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1909 S19W93 212 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1912 S21W24 143 0110 Hsx 04 02 Alpha 1916 S13W51 ...Continue Reading

December 9, 2013 * RELEASE 13-364 * * NASA-USGS Landsat 8 Satellite Pinpoints Coldest Spots on Earth * What is the coldest place on Earth? It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92 degrees Celsius) on a clear winter night. Scientists made the discovery while analyzing the most detailed global surface temperature maps to date, developed with data from remote sensing satellites including t ...Continue Reading