January 24, 2014 * RELEASE 14-033 * * NASA Instruments on European Comet Spacecraft Begin Activation Countdown * Artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. (Not to scale.)Image Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL Three NASA science instruments are being prepared for check-out operations aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus in November. Rosetta was reactivated Jan. 20 after a reco ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LANDSLIDE AND DEADLY FLOOD IN NEPAL In early May 2012, a landslide occurred above the headwaters of the Seti River in Nepal. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82937&src=nha *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Dec 22, 2013 (Posted on Jan 23, 2014 3:55 PM) ------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

January 24, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-017 * * NASA TV Covers Russian Spacewalk from International Space Station * NASA Television will air live coverage of a six-hour spacewalk by two Russian members of the International Space Station crew beginning at 8:30 a.m. EST Monday, Jan. 27. Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are scheduled to venture outside the space station at 9:10 a.m. in a second attempt to install a p ...Continue Reading

January 24, 2014 * RELEASE 14-026 * * James Webb Space Telescope Passes a Mission Milestone * Artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope.Image Credit: Northrup Grumman NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014 -- a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and pointing control systems. "This is the last major element-level critical design review of the program," said Richard L ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-027 * * NASA Launches Third Generation Communications Satellite * NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L) launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Jan. 23, 2014 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L), the 12th spacecraft in the agency's TDRS Project, is safely in orbit after launching at 9:33 p.m. EST Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 24 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 24 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1952 S33W79 326 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1955 S14W31 278 0020 Cao 02 02 Beta 1957 N11W32 ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-020 * * NASA, ESA Discuss Rosetta Comet Mission in Media Teleconference * NASA will host a media teleconference at noon EST Friday, Jan. 24, to discuss the road ahead for the three U.S. science instruments, as well as other NASA support, that are part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta mission. Having been reactivated Monday after a record 957 days in hibernation, the spacecraft will be the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus. The R ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-029 * * NASA's Opportunity Rover Yields More Data on Changes to Mars' Environment * NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded the component images for this self-portrait about three weeks before completing a decade of work on Mars. The rover's panoramic camera (Pancam) took the images during the interval Jan. 3, 2014, to Jan. 6, 2014.Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ. New findings from rock samples collected and examined by NASA's ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-030 * * Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces New Space Plans for NASA's Kennedy Space Center * In the latest example of NASA Kennedy Space Center's transformation into a multi-user spaceport, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Louisville, Colo., announced Thursday steps it will take to prepare for a November 2016 orbital flight of its Dream Chaser spacecraft from Florida's Space Coast. The announcement included the purchase of an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Allianc ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA Extreme heat and strong winds fueled smoky grass fires in southeastern Australia in January 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82934&src=nha *** OLI(Landsat 8) image from Jan 19, 2014 (Posted on Jan 23, 2014 1:03 PM) ----------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading