January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-031 * * NASA Offers Space Tech Grants To Early Career University Faculty * NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of outstanding early career faculty members who are beginning their independent careers. The grants will sponsor research in specific, high priority areas of interest to America's space program. Aligned with NASA's Space Technology Roadmaps and priorities identified by the National Researc ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 100 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Set for a Big Year in Earth Science with Five New Missions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:50:56 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Set for a Big Year in Earth Science with Five New Missions January 22, 2014 Susan Anderson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-8630 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 Rani Gran Goddard Space Flight Center, Gree ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 23 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 23 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1952 S31W66 325 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1955 S13W17 277 0040 Cao 03 02 Beta 1957 N11W19 ...Continue Reading

January 22, 2014 * RELEASE 14-021 * * Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet * Dwarf planet Ceres is located in the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Observations by ESA’s Herschel space observatory between 2011 and 2013 find that the dwarf planet has a thin water-vapour atmosphere. It is the first unambiguous detection of water vapour around an object in Image Credit: ESA/ATG medialab Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive det ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN EUROPE Floods inundated France and Italy in January 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82925&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 21, 2014 (Posted on Jan 21, 2014 4:47 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- 2013 GLOBAL TEMPERATURE Global temperatures have been rising steadi ...Continue Reading

January 22, 2014 * RELEASE 14-025 * * NASA Set for a Big Year in Earth Science with Five New Missions * For the first time in more than a decade, five NASA Earth science missions will be launched into space in the same year, opening new and improved remote eyes to monitor our changing planet. The five launches, including two to the International Space Station (ISS), are part of an active year for NASA Earth science researchers, who also will conduct airborne campaigns to the poles and hurricanes, d ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 22 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 22 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1952 S32W52 325 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1955 S14W04 277 0050 Hax 02 02 Alpha 1957 N11W06 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (21 January 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * 2013 Continued the Long-Term Warming Trend http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82918&src=eoa-iotd * The London Array http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82844&src=eoa-iotd * Bazman Volcano, Iran http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82882&src=eoa-iotd * Roiling Ash Plume above Sinabu ...Continue Reading

January 21, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-020 * * Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces Dream Chaser Expansion along Florida’s Space Coast * Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Sparks, Nev., will announce expansion plans for its Dream Chaser Space System program in a news conference Thursday, Jan. 23, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The announcement will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website at 3 p.m. EST. SNC officials will discuss the company’s plans for expansion in the ...Continue Reading

January 21, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-019 * * NASA Hosts News Conference About 10 Years of Roving on Mars * NASA Opportunity rover was built for a three-month mission on Mars, but continues to return valuable scientific data 10 years later. NASA will reflect on the rover's work in a news conference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) Thursday, Jan. 23. The event will originate from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., and be carried live on NASA Television and streamed online. Partic ...Continue Reading