January 16, 2014 * RELEASE 14-020 * * NASA Announces Partnership Opportunities for U.S. Commercial Lunar Lander Capabilities * Building on the progress of NASA's partnerships with the U.S. commercial space industry to develop new spacecraft and rockets capable of delivering cargo, and soon, astronauts to low Earth orbit, the agency is now looking for opportunities to spur commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the surface of the moon. NASA has released an announcement seeking proposals to p ...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 South Australia in January 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82866&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 16, 2014 (Posted on Jan 16, 2014 11:57 AM) -------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

January 16, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-013 * * NASA, NOAA To Announce 2013 Global Temperature, Climate Conditions * Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will announce new data on 2013 global temperatures during a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 21. The scientists also will discuss 2013's most important weather and climate events. NASA and NOAA are two keepers of the world's temperature data and independently produce a record of E ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 56 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV News Conference, Media Availability with Next Space Station Crew ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:29:04 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV News Conference, Media Availability with Next Space Station Crew January 14, 2014 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters NASA Johnson Space Center 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M14-011 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 16 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 16 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1948 N05W54 045 0100 Hax 02 01 Alpha 1949 S17W22 013 0150 Hax 03 04 Alpha 1950 N16W37 ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2014 * RELEASE 14-015 * * NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2013 Annual Report * The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has released its 2013 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting issues and concerns to agency and government officials. The report released Wednesday is based on the panel's 2013 fact-finding and quarterly public meetings; "insight" visits a ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius-CAP v2.0 data covering the month of December 2013.  CAP Level 2 and 3 products are described and discoverable via the PO.DAAC data portal and are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP, THREDDS and LAS.  Users should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of December, and will be augmented on monthly intervals for the next few months. ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-012 * * NASA Administrator to Tour Glenn Research Center's Advanced Propulsion Technologies * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit the agency’s Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland Friday, Jan. 17, to view the Center's latest developments in advanced space propulsion technologies. Members of the local Ohio congressional delegation will be invited to join him for the tour. Beginning at 1:25 p.m. EST, Bolden, GRC Director Jim Free, and attending member ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2014 * RELEASE 14-017 * * NASA Invites Public to Send Names on an Asteroid Mission and Beyond * This is an artist's concept of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft preparing to take a sample from asteroid Bennu.Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/Chris Meaney NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be etched on a microchip aboard a spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in 2016. The "Messages to Bennu!" microchip will travel to the asteroid aboard the agency's Origi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 15 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 15 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1944 S12W88 093 0140 Dac 08 04 Beta 1948 N06W41 046 0070 Hax 02 01 Alpha 1949 S16W08 ...Continue Reading