November 20, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu * RELEASE 13-345 * * NASA's Chandra Helps Confirm Evidence of Jet in Milky Way's Black Hole * Astronomers have long sought strong evidence that Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, is producing a jet of high-energy particles. Finally they have found it, in new res ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON HAIYAN This potent storm crossed the Philippines and headed for Indochina in early November 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82420&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Nov 15, 2013 (Posted on Nov 19, 2013 4:53 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natura ...Continue Reading

November 20, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-343 * * NASA Helps Launch Student-Built Satellites as Part of CubeSat Launch Initiative * NASA is beginning to receive confirmation 11 small cubesat research satellites, including the first developed by high school students, that were launched into space Tuesday night from the Virginia coast are operating as planned. The cubesats were included as auxiliary payloads aboard a U.S. Air Force Minotaur 1 r ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 689 2013 Nov 20, Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 38 began on Nov 10 with commander Oleg Kotov, and flight engineers FE-2 Sergey Ryazanskiy, FE-3 Michael Hopkins, FE-4 Mikhail Tyurin, FE-5 Rick Mastracchio and FE-6 Koichi Wakata. Ferry ship Soyuz TMA-10M is at Poisk. Cargo ship Progress M-20M is ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Nov 20 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 324 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Nov 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1893 S13W77 099 0430 Ekc 12 14 Beta-Delta 1895 S17W55 078 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1896 N1 ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 The PO.DAAC would like to inform users that Sea Surface Temperature data from the TMI instrument have been impacted due to a malfunction on the TRMM satellite. No data are available beyond Nov 13, 2013 and any data from Nov 12-13 should not be used. See this announcement from Remote Sensing Systems:  http://www.remss.com/missions/tmi We will keep users informed of the status and once the data stream is restored. ----------------- ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 November 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * How to Interpret a Satellite Image: Five Tips and Strategies http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ColorImage/?src=eoa-features What do you do when presented with a new satellite image? Here's what the Earth Observatory team does to understand the view. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.go ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Stephanie Covey Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468stephanie.a.covey@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-344 * * NASA Advances Effort to Launch Astronauts Again from U.S. Soil to Space Station * Commercial Crew Request for Proposals Finalizes Development and Certification Process NASA took another step Tuesday to restore an American capability to launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the International Sp ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Kimberly Henry Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034kimberly.h.henry@nasa.gov Leslie Williams Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3893leslie.a.williams@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-336 * * NASA Tests Space Launch System Autopilot Technology on F/A-18 Jet * An F/A-18 research jet simulated various flight conditions that NASA's Space Launch System may experience a ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov   * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-181 * * Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana Available for Interviews * Robert Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and veteran space shuttle astronaut, will be available for interviews from 6-8 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 20. This month marks the 15th anniversary of the first module of the International Space Station's launch into orbit on Nov. 20, 19 ...Continue Reading