November 14, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov John M. Foley Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4034/650-224-6794john.m.foley@nasa.gov Daryl Stephenson Boeing Research & Technology Communications 314-232-8203/314-497-9036daryl.l.stephenson@boeing.com * RELEASE 13-340 * * NASA, Boeing Finish Tests of 757 Vertical Tail With Advanced Technology * NASA's Ames Research Center hosts the world's largest wind tunnel, where ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Kate Ramsayer Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-1742kate.d.ramsayer@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-335 * * NASA-USGS Landsat Data Yield Best View to Date of Global Forest Losses, Gains * The ravages of deforestation, wildfires, windstorms, and insects on global forests during this century are revealed in unprecedented detail in a new study based on data from the NASA-U.S. Geological Survey Lan ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CRACK IN THE PINE ISLAND GLACIER In mid-October 2011, NASA scientists discovered a crack in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, where a new iceberg is getting ready to break off. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82388&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 10, 2013 (Posted on Nov 14, 2013 7:17 AM) ---- ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 Dwayne Brown/Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington    202-358-1726 / 202-358-2191dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / allard.beutel@nasa.gov * RELEASE * * LeVar Burton Shares MAVEN’s Story in a New NASA PSA * (Image Credit: NASA) As NASA prepares for next week's launch of the agency's next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), actor LeVar Burton shares the excitement of the mission in a new NASA public ser ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730david.steitz@nasa.gov   * RELEASE 13-333 * * NASA Seeks American Small Business Proposals for High Tech R&D * To enable future space exploration while helping to seed viable commercial products and services here in America, NASA is seeking proposals for the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The SBIR and STTR Programs provide small business ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington       202-358-1600david.s.weaver@nasa.gov Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468michael.curie@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-177 * * NASA Administrator to View Orion Spacecraft and MAVEN Launch Preparations * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will view the latest progress on NASA's Orion spacecraft and launch preparations for the next Mars mission at ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Donna Weaver / Ray Villard Space Science Telescope Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4493 / 410-338-4514dweaver@stsci.edu / villard@stsci.edu * RELEASE 13-330 * * Hubble Reveals First Pictures of Milky Way's Formative Years * NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the first visual evidence of how our home galaxy, the Milky Way, assembled itself into the majestic pinwheel of stars we see today. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Nov 14 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 318 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Nov 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1890 S11W69 170 0290 Ekc 12 13 Beta-Gamma 1893 S12E03 098 0140 Dso 04 06 Beta 1895 S15 ...Continue Reading

November 13, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-179 * * NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg Available for Satellite Media Interviews * NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg, who returned to Earth on Nov. 10 after 166 days in space, will be available for live satellite media interviews from 2-3:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 20. The interviews will be carried on NA ...Continue Reading

November 13, 2013 David Weaver/Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600/202-358-1100david.s.weaver@nasa.gov / trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-334 * * NASA Hails Success of Commercial Space Program Private Space Station Resupply Underway, Plans Readied for Astronauts * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Wednesday hailed the success of the agency’s public-private partnership with American companies to resupply the International Space Station and announced the next phas ...Continue Reading