:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 27 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 361 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1930 S07W77 332 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1931 S15W29 284 0170 Cao 06 03 Beta 1934 S15W12 ...Continue Reading

December 26, 2013 * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-054 * * NASA Awards Information Technology and Multimedia Contract * NASA is exercising an option to extend its contract with DB Consulting Group, Inc., in Silver Spring, Md., to provide information technology, multimedia, information management and external relations support services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The extension to the Information Technology and Multimedia Services contract is valued at $50.5 million. The total value of the ...Continue Reading

December 26, 2013 * RELEASE 13-376 * * NASA and JAXA Announce Launch Date for Global Precipitation Satellite * Environmental research and weather forecasting are about to get a significant technology boost as NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) prepare to launch a new satellite in February. NASA and JAXA selected 1:07 p.m. to 3:07 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 27 (3:07 a.m. to 5:07 a.m. JST Friday, Feb. 28) as the launch date and launch window for a Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the G ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 26 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 360 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1930 S09W59 327 0030 Cao 08 04 Beta 1931 S16W16 284 0230 Hax 09 05 Alpha 1934 S15E01 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- A NEW ISLAND FORMS NEAR NISHINO-SHIMA VOLCANO Volcanic activity along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” gave rise to a tiny island in late November 2013. Located in the Ogasawara Islands, part of the Volcano Islands arc, the new islet sits about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Tokyo in waters considered p ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 25 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 359 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1928 S16W87 008 0130 Dai 10 08 Beta-Gamma 1930 S09W46 327 0070 Cao 09 05 Beta 1931 S15 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (24 December 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Demre, Turkey http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82652&src=eoa-iotd * Earthrise Revisited http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82693&src=eoa-iotd * Sollipulli Caldera, Chile and Argentina http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82676&src=eoa-iotd * A Lava Lamp Look at the Atlantic htt ...Continue Reading

December 24, 2013 * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-195 * * NASA TV Coverage of Russian Spacewalk at Space Station on Dec. 27 * NASA Television will air live coverage of a seven-hour spacewalk by two Russian members of the International Space Station crew beginning at 7:30 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 27. Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency, will install photographic and scientific equipment on the hull of the space station. Their work is not rela ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 50 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Space Station Crew Removes Ammonia Pump, Next Spacewalk Set for Tuesday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:40:42 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Space Station Crew Removes Ammonia Pump, Next Spacewalk Set for Tuesday December 21, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M13-196 Space Stat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 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 358 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1928 S16W74 008 0330 Ekc 14 13 Beta-Gamma 1929 S12W16 310 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta 1930 S10 ...Continue Reading