October 23, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4787cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov   * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-049 * * NASA Awards Bridge Contract for Multidisciplinary Engineering and Technical Services * NASA has awarded a bridge contract to AS and D Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., for continued multidisciplinary engineering and technical services until a follow-on contract i ...Continue Reading

October 23, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones Goddard Space Flight Center. Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-162 * * NASA Hosts NASA TV News Briefing on Upcoming Mars Mission * NASA will host a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 28, to discuss the upcoming launch of the agency's next mission to Mars and the first devoted to understanding the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet. The brief ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 54 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Orbital Sciences Cygnus Spacecraft Departs Space Station, Ends Demonstration Mission for NASA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:56:27 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Orbital Sciences Cygnus Spacecraft Departs Space Station, Ends Demonstration Mission for NASA October 22, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Wa ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Oct 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 296 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Oct 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1872 S17W26 057 0060 Cao 03 04 Beta 1873 N12W17 049 0010 Axx 06 04 Alpha 1874 S11W47 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (22 October 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Something Fishy in the Atlantic Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Malvinas/?src=eoa-features There's a city in the middle of the ocean…a city of fishing boats. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Smog Shuts Down Harbin http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/I ...Continue Reading

October 22, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Dewayne Washington Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0040dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-309 * * NASA Laser Communication System Sets Record with Data Transmissions to and from Moon * NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 239,000 miles between the moon and Earth at a record-breaking download rate of ...Continue Reading

October 22, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111josh.byerly@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-308 * * Orbital Sciences Cygnus Spacecraft Departs Space Station, Ends Demonstration Mission for NASA * A cargo resupply demonstration mission by Orbital Sciences Corp. drew to a close Tuesday as Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station detached and released the Dulles, Va., company' ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 104 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Space Station Astronaut Calls Home to Speak with Minnesota Students 2. NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews on Eve of Space Station Mission ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:21:54 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Space Station Astronaut Calls Home to Speak with Minnesota Students October 21, 2013 Ashle Harris Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-51 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2097 Issue Time: 2013 Oct 22 0501 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2096 Begin Time: 2013 Oct 17 0930 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3951 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Oct 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 295 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Oct 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1872 S17W11 055 0060 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1873 N12W05 049 0040 Dao 09 09 Beta 1874 S11W32 ...Continue Reading