There are 2 messages totalling 114 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Hosts Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas 2. New Crew Heads to International Space Station ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:47:05 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Hosts Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas September 24, 2013 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Sarah Ramsey/Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 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 269 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1846 S17W31 058 0160 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1849 N21W53 080 0030 Eao 11 05 Beta 1850 N08W03 ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Level 2P GHRSST VIIRS Sea Surface Temperature  Global Level 2 sea surface temperature (SST) data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite are now available as part of the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) data collection. This Level 2 swath dataset is produced in near real-time by NAVOCEANO at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. The nadir resolution is 1.5 km as the NAVO processing system aggregat ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111josh.byerly@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-296 * * New Crew Heads to International Space Station * Three new Expedition 37 crew members lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:58 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 25 (2:58 a.m. Kazakh time, Thursday, Sept. 26) on a six-hour trek to the International Space Station. Expedition 37 Flight Engineer ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Frank Jennings Jr. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2776francis.t.jennings@nasa.gov   * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-048 * * NASA Awards Institutional Maintenance and Repair Contract * NASA has selected Wolf Creek Federal Services Inc. of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide facilities operations, repair and maintenance services at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4787cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov   * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-045 * * NASA Exercises Logistics and Technical Information Contract Option * NASA has exercised the second option under its contract with TRAX International Corp. of Las Vegas for logistics and technical information services at the agency's Goddard Spa ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730david.steitz@nasa.gov   * RELEASE 13-295 * * NASA Selects Early Stage Innovation Proposals from 10 Universities * NASA has selected 10 university-led proposals for study of innovative, early stage space technologies that address high priority technical needs America's space program must master to enable future missions. The one-year grants from NASA's Space Technology Research Grants Program are worth about $2 ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Level 2P GHRSST VIIRS Sea Surface Temperature  Global Level 2 sea surface temperature (SST) data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite are now available as part of the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) data collection. This Level 2 swath dataset is produced in near real-time by NAVOCEANO at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. The nadir resolution is 1.5 km as the NAVO processing system aggregat ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jeannette P. Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-294 * * 12 NASA Explorer Schools Receive Honor Awards and Grants * NASA has recognized 12 NASA Explorer Schools from 11 U.S. states for their contributions to science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) education in the 2012-2013 school year. All 12 schools will receive a NASA ce ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov Elise Rand U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, Washington 202-254-5608elise.rand@hq.dhs.gov * RELEASE 13-297 * * NASA and Homeland Security Test Radar for Locating Disaster Victims * NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are collaborating on a fir ...Continue Reading