November 15, 2013 David Weaver/Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 321-867-2468david.s.weaver@nasa.gov / allard.beutel@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-182 * * NASA Administrator Available for Satellite Interviews on Agency's Next Mars Mission * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is available for live satellite interviews from 6-8 a.m. EST Monday, Nov. 18, the morning of launch for the agency's next mission to Mars. The interviews will be carried live on NASA Television. NASA's Mars Atmosphere a ...Continue Reading

November 15, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Frank Jennings, Jr. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2776francis.t.jennings@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-051 * * NASA Awards Contract for Space Flight Systems Development and Operations * NASA has selected ZIN Technologies Inc. of Middleburg Heights, Ohio, to support space flight systems development and operations at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contrac ...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=82392&src=nha *** OLI(Landsat 8) image from Nov 13, 2013 (Posted on Nov 14, 2013 3:38 PM) - ...Continue Reading

November 15, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-180 * * NASA Centers Host Public Viewing Events for Nov. 18 Mars Mission Launch * Five NASA centers around the United States will host events and activities Monday, Nov. 18, for the public to view the launch of the agency's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft and learn about its mission. MAVEN, which is set to launch at 1:28 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Forc ...Continue Reading

November 15, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730david.steitz@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-339 * * NASA Issues 2014 Call for Advanced Technology Concepts * NASA is looking for visionary concepts that have the potential to enable new missions or significantly improve current approaches to achieve aerospace objectives. Through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals for revolutionary concepts with the po ...Continue Reading

November 15, 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 Emily Shanklin SpaceX, Hawthorne, Calif. 310-363-6733media@spacex.com * RELEASE 13-337 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Achieves Milestone in Safety Review * This is an artist concept of SpaceX's Dragon capsule in orbit. (Image Credit: SpaceX) Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Expl ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 56 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg Available for Satellite Media Interviews ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:48:32 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg Available for Satellite Media Interviews November 13, 2013 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M13-179 NAS ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Nov 15 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 319 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Nov 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1890 S12W83 171 0090 Eao 12 03 Beta 1893 S13W10 098 0240 Dsi 08 22 Beta 1895 S17E10 ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Gregory B. Harland Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-7401gregory.b.harland@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-050 * * NASA Awards Ground Systems Development and Operations Support Contract * NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration Company of Satellite Beach, Fla., to provide support to the Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ...Continue Reading

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