September 20, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Gregory B. Harland Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468gregory.b.harland@nasa.gov   * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-043 * * NASA Awards Follow-on Custodial Services Contract for Kennedy * NASA has awarded a contract to Brevard Achievement Center of Rockledge, Fla., to provide custodial services to the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The firm-fixed price contract begins Oct. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LAVA AND SNOW ON KLYUCHEVSKAYA VOLCANO Klyuchevskaya Volcano continued emit steam, ash, and lava in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82105&src=nha *** OLI(Landsat 8) image from Sep 09, 2013 (Posted on Sep 19, 2013 5:25 PM) -------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

September 20, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011agle@jpl.nasa.gov Lee Tune University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 301-405-4679ltune@umd.edu   * RELEASE 13-290 * * NASA's Deep Space Comet Hunter Mission Comes to an End * After almost 9 years in space that included an unprecedented July 4th impact and subsequent flyby of a comet, an additional comet flyby, and the ...Continue Reading

September 20, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov   * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-134 * * International Partnership Releases Space Exploration Benefits Paper * NASA and the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) released a white paper Friday outlining benefits of human exploration of space. The document, titled "Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration," is the culmination of a dialog between space agencies particip ...Continue Reading

September 20, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington        202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Stephanie Covey Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-7450stephanie.a.covey@nasa.gov Kelly George The Boeing Company, Houston 281-226-4367kelly.george@boeing.com   * RELEASE 13-289 * * NASA Commercial Partner Boeing Tests CST-100 Spacecraft Thrusters * Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft is one ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2087 Issue Time: 2013 Sep 20 1236 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2013 Sep 20 1220 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 20 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 263 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1841 S04W38 144 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1843 N01W21 127 0060 Dso 04 06 Beta 1845 S18E34 ...Continue Reading

September 19, 2013 Dwayne Brown  Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov   * RELEASE 13-288 * * NASA Curiosity Rover Detects No Methane on Mars * Data from NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed the Martian environment lacks methane. This is a surprise to researchers because previous data reported by U.S. and international scientists indicated positive det ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN COLORADO Intense rains brought widespread, destructive floods to Colorado starting on September 11, 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82090&src=nha *** OLI(Landsat 8) image from Sep 17, 2013 (Posted on Sep 18, 2013 4:29 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- N ...Continue Reading

September 19, 2013 On behalf of the Aquarius project, the PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the new-look and significantly updated Aquarius public website http://aquarius.nasa.gov/. New features include: [*] Slideshow of key geographic locations superimposed on a map of Aquarius sea surface salinity data. [*] Note that a Flash-enabled mirror page hosted by the University of Maine includes an explorable globe showing Where's A ...Continue Reading