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 participating in the ISECG. The ...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 step closer to liftoff after a gauntlet of test firings of its st ...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 detections. The roving l ...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

September 19, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730david.steitz@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-287 * * NASA Seeks America's Best and Brightest for Space Technology Research Fellowships * NASA is seeking applications from U.S. graduate students for the agency's Space Technology Research Fellowships. The research grants, worth as much as $68,000 per year, will coincide with the start of the 2014 fall term. Applications will be accepted from students pursuing or planning to pursue mast ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 62 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Partner Orbital Sciences Launches Demonstration Mission to Space Station ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:29:34 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Partner Orbital Sciences Launches Demonstration Mission to Space Station September 18, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report # ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 19 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 262 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1841 S04W25 144 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1843 N01W07 127 0040 Dao 03 05 Beta 1845 S18E48 ...Continue Reading