September 17, 2013 Sarah Ramsey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1694sarah.ramsey@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-149 * * NASA Highlights Asteroid Grand Challenge at World Maker Faire * NASA is reaching out to a new community for ideas on how to find and track potentially hazardous asteroids, and protect the planet from their impacts. The World Maker Faire is being held Sept. 21-22 at the New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St., in New York. The World Maker Faire is a festival of invention, cre ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 17 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1840 S11W75 222 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta 1841 S04E02 144 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN ARGENTINA A gallery of notable fires in Argentina. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82057&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 10, 2013 (Posted on Sep 13, 2013 3:12 PM) FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Notable fires in California in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82038&src= ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN ARGENTINA A gallery of notable fires in Argentina. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82057&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 10, 2013 (Posted on Sep 13, 2013 3:12 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN COLORADO Intense rains brought widespread, destructive floods to Colorado ...Continue Reading

September 16, 2013 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius-CAP v2.0 data covering the month of August 2013.  CAP Level 2 and 3 products are described and discoverable via the PO.DAAC data portal http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/datasetlist?search=CAP and are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP, THREDDS and LAS.  Users should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of August, and will b ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 16 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 259 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1841 S05E14 146 0030 Hax 02 02 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-37 2013 September 15 at 6:14 p.m. MDT (2013 September 16 0014 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 9-15 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For September 16-22 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 64 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Updated Launch Date, NASA TV Coverage for Orbital Sciences Demonstration Mission ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:23:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Updated Launch Date, NASA TV Coverage for Orbital Sciences Demonstration Mission September 14, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Re ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 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 258 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1839 S12W83 256 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1841 S06E28 145 0040 Cso 02 03 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

September 14, 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 * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-149 * * Updated Launch Date, NASA TV Coverage for Orbital Sciences Demonstration Mission * Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., will postpone by at least 24 hours the launch of its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft on a demonstration mission to the International Space Station. The new launch w ...Continue Reading