The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (10 December 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Cloud Towers http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82521&src=eoa-iotd * Smog Shrouds Eastern China http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82535&src=eoa-iotd * Dune movement around Aorounga http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82517&src=eoa-iotd * Taylor Valley, Antarctica http://eartho ...Continue Reading

December 10, 2013 * RELEASE 13-369 * * NASA Mars Spacecraft Reveals a More Dynamic Red Planet * NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed to scientists slender dark markings -- possibly due to salty water – that advance seasonally down slopes surprisingly close to the Martian equator. "The equatorial surface region of Mars has been regarded as dry, free of liquid or frozen water, but we may need to rethink that," said Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona in Tucson, princi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE IN EASTERN CHINA Thick haze hovered over eastern China winter 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82535&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 07, 2013 (Posted on Dec 09, 2013 2:03 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 47 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Developing Legs for Space Station's Robotnaut 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 16:50:01 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Developing Legs for Space Station's Robotnaut 2 December 9, 2013 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 Report #H13-363 NASA Developing Legs for Space Station's Robotnaut ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 10 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 344 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1909 S19W93 212 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1912 S21W24 143 0110 Hsx 04 02 Alpha 1916 S13W51 ...Continue Reading

December 9, 2013 * RELEASE 13-364 * * NASA-USGS Landsat 8 Satellite Pinpoints Coldest Spots on Earth * What is the coldest place on Earth? It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92 degrees Celsius) on a clear winter night. Scientists made the discovery while analyzing the most detailed global surface temperature maps to date, developed with data from remote sensing satellites including t ...Continue Reading

December 9, 2013 * RELEASE 13-363 * * NASA Developing Legs for Space Station's Robotnaut 2 * NASA engineers are developing climbing legs for the International Space Station's robotic crewmember Robonaut 2 (R2), marking another milestone in space humanoid robotics. The legless R2, currently attached to a support post, is undergoing experimental trials with astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory. Since its arrival at the station in February 2011, R2 has performed a series of tasks to demonstrate it ...Continue Reading

December 9, 2013 * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-191 * * NASA Opens Media Accreditation For TDRS-L Launch * Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-L. Liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is targeted for 9:05 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 23, at the opening of a 40-minute launch window. International media without U.S. citizenship must apply for credentials by 4 p.m. Wedne ...Continue Reading

December 9, 2013 * RELEASE 13-366 * * NASA Rover Results Include First Age Measurement on Mars and Help for Human Exploration * NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions. In a little more than a year on the Red Planet, the mobile Mars Science Laboratory has determined the age of a Martian rock, found evidence the planet could have sustained microbial life, taken the first readings of radiation ...Continue Reading

December 6, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-357 * * NASA Initiative Helps Launch Student-Built Satellites * With help from NASA, four student-built CubeSat research satellites launched into space Friday from the California coast as part of the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative. The CubeSats were included as auxiliary payloads aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, Calif., at 11: ...Continue Reading