December 6, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-368 * * NASA, CASIS Make Space Station Accessible for Stem Cell Research * NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) are enabling research aboard the International Space Station that could lead to new stem cell-based therapies for medical conditions faced on Earth and in space. Scientists will take advantage of the space station's microgravity environment to study the properti ...Continue Reading

December 9, 2013 * RELEASE 13-367 * * NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Arrives at Kennedy Space Center * A truck hauls NASA's TDRS-L satellite to the Astrotech facility in Titusville for launch processing. The TDRS is the latest spacecraft destined for the agency's constellation of communications satellites that allows nearly continuous contact with orbiting spacecraft ranging from the International Space Station and Hubble Space Telescope to the array of scientific observatories. Photo credi ...Continue Reading

December 6, 2013 Rachel H. Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-192 * * NASA Discusses Curiosity Radiation Findings * NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 9, to discuss new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the rover Curiosity. Just prior to the teleconference, the findings will be presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco. The j ...Continue Reading

December 6, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-189 * * NASA Highlights Mars, Ozone Hole, and the Sun at American Geophysical Union * NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics next week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The meeting will take place Dec. 9-13 at the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St., in San Francisco. Media registration for the even ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN EAST AFRICA The Shabelle River inundated farmland in a key food-producing region in Somalia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82513&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 04, 2013 (Posted on Dec 06, 2013 1:00 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SAKURAJIM ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-50 2013 December 8 at 9:43 p.m. MST (2013 December 9 0443 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 2-8 NOAA Scale G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm conditions were observed on 08 December (0000 - 0300 UTC) due to coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) effects. NOAA Scale G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions were observed on 08 December (0300-0600 UTC ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 09 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 343 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1909 S19W79 211 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1912 S21W12 144 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1916 S13W37 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 08 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 342 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1909 S17W61 207 0100 Cso 10 07 Beta 1912 S21E01 143 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1915 S30W59 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 690 2013 Dec 6, Somerville, MA, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorial --------- The Cubesat Era has truly begun with the launch of 90 payloads in the past month, most of them picosatellites with masses under 10 kg. Let's hope my data entry skills can keep up! International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 38 continues with commander Oleg Kotov, and f ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 07 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1908 S25W79 236 0040 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1909 S17W50 207 0140 Dso 10 10 Beta 1911 S11W64 ...Continue Reading