The following sections have been updated in the past 1 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 06 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 340 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1908 S26W62 234 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1909 S17W34 206 0200 Dai 10 19 Beta 1911 S11W52 ...Continue Reading

December 5, 2013 PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the new dataset, SARAL Near-Real-Time Value-added Operational Geophysical Data Record Sea Surface Height Anomaly.  This value-added dataset is intended to provide improved accuracy near-real-time (NRT) sea surface height anomaly (SSHA) measurements for the SARAL/AltiKa mission.  The data are available 7-9 hours after measurement.  It is based on the official OGDR-SSHA, but takes advantage of several improvements, mos ...Continue Reading

December 5, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-360 * * NASA Fellowships, Scholarships Bring Diversity to Future STEM Workforce * NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has awarded fellowships and scholarships for the 2013-2014 academic year to 40 graduate and undergraduate students from across the United States to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. Thirty gr ...Continue Reading

December 4, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468amber.n.philman@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-361 * * Heat Shield for NASA's Orion Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center * NASA's Orion spacecraft is just about ready to turn up the heat. The spacecraft's heat shield arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 05 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 339 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1908 S26W48 232 0080 Dso 09 03 Beta 1909 S17W20 205 0250 Ekc 11 11 Beta-Gamma 1911 S11 ...Continue Reading

December 4, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850jccook@jpl.nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-358 * * NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Obtains Best Views of Saturn Hexagon * NASA's Cassini spacecraft has obtained the highest-resolution movie yet of a unique six-sided jet stream, known as the hexagon, around Saturn's north pole. This is the first movie of its kind, using color filters, and the first ...Continue Reading

December 4, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730david.steitz@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover 650-604-0643 Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.rachel.hoover@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-362 * * NASA's Latest Space Technology Small Satellite Phones Home * PhoneSat 2.4, NASA's next generation smartphone cubesat has phoned home. The tiny spacecraft that uses an off-the-shelf smartphone for a brain has completed checkout and sent back data confirming all systems are "go" f ...Continue Reading

December 4, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu * RELEASE 13-355 * * Supernova Blast Provides Clues to Determining Age of Binary Star System * Illustration of Circinus X-1, an X-ray binary star system. (Image credit: NASA) Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed faint remnants of a supernova explosion and helped researchers determine Circinus ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 04 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 338 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1908 S26W34 232 0080 Dso 10 05 Beta 1909 S18W07 205 0250 Ekc 11 17 Beta-Gamma 1911 S11 ...Continue Reading