July 31, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-120 * * NASA Invites Media to Preview Pollution-Climate Science Flights * For a behind-the-scenes look at NASA's upcoming airborne campaign to study how air pollution from wildfires and other sources affects our climate, NASA will host a media day from 8-11 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Aug. 21, in Houston. Th ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 683 2013 Jul 30, Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 36 is continuing. The crew are commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineers FE-2 Alexandr Misurkin, FE-3 Chris Cassidy, FE-4 Yurchikin, FE-5 Parmitano and FE-6 Nyberg. Ferry ship Soyuz TMA-08M is at Poisk and TMA-09M at Rassvet. Cargo ship ATV-4 i ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jul 31 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 212 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Jul 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1800 S07W95 156 0030 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1801 N19W23 083 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1805 S07W71 ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2013 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the MetOp-B ASCAT Level 2 datasets provided by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Scatterometer Application Facility (OSI SAF). Two Level 2 netCDF datasets are included in this release: [*] operational 25 km (with an effective resolution of 50 km) and [*] operational 12.5 km (wi ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 July 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Mile Marker 28 Fire, Washington http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81738&src=eoa-iotd * Tropical Storm Flossie http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81730&src=eoa-iotd * Salton Trough http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81711&src=eoa-iotd * New Ice Island at Pine Island Glacier http:/ ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100/202-358-1726trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov / dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-121 * * NASA Invites Reporters and Public to Curiosity First Anniversary Event * NASA officials and crew members aboard the International Space Station will observe the first anniversary of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars at a public event in Washington from noon-1:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 6. The event will be broadcast on ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington           202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll           Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4787cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-033 * * NASA Selects ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-930-6149rachel.hoover@nasa.gov * RELEASE C13-032 * * NASA Extends Contract for Supercomputing Support Services * NASA will exercise the fifth one-year option on a contract with Computer Sciences Corp. of Lanham, Md., for supercomputing support services at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The option exercised on the cost ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-930-6149rachel.hoover@nasa.gov * RELEASE C13-032 * * NASA Extends Contract for Supercomputing Support Services * NASA will exercise the fifth one-year option on a contract with Computer Sciences Corp. of Lanham, Md., for supercomputing support services at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The option exercised on the cost ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington  202-358-1761sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gv Linda Matthews-Schmidt Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111linda.j.matthews-schmidt@nasa.gov * RELEASE C13-031 * * NASA Awards Construction and Engineering Services Contract * NASA has selected Gilbane Building Company of Houston to provide Construction Management and Professional Engineering Services (CoMPES) at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The five-year $25 mil ...Continue Reading