November 14, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730david.steitz@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-333 * * NASA Seeks American Small Business Proposals for High Tech R&D * To enable future space exploration while helping to seed viable commercial products and services here in America, NASA is seeking proposals for the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The SBIR and STTR Programs provide small businesses and nonprofit ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington       202-358-1600david.s.weaver@nasa.gov Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468michael.curie@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-177 * * NASA Administrator to View Orion Spacecraft and MAVEN Launch Preparations * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will view the latest progress on NASA's Orion spacecraft and launch preparations for the next Mars mission at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Flori ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Donna Weaver / Ray Villard Space Science Telescope Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4493 / 410-338-4514dweaver@stsci.edu / villard@stsci.edu * RELEASE 13-330 * * Hubble Reveals First Pictures of Milky Way's Formative Years * NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the first visual evidence of how our home galaxy, the Milky Way, assembled itself into the majestic pinwheel of stars we see today. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Nov 14 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 318 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Nov 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1890 S11W69 170 0290 Ekc 12 13 Beta-Gamma 1893 S12E03 098 0140 Dso 04 06 Beta 1895 S15 ...Continue Reading

November 13, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-179 * * NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg Available for Satellite Media Interviews * NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg, who returned to Earth on Nov. 10 after 166 days in space, will be available for live satellite media interviews from 2-3:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 20. The interviews will be carried on NA ...Continue Reading

November 13, 2013 David Weaver/Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600/202-358-1100david.s.weaver@nasa.gov / trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-334 * * NASA Hails Success of Commercial Space Program Private Space Station Resupply Underway, Plans Readied for Astronauts * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Wednesday hailed the success of the agency’s public-private partnership with American companies to resupply the International Space Station and announced the next phase of con ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 48 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Space Station Crew Lands with Olympic Torch; Finishes 166 Days in Space ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:27:40 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Space Station Crew Lands with Olympic Torch; Finishes 166 Days in Space November 10, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #13-332 Space Stati ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Nov 13 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 317 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Nov 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1890 S11W55 169 0420 Ekc 13 32 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1893 S13E15 099 0240 Dso 03 08 Beta 18 ...Continue Reading

November 12, 2013 Sarah Ramsey/Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1694/202-358-5227sarah.ramsey@nasa.gov  / rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-178 * * NASA Continues Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas * NASA has rescheduled its Asteroid Synthesis Workshop, a public forum to examine and synthesize 96 of the ideas submitted to a Request for Information (RFI) about the agency's asteroid initiative. The workshop will be held Nov. 20 - 22 at the Lunar and Pla ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 November 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Assessing Haiyan's Winds http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82375&src=eoa-iotd * Rare Tropical Cyclone Strikes Somalia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82377&src=eoa-iotd * Rio Tinto Borax Mine http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82365&src=eoa-iotd * Burn Scar near Sydney htt ...Continue Reading