August 21, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011agle@jpl.nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-263 * * NASA Spacecraft Reactivated to Hunt for Asteroids * Probe Will Assist Agency in Search for Candidates to Explore A NASA spacecraft that discovered and characterized tens of thousands of asteroids throughout the solar system before being placed in hibernation will return to service for three more y ...Continue Reading

Folks:             Immediately below is a link to an interesting astrobiology seminar that the Library of Congress is sponsoring on September 12.  Below that is info about an unrelated cryptology history conference that may also be of interest to readers of this listserv.  Thanks,             Steve Garber   Stephen Garber NASA History Program Office Room 2T72 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-038 * * NASA Awards Human Health and Performance Contract to SAIC * NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Va., to provide biomedical, medical and health services in support of all human spaceflight programs at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The contr ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 212-358-1761sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13--036 * * NASA Selects Advanced Research and Technology Contract * NASA has selected Universities Space Research Association (USRA) of Columbia, Md., to support research and technology efforts at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. This cost-plus-fixed fee indefinite-delive ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2013 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov  * RELEASE 13-259 * * NASA's Fermi Celebrates Five Years in Space, Enters Extended Mission * During its five-year primary mission, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has given astronomers an increasingly detailed portrait of the universe's most extraordinary phenomena, from giant black holes in t ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SAKURAJIMA VOLCANO INTENSIFIES Sakurajima Volcano erupted more than 400 times during 2009, and frequent activity continued through 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81891&src=nha *** OLI(Landsat 8) image from Aug 19, 2013 (Posted on Aug 20, 2013 3:23 PM) ------------------- ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/757-344-8511kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-138 * * NASA Crashes Helicopter to Study Safety -- Updated Web address for U-Stream * NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/757-344-8511kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-138 * * NASA Crashes Helicopter to Study Safety * NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness data. News media representatives a ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Next Generation of Explorers Takes the Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:04:03 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Next Generation of Explorers Takes the Stage August 20, 2013 Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #13-258 Next Generation of Explorers Takes the Stage NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Tuesday formally welcomed the eight ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Aug 21 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 233 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Aug 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1818 S05W76 218 0210 Hax 02 02 Alpha 1820 S12W34 177 0060 Dai 05 10 Beta-Gamma 1823 S0 ...Continue Reading