:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Aug 16 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 228 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Aug 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1817 S21W31 241 0260 Ekc 12 22 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1818 S07W07 217 0300 Dki 08 15 Beta 18 ...Continue Reading

August 15, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington           202-358-1726dwayne.brown@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789rachel.hoover@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-135 * * NASA Hosts NASA TV News Briefing on Upcoming Lunar Mission * NASA will host a news briefing at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 22 ...Continue Reading

August 15, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington        202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Gregory B. Harland or Stephanie Covey Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468gregory.b.harland@nasa.gov or stephanie.a.covey@nasa.gov Christina Ra SpaceX 310-363-6447christina.ra@spacex.com  * RELEASE 13-255 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Orbit and Entry Review * NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Space Exploration Te ...Continue Reading

August 15, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789michele.johnson@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-254 * * NASA Ends Attempts to Fully Recover Kepler Spacecraft, Potential New Missions Considered * Following months of analysis and testing, the Kepler Space Telescope team is ending its attempts to restore the spacecraft to full working order, and now is considering what new science resear ...Continue Reading

August 15, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Michael Finneran Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6110michael.p.finneran@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-133 * * NASA Aircraft Take to Skies over Houston for Air Pollution Study * A multi-year NASA science mission soon will be airborne over Houston to help scientists measure and forecast air quality from spac ...Continue Reading

August 15, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-251 * * NASA, Commercial Crew Partners Fund Additional Development Milestones * NASA announced Thursday it is adding some additional milestones to agreements with three U.S. commercial companies that are developing spaceflight capabilities that could eventually provide launch services to transport NASA astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil. NASA is supporting the ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 59 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Invites Media to Meet New Astronaut Candidates ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:05:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Invites Media to Meet New Astronaut Candidates August 14, 2013 Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M13-131 NASA Invites Media to Meet New Astronaut Candidates ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Aug 15 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 227 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Aug 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1817 S21W17 239 0220 Esc 11 22 Beta 1818 S07E07 214 0270 Dhc 08 15 Beta 1819 S18W05 ...Continue Reading

August 14, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov  Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-6982michele.johnson@nasa.gov  * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-134 * * NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconference * NASA will host a news teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 15, to discuss the status of the agency's Kepler Space Telescope. Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or n ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOG FROM AMBRYM VOLCANO Ambrym Volcano in the Vanuatu archipelago remains active in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81858&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Aug 09, 2013 (Posted on Aug 13, 2013 3:40 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazar ...Continue Reading