The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (23 July 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Views of a Distant Earth http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81702&src=eoa-iotd * Tiny Typhoon? http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81692&src=eoa-iotd * Gravity Waves and Sunglint, Lake Superior http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81650&src=eoa-iotd * Amsterdam, The Netherlands http: ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-258-1730david.steitz@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789rachel.hoover@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-116 * * NASA Invites Media to Space Station Astronaut-Robot Test * MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- An astronaut aboard the International Space Station will control NASA's K10 planetary rover at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., from 8-11 a.m. PDT Friday, July 26, and media ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington        202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov Geoffrey Brown Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory 240-228-5618geoffrey.brown@jhuapl.edu * RELEASE 13-229 * * NASA'S Spitzer Observes Gas Emission From Comet Ison * WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington           202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111josh.byerly@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-228 * * NASA Creates Spacewalk Mishap Investigation Board * WASHINGTON -- NASA has appointed a board to investigate the July 16 early termination of a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, develop a set of lessons learned from the incident and suggest ways ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2056 Issue Time: 2013 Jul 23 1226 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2055 Begin Time: 2013 Jul 10 1655 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4017 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 45 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Space Station Cargo Ship Activities to Air on NASA TV ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:55:28 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Space Station Cargo Ship Activities to Air on NASA TV July 22, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M13-115 Space Station Cargo Ship Activities to Air on NASA ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jul 23 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 204 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jul 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1793 N21W27 194 0170 Fso 16 14 Beta 1799 S15E08 158 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1800 S08E08 ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2013 PO.DAAC will retire its long running subsetting tool, POET (http://poet.jpl.nasa.gov) on July 31, 2013.  This will be replaced with Live Access Server (LAS). Users are encouraged to try our LAS Level-3 gridded data visualization and subsetting tool (http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/las). LAS is a well utilized and familiar subsetting and visualization tool for the Earth Sciences. It enables the web user to: visualize data with on-the-fly graphics, ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850jccook@jpl.nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-227 * * NASA Releases Images of Earth Taken By Distant Spacecraft * WASHINGTON -- Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured the ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington  202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111josh.byerly@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-115 * * Space Station Cargo Ship Activities to Air on NASA TV * WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the departure of one Russian cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, July 25 and the launch and docking of another to the station Saturday, July 27. The ISS ...Continue Reading