September 26, 2013 The following message has been forwarded to all registered PO.DAAC users on behalf of the KNMI Scatterometer Team. Please direct all related inquiries to scat@knmi.nl. Dear wind product user, A spacecraft anomaly first detected on 17 September 2013 of the Metop-B Solid State Recorder (SSR) requires correction. This anomaly impacted the enhanced timeliness achieved through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA). During the recovery period there will be ...Continue Reading

September 26, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-298 * * Science Benefits from Diverse Landing Area of NASA Mars Rover * NASA's Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere. Examination of loose rocks, sand and dust has provi ...Continue Reading

September 26, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-156 * * NASA Media Resources Available on New International Climate Report * NASA will make scientists and data visualizations available to journalists Friday, Sept. 27, with the release of a portion of the Fifth Assessment Report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC will issue the "Summary for Policymakers" of the "Physica ...Continue Reading

September 26, 2013 Sarah Ramsey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1694sarah.ramsey@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-299 * * NASA, Partners Announce LAUNCH: Systems Challenge Forum * NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. State Department and Nike Inc. will host the fifth forum of the LAUNCH initiative at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.  Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28. This year’s forum, LAUNCH: Systems Challenge, seeks to identify and accele ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 114 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Hosts Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas 2. New Crew Heads to International Space Station ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:47:05 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Hosts Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas September 24, 2013 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Sarah Ramsey/Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 26 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 269 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1846 S17W31 058 0160 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1849 N21W53 080 0030 Eao 11 05 Beta 1850 N08W03 ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Level 2P GHRSST VIIRS Sea Surface Temperature  Global Level 2 sea surface temperature (SST) data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite are now available as part of the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) data collection. This Level 2 swath dataset is produced in near real-time by NAVOCEANO at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. The nadir resolution is 1.5 km as the NAVO processing system aggregat ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111josh.byerly@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-296 * * New Crew Heads to International Space Station * Three new Expedition 37 crew members lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:58 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 25 (2:58 a.m. Kazakh time, Thursday, Sept. 26) on a six-hour trek to the International Space Station. Expedition 37 Flight Engineer ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Frank Jennings Jr. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2776francis.t.jennings@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-048 * * NASA Awards Institutional Maintenance and Repair Contract * NASA has selected Wolf Creek Federal Services Inc. of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide facilities operations, repair and maintenance services at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The award is a five- ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4787cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-045 * * NASA Exercises Logistics and Technical Information Contract Option * NASA has exercised the second option under its contract with TRAX International Corp. of Las Vegas for logistics and technical information services at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center ...Continue Reading