September 25, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730david.steitz@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-295 * * NASA Selects Early Stage Innovation Proposals from 10 Universities * NASA has selected 10 university-led proposals for study of innovative, early stage space technologies that address high priority technical needs America's space program must master to enable future missions. The one-year grants from NASA's Space Technology Research Grants Program are worth about $250,000 each, wit ...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 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jeannette P. Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-294 * * 12 NASA Explorer Schools Receive Honor Awards and Grants * NASA has recognized 12 NASA Explorer Schools from 11 U.S. states for their contributions to science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) education in the 2012-2013 school year. All 12 schools will receive a NASA ce ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov Elise Rand U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, Washington 202-254-5608elise.rand@hq.dhs.gov * RELEASE 13-297 * * NASA and Homeland Security Test Radar for Locating Disaster Victims * NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are collaborating on a fir ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASAs Gilruth Center Hosts Viewing Party for Expedition 37 Launch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:24:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASAs Gilruth Center Hosts Viewing Party for Expedition 37 Launch September 24, 2013 Tammie Letroise-Brown Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #JO13-024 NASA�s Gilruth Center Hosts Viewing Party for Expedition 37 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 25 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 268 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1846 S18W18 059 0150 Hsx 04 01 Alpha 1849 N19W38 079 0030 Cro 09 04 Beta 1850 N08E10 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (24 September 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Fall Harvest in Kazakhstan http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82127&src=eoa-iotd * Super Typhoon Usagi http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82121&src=eoa-iotd * Samarkand, Uzbekistan http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82116&src=eoa-iotd * Sandy Siberia http://earthobservatory.n ...Continue Reading

September 24, 2013 Sarah Ramsey/Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1694 / 202-358-5227sarah.ramsey@nasa.gov / rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-155 * * NASA Hosts Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas * NASA will host a public workshop 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 Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. The workshop ...Continue Reading

September 24, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Doug LeMere NASA Shared Services Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-813-6617douglas.m.lemere@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-046 * * NASA Awards Contract Modification for Shared Services Center * NASA has exercised the fourth option year under its existing contract with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Falls Church, Va. This is a one-year option period for the continuation of financial m ...Continue Reading

September 24, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730david.steitz@nasa.gov Janet Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov Chris Ford Development Projects Inc., Dayton, Ohio 937-222-4422cford@daytonregion.com * RELEASE 13-285 * * The Challenge is On: Team Registration Open for NASA-DPI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airspace Operations Challenge * NASA and Development Projects Inc. (DPI) of Dayton, Ohio, have opened regi ...Continue Reading