The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA In May 2013, severe thunderstorms struck the Great Plains. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81271&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jun 02, 2013 (Posted on Jun 04, 2013 4:28 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a ...Continue Reading

June 5, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-168 NASA'S SPITZER SEES MILKY WAY'S BLOOMING COUNTRYSIDE WASHINGTON -- New views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show blooming stars in our Milky Way galaxy's more barren territories, far from its crowded core. The images are part of the Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid- ...Continue Reading

June 5, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Amanda Santoro LEGO Systems Inc., Enfield, Conn. 860-763-7834 amanda.santoro@LEGO.com RELEASE: 13-173 NASA PARTNERS WITH THE LEGO GROUP FOR DESIGN AND BUILD CONTEST WASHINGTON -- NASA and the LEGO Group are partnering to inspire the next generation of aerospace engineers by offering a new design competition. The competition will spur students of all ages to use the toy bricks in building models of future airpla ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2027 Issue Time: 2013 Jun 05 0507 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2026 Begin Time: 2013 Jun 02 1445 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 31836 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 Se ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jun 05 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 156 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jun 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1759 S07W50 132 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1762 S28W48 130 0280 Dko 10 10 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (04 June 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Scarred Landscape in Oklahoma http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81271&src=eoa-iotd * First Fires of the Season in New Mexico http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81267&src=eoa-iotd * Tarut Bay, Saudi Arabia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81255&src=eoa-iotd * Kamchatka Surrounde ...Continue Reading

June 04, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2665 alan.brown@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-027 NASA AWARDS AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA has selected L-3 Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., to support the operations of all aircraft assigned to the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base and the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in near ...Continue Reading

June 4, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Jim Scott University of Colorado, Boulder 303-492-3114 Jim.Scott@colorado.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-092 NASA ANNOUNCES MAJOR AIRBORNE POLLUTION/CLIMATE STUDY JUNE 6 WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 6, to announce a new airborne science campaign over the southern United States. The campaign will investigate how air pollution and natural em ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN NEW MEXICO Notables wildfires that occurred in New Mexico in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81267&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 01, 2013 (Posted on Jun 03, 2013 4:21 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ASHFALL FROM THE KARYMSKY VOLCANO Karymsky Vol ...Continue Reading

June 4, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-171 NASA PREPARES FOR LAUNCH OF NEXT SOLAR SATELLITE WASHINGTON -- NASA's next scientific satellite, which is scheduled for launch June 26, will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun's lower atmosphere or interface region. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission will observe how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through t ...Continue Reading