July 8, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington           202-358-0918stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-106 * * NASA Hosts July 10 Online Media Briefing on Solar System Finding * WASHINGTON -- NASA will host its first Google+ Hangout news briefing at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 10, on a new finding from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission. The briefing will be shown live on YouTube, NASA Television and the agency's websi ...Continue Reading

July 8, 2013 Rachel Kraft         Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center 281-483-5111nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov * RELEASE M13-104 * * Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Next Station Crew Meet Media * WASHINGTON -- The next International Space Station crew, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy, will be available for news media interviews and filming ...Continue Reading

July 8, 2013 Rachel Kraft         Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center 281-483-5111nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov * RELEASE M13-104 * * Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Next Station Crew Meet Media * WASHINGTON -- The next International Space Station crew, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy, will be available for news media interviews and filming ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington            202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-194 * * NASA Announces Space Station Research and Development Conference * WASHINGTON -- The American Astronautical Society, in cooperation with NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), will conduct the second annual International Space ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington            202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-194 * * NASA Announces Space Station Research and Development Conference * WASHINGTON -- The American Astronautical Society, in cooperation with NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), will conduct the second annual International Space ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-204 * * NASA Seeks Information on Commercial Robotic Lunar Lander Capabilities * WASHINGTON -- NASA Tuesday issued a Request for Information (RFI) that will help agency officials better understand current plans in the U.S. commercial space industry for a robotic lunar landing capability. The RFI will assist NASA in assessing U.S. industry's interest in partnerships to develop a robotic land ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-204 * * NASA Seeks Information on Commercial Robotic Lunar Lander Capabilities * WASHINGTON -- NASA Tuesday issued a Request for Information (RFI) that will help agency officials better understand current plans in the U.S. commercial space industry for a robotic lunar landing capability. The RFI will assist NASA in assessing U.S. industry's interest in partnerships to develop a robotic land ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN ARIZONA A gallery of notable fires that affected Arizona in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81549&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 01, 2013 (Posted on Jul 02, 2013 12:11 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN NORTHERN INDIA Flooding in Northern India * http://earth ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ERUPTING KAMCHATKA VOLCANOES The Kamchatka Peninsula, the northwestern edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire, is one of the most volcanically active regions on Earth. At least 114 Kamchatkan volcanoes have erupted in the past 12,000 years. A handful of these volcanoes is erupting currently. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/N ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-27 2013 July 7 at 11:22 p.m. MDT (2013 July 8 0522 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 1-7 Category R1 (minor) radio blackouts were observed on 03 July due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1787. Outlook For July 8-14 There is a chance for category R1 (minor) radio blackouts through the outlook period. Data used to provide space weath ...Continue Reading