May 30, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Elizabeth Gardner Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. 765/494-2081 ekgardner@purdue.edu Jennifer Chu Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Phone: 617-715-4531 j_chu@mit.edu RELEASE: 13-164 NASA'S GRAIL MISSION SOLVES MYSTERY OF MOON'S SURFACE GRAVITY PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior L ...Continue Reading

May 30, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Kate Ramsayer NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-1742 kate.d.ramsayer@nasa.gov Jon Campbell U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. 571-230-6831 joncampbell@usgs.gov RELEASE: 13-160 LANDSAT 8 SATELLITE BEGINS WATCH WASHINGTON -- NASA transferred operational control Thursday of the Landsat 8 satellite to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a ceremony in Sioux Falls, S.D. The event marks th ...Continue Reading

Unsubscribe Automatically: May 30, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Deb Schmid Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio 210-522-2254 deb.schmid@swri.org RELEASE: 13-165 RADIATION MEASURED BY NASA'S CURIOSITY ON VOYAGE TO MARS HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE HUMAN MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- Measurements taken by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission as it delivered the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012 are providing NASA th ...Continue Reading

Unsubscribe Automatically: The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA Winds sent dust plumes swirling over the Mediterranean Sea on May 29, 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81232&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 29, 2013 (Posted on May 29, 2013 5:25 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 ...Continue Reading

Unsubscribe Automatically: May 30, 2013 Bert Ulrich/Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1713/ 202-358-0918 bert.ulrich@nasa.gov / stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-088 ACTOR JADEN SMITH FOCUSES ON EARTH SCIENCE IN A NEW NASA PSA WASHINGTON -- Jaden Smith, star of Columbia Pictures' movie "After Earth," is featured in a new NASA public service announcement that describes the contributions of the agency's Earth science program to environmental awa ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2022 Issue Time: 2013 May 30 0512 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2021 Begin Time: 2013 May 24 1555 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 35366 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 May 30 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 150 Issued at 0030Z on 30 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1755 N11W40 202 0030 Cro 08 06 Beta 1756 S19W53 214 0110 Cso 15 10 Beta 1757 S08E14 ...Continue Reading

Unsubscribe Automatically: May 29, 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: 13-157 NASA'S WISE MISSION FINDS LOST ASTEROID FAMILY MEMBERS WASHINGTON -- Data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to a new and improved family tree for asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers used m ...Continue Reading

Unsubscribe Automatically: May 29, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-159 NASA SELECTS 31 SPACE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROPOSALS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Space Biology Program will fund 31 proposals to help investigate how cells, plants and animals respond to changes in gravity. These studies will result in new basic knowledge that provides a foundation on which other NASA researchers and engineers can build approaches and count ...Continue Reading

Unsubscribe Automatically: May 29, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Janet L. Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov Andy Baron Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass. 508-831-5916 ajbaron@wpi.edu RELEASE: 13-162 TEAMS PREPARE FOR NASA $1.5 MILLION ROBOT CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- Eleven teams from across the country and around the globe are preparing to compete for $1.5 million during NASA ...Continue Reading