The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA In May 2013, severe thunderstorms struck the Great Plains. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81200&src=nha *** (GOES) image from May 20, 2013 (Posted on May 21, 2013 2:43 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81197&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) im ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-148 NASA CALLS FOR PHASE II VISIONARY ADVANCED CONCEPTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is looking for far-out ideas. NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking Phase II proposals for continuation of promising studies selected during the first phase of the visionary program. The NIAC program funds cutting-edge concepts with the potential to transform future aerospace missions, enable new capabil ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 21 1822 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 :::::::::: CORRECTED COPY :::::::::: SRS Number 141 Issued at 0030Z on 21 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1744 N06W79 359 0020 Cao 01 01 Beta 1745 N13W53 333 ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tammie Letroise-Brown Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 tammie.r.letroise-brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-082 MASSACHUSETTS STUDENTS SPEAK LIVE WITH ORBITING NASA ASTRONAUT HOUSTON -- NASA Expedition 35 astronaut and flight engineer Chris Cassidy will speak live from the International Space Station with students at Talbot Innovation Middle School in Fall River, Mass., at 10:05 a.m. EDT, Thursday, May ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM, SCIENCE BRIEFING SET ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20:13 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM, SCIENCE BRIEFING SET May 20, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M13-083 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM, SCIENCE ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 21 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 141 Issued at 0030Z on 21 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1744 N06W79 359 0020 Cao 01 01 Beta 1745 N23W53 333 0150 Cao 03 04 Beta 1746 S29W51 ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-145 NASA AND THE WHITE HOUSE PAY TRIBUTE TO SALLY RIDE WASHINGTON -- NASA and President Obama are honoring the life and legacy of Sally Ride on the day a national tribute was held for the first American woman in space. The president announced Monday afternoon Ride will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House later this year. The Medal of Freedom is ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Mike Gold Bigelow Aerospace, Washington 240-235-6016 mgold@bigelowaerospace.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-084 NASA, BIGELOW TO DISCUSS PRIVATE SECTOR HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA and Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas are holding a media availability at 1:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 23, to discuss the agency's Space Act Agreement with the company for its insight on colla ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-147 VANDERBILT TAKES TOP PRIZE IN NASA STUDENT LAUNCH CHALLENGE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Aerospace Club of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., took first prize in the 2013 annual NASA Student Launch Projects challenge, in which student teams design, build and fly small rockets with science pa ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-079 NASA ADMINISTRATOR VISITS CALIFORNIA CENTERS, MEETS MEDIA WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will hold media availabilities at all three of the agency's centers in California this week, highlighting progress on the asteroid mission, commercial crew transportation and space technology development. Bolden will tour of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Sy ...Continue Reading