May 17, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-146 NASA SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AT KENNEDY'S LAUNCH PAD 39A WASHINGTON -- NASA released a synopsis Friday announcing plans to issue an announcement for proposals for the commercial use of Launch Pad 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The announce ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE MAHASEN Mahasen formed as a tropical storm over the northern Indian Ocean in early May 2013 and moved northward over the Bay of Bengal. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81177&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 16, 2013 (Posted on May 16, 2013 2:53 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 17 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 137 Issued at 0030Z on 17 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1743 N22W40 013 0080 Cso 10 06 Beta 1744 N05W27 360 0120 Cao 12 18 Beta 1745 N12W01 ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4787 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: 13-025 NASA EXTENDS ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING AND INTEGRATION SERVICES CONTRACT AT GODDARD GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has extended a contract with Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., for Environmental Testing and Integration Services at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Maria-Jose Vinas Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-614-5883 mj.vinas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-141 NASA SATELLITE DATA HELP PINPOINT GLACIERS' ROLE IN SEA LEVEL RISE WASHINGTON -- A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise. The new research found glaciers out ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PAVLOF VOLCANO, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS The Alaska Volcano Observatory first detected earthquakes associated with the movement of magma and heat at Pavlof&rsqo;s summit on May 13, 2013. Photographs and satellite imagery confirmed an eruption on May 14. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81146&src=nha ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-143 NASA'S ASTEROID SAMPLE RETURN MISSION MOVES INTO DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016. The Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) passed a confi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 16 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 136 Issued at 0030Z on 16 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1743 N21W28 014 0090 Dao 09 05 Beta 1744 N05W12 359 0070 Cao 12 23 Beta 1745 N13E12 ...Continue Reading

May 15, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Krystal Scordo Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems 720-407-3192 krystal.scordo@sncorp.com RELEASE: 13-143 SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION DREAM CHASER TESTING BEGINS AT NASA DRYDEN, LANGLEY EDWARDS, Calif. -- Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems Dream Chaser flight vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., Wednesday to begin tests of it ...Continue Reading

May 15, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Daniel Stolte University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-4402 stolte@email.arizona.edu RELEASE: 13-142 NASA PROBE COUNTS SPACE ROCK IMPACTS ON MARS WASHINGTON -- Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of com ...Continue Reading