June 14, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Christina Thompson Northrop Grumman Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif. 310-812-2375 christina.thompson@ngc.com Jennifer Bowman ATK, Magna, Utah 435-279-3159 jennifer.bowman@atk.com RELEASE: 13-184 NASA'S WEBB TELESCOPE'S LAST BACKBONE COMPONENT COMPLETED WASHINGTON -- Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with th ...Continue Reading

June 14, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov Chris Koehler Colorado Space Grant Consortium, Boulder 303-492-3141 koehler@colorado.edu RELEASE: 13-186 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS BECOME ROCKET SCIENTISTS AT NASA'S WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY WASHINGTON -- More than 120 students and educators will delve into the world of rocket science June 15-21 during Rocket Week at NASA's Wal ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jun 14 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 165 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jun 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1768 S11W32 355 0090 Dai 06 12 Beta 1769 S23E61 261 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta 1770 S13E67 ...Continue Reading

June 13, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-614-5883 maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-183 WARM OCEAN, NOT ICEBERGS, CAUSING MOST OF ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES' MASS LOSS PASADENA, Calif. -- Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN COLORADO A gallery of notable fires in Colorado during 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81396&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 12, 2013 (Posted on Jun 13, 2013 11:47 AM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81389&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 11, 2013 ...Continue Reading

June 13, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Donna Weaver Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4593 dweaver@stsci.edu RELEASE: 13-182 NASA'S HUBBLE UNCOVERS EVIDENCE OF FARTHEST PLANET FORMING FROM ITS STAR WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, a finding that may challenge current theories about planet formation. Of the ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jun 13 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 164 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jun 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1765 N09W78 055 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1768 S11W19 354 0050 Dao 04 06 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

June 12, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 13-181 NASA'S CHANDRA TURNS UP BLACK HOLE BONANZA IN GALAXY NEXT DOOR WASHINGTON -- Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way. Using more than 150 Chandra observations, sp ...Continue Reading

June 12, 2013 In preparation for the upcoming release of MetOp-B ASCAT data, the existing FTP/OPeNDAP layout and location for the MetOp-A ASCAT datasets will undergo a slight change effective this Thursday, 13 June 2013 at approximately 16:00 PDT (23:00 UTC). For the FTP site, all existing MetOp-A ASCAT dataset basepaths will change from ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/ascat/preview/L2/ to the new basepath: ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/ascat/preview/L2/metop_a/ For OPeNDAP ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jun 12 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 163 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Jun 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1765 N09W64 054 0050 Dao 10 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/ ...Continue Reading