August 21, 2013 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov  * RELEASE 13-259 * * NASA's Fermi Celebrates Five Years in Space, Enters Extended Mission * During its five-year primary mission, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has given astronomers an increasingly detailed portrait of the universe's most extraordinary phenomena, from giant black holes in t ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SAKURAJIMA VOLCANO INTENSIFIES Sakurajima Volcano erupted more than 400 times during 2009, and frequent activity continued through 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81891&src=nha *** OLI(Landsat 8) image from Aug 19, 2013 (Posted on Aug 20, 2013 3:23 PM) ------------------- ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/757-344-8511kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-138 * * NASA Crashes Helicopter to Study Safety -- Updated Web address for U-Stream * NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/757-344-8511kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-138 * * NASA Crashes Helicopter to Study Safety * NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness data. News media representatives a ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Next Generation of Explorers Takes the Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:04:03 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Next Generation of Explorers Takes the Stage August 20, 2013 Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #13-258 Next Generation of Explorers Takes the Stage NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Tuesday formally welcomed the eight ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Aug 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 233 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Aug 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1818 S05W76 218 0210 Hax 02 02 Alpha 1820 S12W34 177 0060 Dai 05 10 Beta-Gamma 1823 S0 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (20 August 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Dusting the Virtues of Snow http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/DirtySnow/?src=eoa-features Scientist Tom Painter examines the differences between pure and dirty snow. A rise in dust can be a critical influence on snow-fed water supplies in the American West. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.n ...Continue Reading

August 20, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468tracy.g.young@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-257 * * NASA Explores New Uses for Historic Launch Structures * NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is seeking concepts for the potential use or divestment of three historic launch platforms that are not needed for the agency's current or planned future missions. A Request for Information (RFI) released Friday will gauge t ...Continue Reading

August 20, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov  * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-137 * * NASA Invites Media to Learn About Airborne Hurricane Mission * NASA is inviting media on Tuesday, Sept. 10, to see two Global Hawk unmanned scientific aircraft that will fly over the Atlantic Ocean to study tropical cyclones and their growth process. Beginning at 9:30 a.m. E ...Continue Reading

August 20, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-258 * * Next Generation of Explorers Takes the Stage * NASA, International Community United in Support of Bold Space Exploration Program NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Tuesday formally welcomed the eight newest candidates to the astronaut corps and unveiled a space exploration roadmap that makes clear the global community is working together on a unified deep space exploration strategic plan, with ...Continue Reading