The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Notable fires in California in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81039&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 01, 2013 (Posted on May 02, 2013 10:02 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http: ...Continue Reading

May 02, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-131 NASA OPENS NEW ERA IN MEASURING WESTERN U.S. SNOWPACK WASHINGTON -- A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two major mountain watersheds in California and Colorado, producing the most accurate measurements to date of how much water they hold. The data from NASA's Airb ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 118 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SUCCESS CONTINUES AS NASA'S ORION PARACHUTE TESTS GET MORE DIFFICULT 2. NASA ASTRONAUT KAREN NYBERG AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS BEFORE SPACE STATION MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 14:01:08 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SUCCESS CONTINUES AS NASA'S ORION PARACHUTE TESTS GET MORE DIFFICULT May 1, 2013 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 02 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 122 Issued at 0030Z on 02 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1728 N19W44 216 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1730 S18W48 220 0100 Eai 11 12 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1 ...Continue Reading

May 1, 2013 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-068 DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR GARVER VISITS NASA'S GULF COAST FACILITIES WASHINGTON -- Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will visit NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and testing facilities at the agency's Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Friday, May 3. These facilities are critical to the construction and testing of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocke ...Continue Reading

May 1, 2013 Joshua Buck / Sarah Ramsey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 / 202-358-1694 jbuck@nasa.gov / sarah.ramsey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-130 NASA'S LAUNCH PROGRAM RECOGNIZED FOR GOVERNMENT INNOVATION WASHINGTON -- A NASA program supporting innovative approaches to sustainability challenges has received an Innovations in American Government Award from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. NASA's LAUNCH program is among the top 25 federal programs rec ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov Stephanie Renfrow University of Colorado, Boulder 303-735-5814 stephanie.renfrow@lasp.colorado.edu RELEASE: 13-125 NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO SEND NAMES AND MESSAGES TO MARS WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carr ...Continue Reading

May 1, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Mar��a-Jose Vinas Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-614-5883 mj.vinas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-127 NASA ROVER PROTOTYPE SET TO EXPLORE GREENLAND ICE SHEET WASHINGTON -- NASA's newest scientific rover is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highest part of Greenland. The robot known as GROVER, which stands for both Greenland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated V ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-126 NASA SELECTS U.S. SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECTS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 14 proposals from small business and research institution teams to continue development of innovative technologies that are needed for future NASA missions and could become viable commercial products and services. The Phase II selectees in NASA's Small Business Technology Transfer ( ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE ZANE Zane formed as a tropical storm in late April 2013 and headed for northeastern Australia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81029&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 30, 2013 (Posted on Apr 30, 2013 2:34 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading