May 1, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-129 SUCCESS CONTINUES AS NASA'S ORION PARACHUTE TESTS GET MORE DIFFICULT WASHINGTON -- A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft safely landed during a simulation of two types of parachute failures Wednesday. In the test, conducted in Yuma, Ariz., the mock capsule was traveling about 250 mph when the p ...Continue Reading

May 1, 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 RELEASE: 13-128 NASA SPACECRAFT WILL VISIT ASTEROID WITH NEW NAME WASHINGTON -- An asteroid that will be explored by a NASA spacecraft has a new name, thanks to a third-grade student in North Carolina. NASA's Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explore ...Continue Reading

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There is 1 message totalling 52 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA EXTENDS CREW FLIGHT CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:49:34 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS CREW FLIGHT CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY April 30, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #C13-027 NASA EXTENDS CREW FLIGHT CONTRACT WITH ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 01 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 121 Issued at 0030Z on 01 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1728 N19W30 215 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1730 S18W34 219 0180 Eac 11 24 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 April 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Notes from the Field Blog: Iowa Flood Studies http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/iowa-flood-studies/?src=eoa-features A field campaign called the Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) is taking place in eastern Iowa from May 1 to June 15, 2013. The goal is to evaluate how well rainfall data from the upcoming Glo ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SIBERIA Fires burned across Russia during the summer of 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81022&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 29, 2013 (Posted on Apr 30, 2013 9:23 AM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA Dust and clouds stretched ...Continue Reading

April 30, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-027 NASA EXTENDS CREW FLIGHT CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $424 million modification to its contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) for full crew transportation services to the International Space Station in 2016 with return and rescue s ...Continue Reading

April 30, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-067 NASA ASTRONAUT KAREN NYBERG AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS BEFORE SPACE STATION MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, a Vining, Minn., native who is making final preparations for a launch to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 7- 8 a.m. EDT Thursday, May 9. Th ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2010 Issue Time: 2013 Apr 30 1201 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2009 Begin Time: 2013 Apr 27 0915 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1592 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading