April 12, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-077 NASA ANNOUNCES CHALLENGES FOR THE 2013 INTERNATIONAL SPACE APPS CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA and over 150 partner organizations worldwide will be hosting the International Space Apps Challenge on April 20-21, 2013. The International Space Apps Challenge is a technology development event during which citizens from around the world work together to solve challenges ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Apr 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 102 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Apr 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1711 S16W82 158 0230 Hax 04 02 Alpha 1714 N13W52 128 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1718 N22W32 ...Continue Reading

April 11, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: M13-061 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO VIEW ORION, SPEAK WITH KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is offering media representatives at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida an opportunity on Monday, April 15, to see Orion, the spacecraft that could take astronauts on a sample collection mission to an asteroid as ...Continue Reading

April 11, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Marie Vanover Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, N.M. 505-846-6086 marie.vanover@kirtland.af.mil RELEASE: 13-093 NASA, AIR FORCE SEEK NEXT GENERATION SPACE PROCESSOR PROGRAM WASHINGTON -- NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., are requesting researc ...Continue Reading

April 11, 2013 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov Jennifer Jones U.S. Forest Service, Boise, Idaho 208-387-5437 jejones@fs.fed.us RELEASE: 13-101 NASA IMAGING SENSOR PREPARES FOR WESTERN WILDFIRE SEASON WASHINGTON - Airborne imaging technology developed at NASA and transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 110 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ACTIVITIES 2. NASA SETS TV COVERAGE FOR ANTARES TEST FLIGHT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:46:45 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ACTIVITIES April 9, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-35 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Apr 11 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 101 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Apr 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1711 S17W67 156 0360 Cko 05 02 Beta 1713 N08W88 177 0180 Dai 10 07 Beta 1714 N13W38 ...Continue Reading

April 10, 2013 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-102 NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR STATEMENTS ON THE ASTEROID INITIATIVE IN THE FY 2014 BUDGET REQUEST WASHINGTON -- The following are statements from the associate administrators of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, Science Mission Directorate and Space Technology Mission Directorate on the administration's budget request for the 2014 fiscal year. From Associate Administrator for Hu ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA A veil of dust hung over the southern Arabian Peninsula and part of the Arabian Sea in early April 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80878&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 07, 2013 (Posted on Apr 09, 2013 3:42 PM) ------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

April 10, 2013 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-104 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN'S STATEMENT ON THE NASA FY 2014 BUDGET REQUEST WASHINGTON -- The following statement is from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the administration's budget request for the 2014 fiscal year: "Today, we unveil President Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for NASA -- a $17.7 billion investment in our nation's future. Our budget ensures the ...Continue Reading