Feb. 22, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov Jeremy L. Eggers Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-2958 jeremy.l.eggers@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-053 NASA PARTNER ORBITAL TESTS ROCKET, NEWEST U.S. LAUNCH PAD WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- NASA commercial partner Orbital Sciences of Dulles, Va., successfully conducted an engine test of its Antares rocket F ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: C13-011 NASA SELECTS LAUNCH SERVICES FOR ICESAT-2 MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Launch Services Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected United Launch Services, LLC of Englewood, Colo., to provide Delta II launch services for the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevati ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2013 Lauren B. Worley Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov Jennifer Stanfield Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.stanfield@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-062 NASA CHIEF TOURS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITY, HIGHLIGHTS SPACE PROGRAM'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDUSTRY SECTOR HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden toured Friday a cutting-edge facility at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center where high-tech manufacturing is creating par ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2013 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-037 NASA COVERAGE SET FOR MARCH 1 SPACEX MISSION TO SPACE STATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The second SpaceX mission to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is s ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN MEXICO AND NEW MEXICO On February 20, 2013, dust plumes arose in northern Mexico and southern New Mexico. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80491&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 20, 2013 (Posted on Feb 22, 2013 1:20 PM) ------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 44 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASAS ORION ENGINEERS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS IN SEATTLE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:40:16 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASAS ORION ENGINEERS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS IN SEATTLE February 21, 2013 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J13-005 NASA�S ORION ENGINEERS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS IN SEATTLE HOUSTON--N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 22 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 53 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1671 N15W73 074 0070 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1673 S11W10 012 0010 Bxo 06 10 Beta 1675 N13W38 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 21, 2013 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-060 NASA SELECTS SCIENCE INSTRUMENT AND HARDWARE FOR EUROPEAN MISSION TO JUPITER WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected key contributions to a 2022 European Space Agency (ESA) mission that will study Jupiter and three of its largest moons in unprecedented detail. The moons are thought to harbor vast water oceans beneath their icy surfaces. NASA's contribution will consist of one U.S.-led science instrument and ...Continue Reading

Feb. 21, 2013 Lauren B. Worley Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1288 lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov Jennifer Stanfield Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.stanfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-030 NASA ADMINISTRATOR TOURS MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITY WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will see some of the cutting-edge techniques being used to create parts for the engines of the Space Launch Sys ...Continue Reading

Feb. 21, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-061 NASA STUDENT MARS PROJECT WINS EDUCATION AWARD WASHINGTON -- A NASA project that allows students to use a camera on a spacecraft orbiting Mars for research has received a new education prize from the journal Science. NASA's Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP), a component of NA ...Continue Reading