The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MOUNT ETNA With a series of paroxysms, Mount Etna has reclaimed its status as one of the most active volcanoes on Earth. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80479&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Feb 20, 2013 (Posted on Feb 20, 2013 2:56 PM) ---------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Feb. 21, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-058 INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE THE FUTURE: NASA CREATES SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE WASHINGTON -- As part of the Obama Administration's recognition of the critical role that space technology and innovation will play in enabling both future space missions and bettering life here on Earth, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has announced the creation of the Space Technology Mission Directorat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 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 52 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1671 N16W59 074 0090 Hsx 03 02 Alpha 1673 S11E04 010 0080 Cao 08 16 Beta 1675 N12W23 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 20, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-050 NASA RELEASES GLORY TAURUS XL LAUNCH FAILURE REPORT SUMMARY WASHINGTON -- NASA has released a summary report on findings from a panel that investigated the unsuccessful 2011 launch of the agency's Glory spacecraft. The satellite, designed to improve our understanding of Earth's climate, was lost March 4, 2011, when it failed to reach orbit after launch aboard an Orbital Sci ...Continue Reading

Feb. 20, 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: 13-059 NASA MARS ROVER CONFIRMS FIRST DRILLED MARTIAN ROCK SAMPLE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. No rover has ever has drilled into a rock beyond Earth and ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT TOLBACHIK VOLCANO Tolbachik Volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula continued to erupt in January of 2013, along with several other nearby volcanoes. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80473&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Feb 14, 2013 (Posted on Feb 19, 2013 5:53 PM) ----------- ...Continue Reading

Feb. 20, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-057 NASA'S KEPLER MISSION DISCOVERS TINY PLANET SYSTEM WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet yet found around a star similar to our sun. The planets are located in a syst ...Continue Reading

Feb. 20, 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 RELEASE: 13-043 NASA SEEKS BIG IDEAS FOR SMALL IN-SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Space Technology Program is calling for proposals to develop miniaturized electrospray propulsion technologies that could revolutionize small satellite propulsion systems. Electrospray thrusters use electricity to energize mate ...Continue Reading

Feb. 20, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-034 NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE TODAY ABOUT CURIOSITY ROVER WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EST (noon PST) today, Feb. 20, to provide an update on the Mars rover Curiosity mission. This morning, Curiosity engineers confirmed the rover had col ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (20 February 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Sea Ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80467&src=eoa-iotd * Mustang Complex Fires in Idaho http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79754&src=eoa-iotd * Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80456&src=eoa-iotd * Iran' ...Continue Reading