Feb. 4, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rebecca Powell Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1139 rebecca.h.powell@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-037 NASA'S SUPER-TIGER BALLOON BREAKS RECORDS WHILE COLLECTING DATA WASHINGTON -- A large NASA science balloon has broken two flight duration records while flying over Antarctica carrying an instrument that detected 50 million cosmic rays. The Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (Super-TI ...Continue Reading

Feb. 04, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-027 NASA HOSTS FEB. 7 MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON ASTEROID EARTH FLYBY WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 7, to discuss an asteroid 150-feet in diameter that will pas ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE FELLENG Felleng formed as a tropical storm over the southern Indian Ocean on January 26, 2013, and strengthened into a cyclone on January 29. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80294&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 29, 2013 (Posted on Jan 29, 2013 12:43 PM) SNOW ACROSS GREAT BRITA ...Continue Reading

Feb. 4, 2013 Josh Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-026 SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP FLIGHTS TO BE BROADCAST ON NASA TV WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the departure of one Russian cargo spacecraft at the International Space Station and the launch and arrival of another. The ISS Progress 48 resupply ship, which arrived at the station last August, will depart t ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-5 2013 February 4 at 1:43 a.m. MST (2013 February 4 0843 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 28-February 3 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For February 4-10 A slight chance exists for Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts through 10 February. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, U ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 04 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 35 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1662 N27W79 318 0020 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1663 S09W65 304 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1665 N10W04 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 03 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 34 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1662 N27W65 317 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1663 S09W52 303 0030 Cao 05 02 Beta 1665 N10E09 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 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 33 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1662 N27W51 317 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1663 S10W36 302 0050 Hsx 06 06 Alpha 1665 N12E23 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 01, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tammie Letroise-Brown Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 tammie.r.letroise-brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-025 NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS TO TALK LIVE WITH NASA SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT WASHINGTON -- Students and teachers from the Triangle area of North Carolina will speak with NASA Expedition 34 flight engineer Tom Marshburn aboard the International Space Station at 10:15 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 5 ...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 NORTHERN MEXICO On January 29, 2013, a dust storm blew though northern Mexico. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80325&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 29, 2013 (Posted on Jan 31, 2013 4:29 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA Heavy ...Continue Reading