The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (29 January 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Close-up of Flooding in Mozambique http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80297&src=eoa-iotd * Torres del Paine National Park http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80266&src=eoa-iotd * Sakurajima Volcano, Kyushu, Japan http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80274&src=eoa-iotd * Bushfire Bur ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 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

Jan. 29, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-032 NASA TO LAUNCH OCEAN WIND MONITOR TO SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- In a clever reuse of hardware originally built to test parts of NASA's QuikScat satellite, the agency will launch the ISS-RapidScat instrument to the Internation ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 673 2013 Jan 29 Somerville, MA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 34 is underway with commander Kevin Ford and flight engineers FE-1 Oleg Novitskiy, FE-2 Yevgeniy Tarelkin, FE-4 Roman Romanenko, FE-5 Chris Hadfield, and FE-6 Tom Marshburn. Ferry ship Soyuz TMA-06M is docked at the Poisk module; Soyuz TMA-07M is at Rassvet ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 29 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 29 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1661 N13W21 339 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1662 N27E01 317 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1663 S11E19 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 2013 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2191 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-021 NASA OBSERVES DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FEB. 1 WASHINGTON -- NASA will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's Day of Remembrance on Friday, Feb. 1, the 10th anniversary of the Columbia accident. NASA's Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the ca ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-034 NASA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL SPACE APPS CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA and government agencies worldwide will host the second International Space Apps Challenge April 20-21, with events across all seven continents and in space. Participants are encouraged to develop mobile applications, software, hardware, data visualization and platform solutions that could contri ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-023 NASA, NEWSEUM PRESENT MEDIA PREVIEW OF PBS' EARTH FROM SPACE WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Newseum will host a preview for news media of the upcoming NOVA special, "Earth from Space," at noon EST Monday, Feb. 4, at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington. "Earth from Space" is scheduled to air nationwide at 9 p.m. EST Feb. 13 on Public Broadcasting Service televisi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- THE SUMMER OF 2012-13 BRINGS FIRES TO AUSTRALIA Wildfires burned in Australia during 2012 and 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80252&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jan 14, 2013 (Posted on Jan 24, 2013 3:35 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jenny Knotts Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 norma.j.knotts@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-033 NASA SOLICITS IDEAS FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION RESEARCH WASHINGTON -- NASA wants to know how you can improve the International Space Station as a technology test bed. NASA's International Space Station National Laboratory and Technology Demonstration offices are asking for proposals on how the space station may be used to de ...Continue Reading