May 20, 2013 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-145 NASA AND THE WHITE HOUSE PAY TRIBUTE TO SALLY RIDE WASHINGTON -- NASA and President Obama are honoring the life and legacy of Sally Ride on the day a national tribute was held for the first American woman in space. The president announced Monday afternoon Ride will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House later this year. The Medal of Freedom is ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Mike Gold Bigelow Aerospace, Washington 240-235-6016 mgold@bigelowaerospace.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-084 NASA, BIGELOW TO DISCUSS PRIVATE SECTOR HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA and Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas are holding a media availability at 1:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 23, to discuss the agency's Space Act Agreement with the company for its insight on colla ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-147 VANDERBILT TAKES TOP PRIZE IN NASA STUDENT LAUNCH CHALLENGE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Aerospace Club of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., took first prize in the 2013 annual NASA Student Launch Projects challenge, in which student teams design, build and fly small rockets with science pa ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-079 NASA ADMINISTRATOR VISITS CALIFORNIA CENTERS, MEETS MEDIA WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will hold media availabilities at all three of the agency's centers in California this week, highlighting progress on the asteroid mission, commercial crew transportation and space technology development. Bolden will tour of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Sy ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE MAHASEN Mahasen formed as a tropical storm over the northern Indian Ocean in early May 2013 and moved northward over the Bay of Bengal. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81177&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 16, 2013 (Posted on May 16, 2013 2:53 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-083 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM, SCIENCE BRIEFING SET HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will host a news conference and social media event at 1 p.m. CDT (2 p.m. EDT) Wednesday, May 22, to preview the upcoming Expedition 36 mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA Television and the agency's webs ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 The PO.DAAC would like to invite all users and potential users of Sea Surface Temperature data to the following event: Announcing New NASA Earth Science Data Discovery and Access Webinar Series! (Free) Learn how to find, access and use NASA data, information and tools Save-the-date! A special two-part physical oceanography webinar kicks off this series. Day one will focus on High-resolution sea surface temperature data products from the Group for High Res ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2013 The following message has been forwarded to all registered PO.DAAC users on behalf of the KNMI Scatterometer Team. Please direct all related inquiries to scat@knmi.nl. Dear wind product user, The wind processing software was updated on 14th of May, according to planning. For your information, please note that the upgrade of the ASCAT level 1 processing software is postponed from 16th to 28th of May, see http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/83 ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2191 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-080 SALLY RIDE NATIONAL TRIBUTE AT KENNEDY CENTER TONIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting journalists to tonight's "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy," a national tribute to America's first woman in space. The special event will be held at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Perfor ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-20 2013 May 20 at 2:28 a.m. MDT (2013 May 20 0828 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 13-19 Multiple category R3 (Strong) and R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed from 13 - 17 May due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1748. A category S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm was observed from 15 - 18 May due to solar activity associated with ...Continue Reading