The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OFF LIBYA Dust plumes blew off the coast of Libya in mid-January 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80206&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 15, 2013 (Posted on Jan 17, 2013 3:46 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a s ...Continue Reading

Friends of NASA History,The NASA History Program published its first book, "Project Mercury: A Chronology," in 1963.  To celebrate the golden anniversary of NASA's history books we are offering you a chance to get copies of some of our older titles for free.  While supplies last you can pick up free copies of many of our publications from the NASA Headquarters Information Center.  You can find a complete list of what is available (including some of our more recent books that are not available u ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1985 Issue Time: 2013 Jan 18 1256 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1984 Begin Time: 2013 Jan 17 1315 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1136 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 18 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 18 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1652 N18W82 185 0030 Hax 01 02 Alpha 1654 N07W47 149 0540 Fkc 20 27 Beta-Gamma 1658 S13 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 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=80187&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 15, 2013 (Posted on Jan 16, 2013 3:35 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a se ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1984 Issue Time: 2013 Jan 17 1343 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2013 Jan 17 1315 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 17 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 17 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1652 N19W72 188 0090 Hax 02 02 Alpha 1654 N06W33 149 0590 Fkc 21 18 Beta-Gamma-Delta 16 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 16, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-024 NASA TO TEST BIGELOW EXPANDABLE MODULE ON SPACE STATION LAS VEGAS -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced Wednesday a newly planned addition to the International Space Station that will use the orbiting laboratory to test expandable space habitat technology. NASA has awarded a $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace to provide a Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), which is s ...Continue Reading

January 16, 2013 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the "Preview" release of the "SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Arctic Sea Ice Age Classification (BYU/SCP)" dataset produced by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU) as part of the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) (Swan and Long, 2012). This dataset  identifies First-Year (FY) and Multi-Year (MY) sea ice using SeaWinds on QuikSCAT scatterometer observations on a daily basis from 20 June 2002 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 16, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Rani Gran Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2483 rani.c.gran@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-017 ACCREDITATION OPEN FOR NASA LANDSAT DATA CONTINUITY MISSION LAUNCH VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members of the media planning to cover the launch of NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) at Vandenberg Air F ...Continue Reading