Jan. 14, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-017 NASA, SPACE STATION PARTNERS ANNOUNCE FUTURE CREW MEMBERS HOUSTON -- NASA and its international partners have named several future International Space Station expedition crews. They include NASA astronauts Steve Swanson, Reid Wiseman, Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts. Swanson was born in Syracuse, N.Y., but considers Steamboat Spring ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Leslie McCarthy Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York 212-678-5507 leslie.m.mccarthy@nasa.gov John Ewald National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington 240-429-6127 john.ewald@noaa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-014 NASA, NOAA TO ANNOUNCE 2012 GLOBAL TEMPERATURE, CLIMATE CONDITIONS JAN. 15 WASHINGTON -- U.S. government climate experts will announce new data on global temperature conditions in 2012 dur ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 4 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=80141&src=nha *** VIIRS(Suomi NPP) image from Jan 09, 2013 (Posted on Jan 11, 2013 1:28 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80132&src=nha *** MODI ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- A RIVER OF HAZE Thick haze hung over India and Bangladesh during January 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80148&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 11, 2013 (Posted on Jan 11, 2013 4:03 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a servi ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 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: M13-016 NASA HOSTS JAN. 15 TELECONFERENCE ON CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) Tuesday, Jan. 15, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its C ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2013 David S. Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov Ted Huetter The Museum of Flight 206-768-7105 / 206-455-5360 thuetter@museumofflight.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-015 NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO TOUR SEATTLE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT JAN. 15 WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden will tour the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery at the Seattle Museum of Flight on Tuesday, Jan.15. News media are invited to join Bolden, who ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-2 2013 January 13 at 8:56 p.m. MST (2013 January 14 0356 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 7-13 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 11 and 13 January due to flare activity from active sunspot Regions 1654 and 1652. Outlook For January 14-20 Category R1 (Minor) and R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts are likely through 20 January. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 14 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 14 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1649 S16W49 205 0060 Cao 03 03 Beta 1650 S28W44 200 0060 Cao 03 03 Beta 1652 N19W28 1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 13 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 13 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1642 S25W84 253 0110 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1644 N15W72 241 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1649 S16W35 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 12 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 12 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1642 S25W70 252 0110 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1644 N15W58 240 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1649 S16W21 ...Continue Reading