Jan. 07, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-002 NASA SELECTS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Frontier-Arrowhead NASA Services Joint Venture of Kansas City, Mo., to manage and oversee construction projects at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Clevel ...Continue Reading

Jan. 7, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-002 NASA'S GREEN AVIATION RESEARCH THROTTLES UP INTO SECOND GEAR WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected eight large-scale integrated technology demonstrations to advance aircraft concepts and technologies that will reduce the impact of aviation on the environment over the next 30 y ...Continue Reading

Jan. 07, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-009 NASA KEPLER SCIENTIST HONORED BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WASHINGTON -- William Borucki, science principal investigator for NASA's Kepler mission at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in California, is the recipient of the 2013 Henry Draper Medal award ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE DUMILE Tropical Storm Dumile formed at the beginning of 2013 in the southern Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80074&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 03, 2013 (Posted on Jan 03, 2013 1:34 PM) TAKLIMAKAN DESERT SNOW A winter storm in December 2012 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 07, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-008 NASA'S KEPLER MISSION DISCOVERS 461 NEW PLANET CANDIDATES WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler mission Monday announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates. Four of the potential new planets are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in their sun's "habitable zone," the region in the plane ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- VOLCAN COPAHUE With a history of eruptions throughout the Twentieth Century, Volcan Copahue showed signs of new life in late 2012 and early 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80095&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 05, 2013 (Posted on Jan 07, 2013 1:38 PM) VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT KILAUE ...Continue Reading

Jan. 7, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-004 NASA TO HOLD JAN. 10 MEDIA BRIEFING ON NEXT LANDSAT MISSION LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 10, about the upcoming launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). The briefing will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency's webs ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-1 2013 January 6 at 6:30 p.m. MST (2013 January 7 0130 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 31-January 6 R1 (minor) radio blackouts were observed on 05 January from an active sunspot region on the Sun. Outlook For January 7-13 A chance for R1 (minor) and R2 (moderate) radio blackouts exist during the outlook period due to active sunspot regions ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 07 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 7 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N13W61 309 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1640 N28W75 323 0360 Eho 13 04 Beta 1641 N02W33 2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 06 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 6 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N13W48 309 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1640 N28W62 323 0330 Eki 13 11 Beta-Gamma-Delta 164 ...Continue Reading