The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (04 June 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Scarred Landscape in Oklahoma http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81271&src=eoa-iotd * First Fires of the Season in New Mexico http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81267&src=eoa-iotd * Tarut Bay, Saudi Arabia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81255&src=eoa-iotd * Kamchatka Surrounde ...Continue Reading

June 04, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2665 alan.brown@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-027 NASA AWARDS AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA has selected L-3 Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., to support the operations of all aircraft assigned to the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base and the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in near ...Continue Reading

June 4, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Jim Scott University of Colorado, Boulder 303-492-3114 Jim.Scott@colorado.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-092 NASA ANNOUNCES MAJOR AIRBORNE POLLUTION/CLIMATE STUDY JUNE 6 WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 6, to announce a new airborne science campaign over the southern United States. The campaign will investigate how air pollution and natural em ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN NEW MEXICO Notables wildfires that occurred in New Mexico in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81267&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 01, 2013 (Posted on Jun 03, 2013 4:21 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ASHFALL FROM THE KARYMSKY VOLCANO Karymsky Vol ...Continue Reading

June 4, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-171 NASA PREPARES FOR LAUNCH OF NEXT SOLAR SATELLITE WASHINGTON -- NASA's next scientific satellite, which is scheduled for launch June 26, will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun's lower atmosphere or interface region. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission will observe how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through t ...Continue Reading

Readers of this list-serv in the Los Angeles area or others who can travel there later this month may be interested in the Theodore von Karman Symposium on June 21st at JPL.  It will be held immediately following the Low Cost Planetary Missions Conference (LPCM-10).It looks like a great lineup of speakers.  See details and register to attend here: http://www.lcpm10.caltech.edu/agenda.html Bill=========================================William P. Barry, D.Phil.NASA Chief HistorianOffice: 202.358.0383FA ...Continue Reading

June 4, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 13-172 NASA'S HUBBLE MAPS 3-D STRUCTURE OF EJECTED MATERIAL AROUND ERUPTING STAR WASHINGTON -- A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova. Astronomers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to observe the ...Continue Reading

Folks:               Those of you in the Washington, DC area may be interested in attending this upcoming event featuring former NASA Chief Historian Steven Dick.  FYI,               Steve *From:* AAAS DoSER [mailto:announcements@aaas-science.org] *Sent:* Tuesday, June 04, 2013 10:05 AM*To:* Garber, Stephen J. (HQ-NH000)*Subject:* AAAS DoSER Event: Exoplanets and Life Beyo ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2026 Issue Time: 2013 Jun 04 0537 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2025 Begin Time: 2013 Jun 02 1445 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 12700 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 Se ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jun 04 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 155 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jun 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1757 S06W51 147 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1760 N12W03 099 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1761 S17W16 ...Continue Reading