May 1, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Mar��a-Jose Vinas Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-614-5883 mj.vinas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-127 NASA ROVER PROTOTYPE SET TO EXPLORE GREENLAND ICE SHEET WASHINGTON -- NASA's newest scientific rover is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highest part of Greenland. The robot known as GROVER, which stands for both Greenland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, will ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-126 NASA SELECTS U.S. SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECTS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 14 proposals from small business and research institution teams to continue development of innovative technologies that are needed for future NASA missions and could become viable commercial products and services. The Phase II selectees in NASA's Small Business Technology Transfer ( ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE ZANE Zane formed as a tropical storm in late April 2013 and headed for northeastern Australia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81029&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 30, 2013 (Posted on Apr 30, 2013 2:34 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

May 1, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-129 SUCCESS CONTINUES AS NASA'S ORION PARACHUTE TESTS GET MORE DIFFICULT WASHINGTON -- A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft safely landed during a simulation of two types of parachute failures Wednesday. In the test, conducted in Yuma, Ariz., the mock capsule was traveling about 250 mph when the p ...Continue Reading

May 1, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-128 NASA SPACECRAFT WILL VISIT ASTEROID WITH NEW NAME WASHINGTON -- An asteroid that will be explored by a NASA spacecraft has a new name, thanks to a third-grade student in North Carolina. NASA's Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explore ...Continue Reading

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There is 1 message totalling 52 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA EXTENDS CREW FLIGHT CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:49:34 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS CREW FLIGHT CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY April 30, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #C13-027 NASA EXTENDS CREW FLIGHT CONTRACT WITH ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 01 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 121 Issued at 0030Z on 01 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1728 N19W30 215 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1730 S18W34 219 0180 Eac 11 24 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 April 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Notes from the Field Blog: Iowa Flood Studies http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/iowa-flood-studies/?src=eoa-features A field campaign called the Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) is taking place in eastern Iowa from May 1 to June 15, 2013. The goal is to evaluate how well rainfall data from the upcoming Glo ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SIBERIA Fires burned across Russia during the summer of 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81022&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 29, 2013 (Posted on Apr 30, 2013 9:23 AM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA Dust and clouds stretched ...Continue Reading