Feb. 20, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-057 NASA'S KEPLER MISSION DISCOVERS TINY PLANET SYSTEM WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet yet found around a star similar to our sun. The planets are located in a syst ...Continue Reading

Feb. 20, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-043 NASA SEEKS BIG IDEAS FOR SMALL IN-SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Space Technology Program is calling for proposals to develop miniaturized electrospray propulsion technologies that could revolutionize small satellite propulsion systems. Electrospray thrusters use electricity to energize mate ...Continue Reading

Feb. 20, 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: M13-034 NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE TODAY ABOUT CURIOSITY ROVER WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EST (noon PST) today, Feb. 20, to provide an update on the Mars rover Curiosity mission. This morning, Curiosity engineers confirmed the rover had col ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (20 February 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Sea Ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80467&src=eoa-iotd * Mustang Complex Fires in Idaho http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79754&src=eoa-iotd * Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80456&src=eoa-iotd * Iran' ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 20 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 51 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1671 N16W46 075 0110 Cso 04 03 Beta 1673 S11E17 010 0090 Dac 08 24 Beta 1675 N12W09 0 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 19, 2013 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-051 KING ALMA MATER RECOGNIZES NASA ADMINISTRATOR'S ACHIEVEMENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has received the Candle in Military Service and Aeronautical Science Award from Morehouse College in Atlanta. The award recognizes exceptional achievement in a field by an African-American man. "It's an honor to be recognized by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s alma mater and a pri ...Continue Reading

Feb. 19, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov Chris Koehler Colorado Space Grant Consortium, Boulder 303-492-3141 koehler@colorado.edu RELEASE: 13-055 NASA SEEKS UNIVERSITY PARTICIPANTS FOR SUMMER ROCKET WORKSHOP WASHINGTON -- University faculty and students interested in learning how to build scientific experiments for spaceflight are invited ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 19 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 50 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1671 N14W35 077 0110 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1673 S09E31 011 0060 Cao 08 08 Beta-Gamma 1675 N13 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE GINO Gino formed as a tropical storm over the southern Indian Ocean on February 11, 2013, and strengthened into a cyclone the next day. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80449&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 13, 2013 (Posted on Feb 14, 2013 2:27 PM) EARLY FEBRUARY BLIZZARD STRIK ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 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 49 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1671 N14W21 076 0090 Hsx 04 01 Alpha 1673 S10E43 012 0070 Cao 07 05 Beta 1675 N12E18 ...Continue Reading