Feb. 14, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-029 NASA TARGETS MARCH 1 LAUNCH FOR NEXT SPACEX STATION RESUPPLY MISSION; MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN HOUSTON -- NASA and its international partners are targeting Friday, March 1, as the launch date for the next cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Tech ...Continue Reading

Feb. 13, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-031 NASA TO CHRONICLE CLOSE EARTH FLYBY OF ASTEROID PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14. NASA places a high priority on t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 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 45 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1670 N17W55 166 0110 Dso 08 05 Beta 1671 N14E31 079 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

Feb. 13, 2013 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-038 NASA SPINOFF 2012 FEATURES NEW SPACE TECH BETTERING YOUR LIFE TODAY WASHINGTON -- A plant texts a farmer to say it needs more water. An invisible coating scrubs pollutants from the air. A robot roams a hospital's halls, aiding doctors and nurses by recording vital signs and registrations. The 2012 edition of NASA's annual Spinoff publication captures a nation and world made better by advancements ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN LIBYA Multiple dust plumes blew off the coast of Libya and over the Mediterranean Sea in early February 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80419&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 07, 2013 (Posted on Feb 12, 2013 3:04 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 ne ...Continue Reading

Feb. 13, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 13-045 NASA'S CHANDRA SUGGESTS RARE EXPLOSION CREATED OUR GALAXY'S YOUNGEST BLACK HOLE WASHINGTON -- New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy. The remnant appears to be the product of a rare explos ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 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 44 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1667 N22W77 201 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1670 N17W42 166 0170 Dai 08 12 Beta-Gamma 1671 N14 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 February 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * World of Change: Green Seasons of Maine http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/westenfield.php?src=eoa-features Not many places on Earth have year-round greenery and four distinct seasons. The images in this series show the four seasons of Maine, the most forest-covered state in the U.S.A. ------------------- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN NEW MEXICO Dust plumes blew over parts of Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas in early February 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80416&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 09, 2013 (Posted on Feb 11, 2013 4:47 PM) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Feb. 12, 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: 13-048 NASA'S ORION LANDS SAFELY ON TWO OF THREE PARACHUTES IN TEST WASHINGTON -- NASA engineers have demonstrated the agency's Orion spacecraft can land safely if one of its three main parachutes fails to inflate during deployment. The test was conducted Tuesday in Yuma, Ariz., with the parachutes attached to a test article. Eng ...Continue Reading