October 4th 2012 PDT
October 4, 2012 The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components time series has been extended through 31 December 2011. This data extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) by 6 months, for a total of 24.5 years, starting from 1 July 1987. The AMSR-E data used in the CCMP analysis has been upgraded by REMSS from version 5 to version 7. For more details on this upgrade, please visit: http://www.ssmi.com/amsr/amsr_data_description.html. This upgrade is effec ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2012 PDT
Oct. 4, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 jessica.s.culler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-352 NASA RELEASES INTERACTIVE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE GAME APP MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Just in time for World Space Week, NASA has released a new mobile application that challenges gamers to take on the role of a space communications network manager and puts them in charge of building a communications network to s ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2012 PDT
Oct. 4, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster / D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-348 NASA MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PREPARES TO STUDY MARTIAN SOIL WASHINGTON -- NASA's Curiosity rover is in a position on Mars where scientists and engineers can begin preparing the rover to take its first scoop of soil for analysis. Curiosity is the centerpiece of the two-year Mar ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2012 PDT
Oct. 04, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-351 NASA'S TECHEDSAT LAUNCHES FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA engineers, student interns and amateur radio enthusiasts around the world are listening for signals from a small, cube-shaped satellite launched into orbit from the International Space Station Thursday. The satellite, d ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN WASHINGTON, 2012 A gallery of notable wildfires that burned in Washington in 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79330&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 02, 2012 (Posted on Oct 03, 2012 2:14 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a s ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 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 278 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1579 S10W47 107 0180 Cso 03 04 Beta 1582 S08W25 085 0270 Cho 05 05 Beta 1584 S23W12 ...Continue Reading
October 3rd 2012 PDT
Oct. 03, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-347 SPACEX DRAGON TO CARRY 23 STUDENT EXPERIMENTS TO SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- Twenty-three microgravity experiments designed by participants of NASA's Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) will become part of space history Oct. 7. They will be launched to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon, the first commercially developed and built American spacecraft to fly a res ...Continue Reading
October 3rd 2012 PDT
Oct. 03, 2012 John Yembrick / Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584 / 202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov Courtney O'Connor Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-2274 courtney.m.o'connor@jpl.nasa.gov Erin Gleason PR Manager, Foursquare 917-859-0501 erin@foursquare.com RELEASE: 12-341 NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER CHECKS-IN ON MARS USING FOURSQUARE WASHINGTON -- NASA's Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesd ...Continue Reading
October 3rd 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTHERN ALASKA Floods struck Alaska's Susitna River Valley in September 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79321&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 30, 2012 (Posted on Oct 02, 2012 3:59 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO Bezymianny Volc ...Continue Reading
October 3rd 2012 PDT
Oct. 3, 2012 John Yembrick / Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584 / 202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov Katherine Nelson SpaceX 310-463-0794 media@spacex.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-198 GOOGLE+ HANGOUT OCT. 5 WITH NASA ADMINISTRATOR AND SPACEX CEO WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will discuss the first contracted cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station during a Google+ Hangout fro ...Continue Reading
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