Jan. 28, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-034 NASA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL SPACE APPS CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA and government agencies worldwide will host the second International Space Apps Challenge April 20-21, with events across all seven continents and in space. Participants are encouraged to develop mobile applications, software, hardware, data visualization and platform solutions that could contri ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-023 NASA, NEWSEUM PRESENT MEDIA PREVIEW OF PBS' EARTH FROM SPACE WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Newseum will host a preview for news media of the upcoming NOVA special, "Earth from Space," at noon EST Monday, Feb. 4, at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington. "Earth from Space" is scheduled to air nationwide at 9 p.m. EST Feb. 13 on Public Broadcasting Service televisi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- THE SUMMER OF 2012-13 BRINGS FIRES TO AUSTRALIA Wildfires burned in Australia during 2012 and 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80252&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jan 14, 2013 (Posted on Jan 24, 2013 3:35 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jenny Knotts Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 norma.j.knotts@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-033 NASA SOLICITS IDEAS FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION RESEARCH WASHINGTON -- NASA wants to know how you can improve the International Space Station as a technology test bed. NASA's International Space Station National Laboratory and Technology Demonstration offices are asking for proposals on how the space station may be used to de ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-4 2013 January 27 at 6:05 p.m. MST (2013 January 28 0105 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 21-27 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For January 28-February 3 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Servi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 28 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 28 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1661 N15W06 337 0030 Cro 05 05 Beta 1662 N28E14 317 0050 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1663 S10E33 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 27 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 27 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1660 N13W81 065 0100 Dao 10 06 Beta 1661 N15E08 337 0030 Cro 05 05 Beta 1662 N28E28 3 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 61 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER JOINS COLUMBIA MEMORIAL IN HEMPHILL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:20:58 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER JOINS COLUMBIA MEMORIAL IN HEMPHILL January 25, 2013 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J13-002 NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENT ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 26 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 26 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1660 N13W68 065 0220 Dao 10 10 Beta 1661 N15E20 337 0030 Cro 03 03 Beta 1662 N28E41 3 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 25, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-022 NASA SETS MEDIA EVENTS FOR LANDSAT MISSION LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON -- The launch of NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 11, from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Liftoff aboard an Atlas V rocket is targeted to occur at th ...Continue Reading