The following sections have been updated in the past 1 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a ...Continue Reading

Jan. 25, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-020 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO VIEW ONGOING ORION AND TESTING WORK AT KENNEDY JAN. 30 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to a photo and interview opportunity at 10 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 30, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Journalists will visit Kennedy's Swamp Works ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 25 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 25 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1658 S15W85 095 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1660 N10W56 066 0180 Dao 10 16 Beta 1661 N17E33 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 24, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-031 NASA ANNOUNCES NEW SCREENING OF SPACE PROGRAM ARTIFACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA again is inviting eligible educational institutions, museums and other organizations to screen and request historical space artifacts. This is the 16th screening of artifacts since 2009. The artifacts represent significant human spaceflight technologies and processes and the accomplishments of NASA's many programs. NASA and th ...Continue Reading

Jan. 24, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Markus Bauer ESA science and Robotic Exploration Communication Officer +31 71 565 6799 markus.bauer@esa.int RELEASE: 13-029 NASA JOINS ESA'S 'DARK UNIVERSE' MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA has joined the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid mission, a space telescope designed to investigate the cosmological mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. Euclid will launch in 2020 and spend six years mapping the loc ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 24 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 24 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1658 S12W73 096 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1660 N13W42 065 0200 Dai 10 25 Beta-Gamma 1661 N13 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 23, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Janet L. Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-030 NASA TELESCOPE OBSERVES HOW SUN STORES AND RELEASES ENERGY WASHINGTON -- A NASA suborbital telescope has given scientists the first clear evidence of energy transfer from the sun's magnetic field to the solar atmosphere or corona. This process, known as solar braiding, has been theor ...Continue Reading

Jan. 23, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4787 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-004 NASA AWARDS PROTECTIVE SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a protective services follow-on contract to Alutiiq Pacific LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, which consolidates services at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and its three affiliated facilities in t ...Continue Reading

Jan. 23, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tammie Letroise-Brown Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 tammie.r.letroise-brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-019 IOWA STUDENTS SPEAK LIVE WITH NASA SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS JAN. 25 WASHINGTON -- Students in Davenport, Iowa, will speak with NASA Expedition 34 astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn, currently aboard the International Space Station, at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 25. This educational event wi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA A plume of Saharan dust spanned the Mediterranean Sea in late January 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80243&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 21, 2013 (Posted on Jan 22, 2013 5:11 PM) DUST STORM IN THE SAHARA DESERT A dust storm blew through northe ...Continue Reading