Jan. 10, 2013 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-014 NASA'S GALEX REVEALS THE LARGEST-KNOWN SPIRAL GALAXY WASHINGTON -- The spectacular barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 has ranked among the biggest stellar systems for decades. Now a team of astronomers from the United States, Chile and Brazil has crowned it the largest-known spi ...Continue Reading

Jan. 10, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-016 MAJOR NASA AIR POLLUTION STUDY TO FLY OVER CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON -- A multi-year NASA airborne science mission is on its way to California to help scientists better understand how to measure and forecast air quality globally from space. Two NASA aircraft equipped with scientific instruments will fly o ...Continue Reading

Jan. 10, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Sarah McDonnell Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 617-253-8923 s_mcd@mit.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-012 NASA, MIT, DARPA HOST FOURTH ANNUAL STUDENT ROBOTIC CHALLENGE JAN. 11 WASHINGTON -- NASA will join the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school student teams from the United States and abroad for ...Continue Reading

Jan. 10, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Rani Gran Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2483 rani.c.gran@nasa.gov Jon Campbell U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. 703-648-4180 joncampbell@usgs.gov RELEASE: 13-015 NASA PREPARES FOR LAUNCH OF NEXT EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE WASHINGTON -- NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is scheduled to launch Feb. 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A joint NASA and U.S. Geological ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 10 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 10 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1642 S25W41 249 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1644 N13W31 239 0020 Hax 01 01 Alpha 1645 S14W85 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 09, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-012 AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT WASHINGTON -- The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) has released its 2012 annual report. This report is based on the panel's 2012 fact-finding and quarterly public meetings; center visits and meetings; direct observations of NASA operations and decision-making; discussions with NASA management, employees, and contractors; and the pan ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY RAIN IN MALAYSIA Heavy rain in Malaysia * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80115&src=nha *** MPA(TRMM) image from Dec 24, 2012 (Posted on Jan 08, 2013 3:28 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://natu ...Continue Reading

Jan. 9, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-009 NASA MEDIA ACCREDITATION NOW OPEN FOR TDRS-K LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K (TDRS-K) launch media accreditation now is open. Liftoff will be aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for Tuesday, Jan. ...Continue Reading

Jan. 09, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-013 NASA CHASES CLIMATE CHANGE CLUES INTO THE STRATOSPHERE WASHINGTON -- Starting this month, NASA will send a remotely piloted research aircraft as high as 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to probe unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere for answers to how a warming climate is ch ...Continue Reading

Jan. 9, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov' Tammie Letroise-Brown Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-4942 tammie.r.letroise-brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-010 KENTUCKY STUDENTS TO SPEAK WITH SPACE STATION'S TOM MARSHBURN WASHINGTON -- Students of all ages, educators and pre-service teachers will gather at Eastern Kentucky University to speak with International Space Station astronaut Tom Marshburn on Friday, Jan ...Continue Reading