Jan. 7, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-004 NASA TO HOLD JAN. 10 MEDIA BRIEFING ON NEXT LANDSAT MISSION LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 10, about the upcoming launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). The briefing will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency's webs ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-1 2013 January 6 at 6:30 p.m. MST (2013 January 7 0130 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 31-January 6 R1 (minor) radio blackouts were observed on 05 January from an active sunspot region on the Sun. Outlook For January 7-13 A chance for R1 (minor) and R2 (moderate) radio blackouts exist during the outlook period due to active sunspot regions ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 07 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 7 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N13W61 309 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1640 N28W75 323 0360 Eho 13 04 Beta 1641 N02W33 2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 06 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 6 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N13W48 309 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1640 N28W62 323 0330 Eki 13 11 Beta-Gamma-Delta 164 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 05 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 5 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N13W34 308 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1640 N28W48 322 0320 Eki 13 24 Beta-Gamma-Delta 164 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-002 NASA, ESA HOLD JAN. 16 NASA TV BRIEFING ON NEW ORION AGREEMENT HOUSTON -- NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will hold a news briefing at 10:30 a.m. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 16, to discuss the details of a recent agreement for ESA to provide a service module for the Orion spacecraft ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-005 NASA EVENTS SET FOR AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY MEETING WASHINGTON -- NASA scientists will present new findings on a wide range of astrophysics topics next week at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting takes place Jan. 6-10 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd, in Long Beach, Calif. Media registrat ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-006 NASA TO HOLD COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE JAN. 9 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will hold a status update news conference to discuss the progress of the agency's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) at 2 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 9. The briefing from Kennedy Space Center in Florida will ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA Dust plumes from Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan blew southward over the Arabian Sea in late December 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80085&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 28, 2012 (Posted on Jan 04, 2013 11:25 AM) ---------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 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 4 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N13W21 309 0100 Hsx 03 02 Alpha 1640 N28W35 323 0240 Eai 13 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 164 ...Continue Reading