August 17th 2012 PDT
Aug. 17, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Chris Rink Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6786 chris.rink@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-282 NASA PICKS REVOLUTIONARY SPACE TECH PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Space Technology Program has selected five technologies that could revolutionize America's space capabilities. In March, NASA issued a call for proposal focused on sudden and unexpected innovations that hold a potential for providing a ...Continue Reading
August 17th 2012 PDT
August 17, 2012 Aquarius salinity, wind speed and wind direction data from the Combined Active-Passive (CAP) algorithm are now available at the PO.DAAC. Differences from previous algorithms include: [*] The removal of the dependence on the NCEP wind direction for retrieval. The CAP algorithm was developed to retrieve the salinity and wind without the need to use the NCEP winds for corrections. The CAP algorithm simultaneously retrieves the salinity, wind speed and directio ...Continue Reading
August 17th 2012 PDT
Aug. 17, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-284 NASA COMPLETES PILOT PROGRAM FOR ONE-ON-ONE VIRTUAL MENTORING OF MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS WASHINGTON -- NASA's new virtual mentoring program is helping girls get excited about careers in science and technology by working one-on-one with agency professionals. Twenty-one girls in grades 5-8, representing 12 states from New York to Hawaii, have completed a pilot mentoring program called NASA Giving Init ...Continue Reading
August 17th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN IDAHO Dry, windy conditions fueled numerous wildfires in southern and central Idaho in August. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78872&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 14, 2012 (Posted on Aug 16, 2012 4:40 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON KAI-TAK Kai-tak headed ...Continue Reading
August 17th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 17 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 230 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1542 S11W62 035 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1543 N22W48 022 0360 Hhx 03 02 Alpha 1546 N16E69 ...Continue Reading
August 16th 2012 PDT
August 16, 2012 The Dataminer subsetting tool is slated to be retired and taken offline AUGUST 31, 2012. At that time, users will be redirected to Dataminer's successor, HITIDE (HIgh-level Tool for Interactive Data Extraction). HITIDE refactors and expands upon Dataminer's functionality with an improved graphical user interface and web service-based search, image, and extract capabilities that can be accessed directly. A ...Continue Reading
August 16th 2012 PDT
Aug. 16, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov DC Agle / Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 / 818-354-6278 agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-152 NASA TO HOST CURIOSITY ROVER UPDATE TELECONFERENCE AUG. 17 WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 17, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. Mission controllers at N ...Continue Reading
August 16th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON KAI-TAK Kai-tak headed for southeastern China in mid-August 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78867&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 16, 2012 (Posted on Aug 16, 2012 1:22 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- NASA SATELLITES PINPOINT VOLCANIC ERUPTION ...Continue Reading
August 16th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 16 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 229 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1542 S14W46 033 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 1543 N21W34 021 0300 Cho 04 09 Beta-Gamma IA. H-al ...Continue Reading
August 15th 2012 PDT
Aug. 15, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Linda Matthews-Schmidt Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 linda.j.matthews-schmidt@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-040 NASA AWARDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER PROTECTIVE SERVICES CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has selected Chenega Security & Support Solutions, LLC (CS3) of Ashburn, Va., for a $30 million contract to provide protective services at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The two-year $30 mill ...Continue Reading
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