Jan. 21, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 10-016 ROVER GIVES NASA AN "OPPORTUNITY" TO VIEW INTERIOR OF MARS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity is allowing scientists to get a glimpse deep inside Mars. Perched on a rippled Martian plain, a dark rock not much bigger than a basketball was the target of interest for ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 621 2010 Jan 21 Somerville, MA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorial --------- This issue completes the first 21 years of JSR. I began the newsletter in January 1989, at the request of friends who needed a compact summary of space activities with all the technical details. After a few issues of email distribution I started making available on the sci.space newsgroups and ftp. After the inve ...Continue Reading

Jan. 21.2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Monica Carazo Vintage Magnet School, Los Angeles 213-241-6766 monica.carazo@lausd.net MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-010 QUESTIONING SPACE -- LOS ANGELES STUDENTS CONNECT WITH AND QUERY ORBITING SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS WASHINGTON -- Elementary students at Vintage Math, Science and Technology Magnet School in Los Angeles will get to ask questions of astronauts aboard the International Space station while the crew ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- STORMS IN CALIFORNIA A series of severe storms pounded California in January 2010, bringing strong winds and heavy rains. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42369&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 20, 2010 (Posted on Jan 21, 2010 1:41 PM) ------------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Jan. 21, 2010 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Kimberly W. Land Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-746-4749 kimberly.w.land@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-011 REPORTERS INVITED TO "DIG IT" WITH NASA IN HAWAII HILO, Hawaii -- Reporters are invited to field tests of NASA equipment and concept vehicles that demonstrate how explorers might prospect for resources and make their own oxygen for survival while on other planetary bodies. The demonstrat ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAZE OVER CHINA A winter inversion likely contributed to widespread haze over much of China on January 18, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42347&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 18, 2010 (Posted on Jan 19, 2010 3:52 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?i ...Continue Reading

Jan. 20, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Daniel Stolte University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-4402 stolte@email.arizona.edu RELEASE: 10-014 PUBLIC INVITED TO PICK PIXELS ON MARS - SCIENTISTS TAKING SUGGESTIONS ON WHERE TO IMAGE THE RED PLANET USING NASA SATELLITE TUCSON, Ariz. -- The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will soon be t ...Continue Reading

Jan. 20, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-009 NASA SCHEDULES NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers will hold a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The briefing will begin after the Flight Readiness Revi ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-013 NASA REVEALS NEW BATCH OF SPACE PROGRAM ARTIFACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting eligible education institutions, museums and other organizations to examine and request space program artifacts online. The items represent significant human space flight technologies, processes and accomplishments from NASA's past and present space exploration programs. NASA partnered with th ...Continue Reading

The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the "Preview" release of the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) near-real-time (NRT) Level-2 (swath-based) ocean wind vector product produced by the KNMI/EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF). This product consists of two datasets: one with a spatial resolution of 12.5 km, the other 25 km. The data record begins on 1 September 2009 and continues through present day, updated every 2-3 hours. In the near future, we will provide the complete archive b ...Continue Reading