NASA History List-Serv Readers, We are hiring a Chief Archivist.  This is a GS-12/13 position. Applications are being accepted now through January 26, 2018. Position Summary: The Archivist position serves as the lead for policy guidance on archival issues across the agency, reporting to the Chief Historian in the History Division within the Office of Communications. Provides historical archival and technical information to the aerospace field. The archivist is responsible for managing, maintaining, and enhanc ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 13 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 13 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Jan Nmbr Location Lo 2694 S ...Continue Reading

  January 12, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-009*NASA, NOAA to Announce 2017 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions* Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will provide the annual release of data on global temperatures and discuss the most important climate trends of 2017 during a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 18. The teleconference panelists are: [*]Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New ...Continue Reading

  January 12, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-010*Idaho Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on International Space Station* iss053e047057 (Sept. 26, 2017) --- Flight Engineer Joe Acaba installs botany gear for the Veggie facility to demonstrate plant growth in space for the Veg-03 experiment. The botany study uses the Veggie plant growth facility to cultivate cabbage, lettuce and mizuna, which are harvested on-orbit with samples returned to Earth for testing. *//* Students from 10 schools in Id ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 12 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 12 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2695 S08W59 260 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/2 ...Continue Reading

  January 11, 2018 RELEASE 18-002*NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2017 Annual Report* The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has issued its 2017 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting accomplishments, issues and concerns to agency and government officials.  The report, released Thursday, is based on the panel's 2017 fact-finding and quarterly public meeting ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Primed by an intense wildfire season, severe rainfall brought flooding and devastating debris flows to Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. * Deadly Debris Flows in Montecito (Image from Jan 10, 2018; Posted Jan 11, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91573&src ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 11 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 11 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2694 S32W30 244 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 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 2018 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 2694 S32W17 245 0010 Axx 03 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 09/ ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (9 January 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Ice on Lake Erie https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91552&src=eoa-iotd * Icy Waters off the U.S. East Coast https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91548&src=eoa-iotd * How Algorithm Got Its Name https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91544&src=eoa-iotd * Cloud Streets Over the Yellow ...Continue Reading