February 05, 2016 RELEASE 16-014*NASA Administrator Remembers Apollo-Era Astronaut Edgar Mitchell* Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell in front of a graphic of the mission patch. */Credits: NASA/* The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the passing of NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell: "On behalf of the entire NASA family, I would like to express my condolences to the family and friends of NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell. As a member of the Apollo 14 crew, Edg ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Feb 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 36 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Feb 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2489 N09W84 257 0100 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2490 S21W70 243 0130 Dao 09 09 Beta 2491 N02E16 ...Continue Reading

  February 04, 2016 RELEASE 16-013*NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror Fully Assembled* Inside a massive clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland the James Webb Space Telescope team used a robotic am to install the last of the telescope's 18 mirrors onto the telescope structure. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/*  In this rare view, the James Webb Space Telescope's 18 mirrors are seen fully installed on the James Webb Space Telescope struc ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Feb 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 35 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Feb 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2489 N09W72 259 0200 Hax 04 02 Alpha 2490 S21W56 243 0060 Dao 07 10 Beta 2491 N03E30 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRES IN NORTHWESTERN TASMANIA Bushfires in Northwestern Tasmania * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87439&src=nha *** Image from Jan 30, 2016 (Posted on Feb 02, 2016 2:47 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http: ...Continue Reading

  February 03, 2016 RELEASE J16-003*Veteran Astronaut Kevin Ford Departs NASA* After two spaceflights and more than 15 years with NASA, Kevin Ford left the space agency on Jan. 29. He spent more than 33 years in government service. “Kevin has served the office in a number of ways over the years, and we will certainly miss him,” said Chris Cassidy, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. “I had the pleasure of serving as his backup fo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Feb 03 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 34 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Feb 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2489 N10W58 258 0220 Hax 04 01 Alpha 2490 S20W42 242 0020 Cro 05 05 Beta 2491 N02E44 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (02 February 2016) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Drought in Southern Africa http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87434&src=eoa-iotd * Fire Burns in Mumbai Landfill http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87429&src=eoa-iotd * Great Salt Lake, Oblique View http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87417&src=eoa-iotd * Seeing the Reef for the ...Continue Reading

  February 02, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-006*Bolden Speech Highlights “State of NASA” Events at Agency Centers Feb. 9* NASA centers across the country are opening their doors Tuesday, Feb. 9 to media and social media for “State of NASA” events, including a speech from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, and unique opportunities for a behind-the-scenes look at the agency’s progress on its journey to Mars. These events follow President Obamaâ ...Continue Reading

February 2, 2016 It has come to our attention that G1SST L4 dataset (https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JPL_OUROCEAN-L4UHfnd-GLOB-G1SST) data files are corrupted since January 14, 2016. Therefore the data provider and the PODAAC have decided to temporarily suspend the real time production of G1SST L4 dataset. The data provider is working diligently to correct this issue in order to provide users with high quality data. We apologize for any inconvenience this int ...Continue Reading