May 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-085*NASA’s Langley Research Center Named Vertical Flight Heritage Site*  In a ceremony held Friday, May 8, NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, was formally designated a Vertical Flight Heritage Site by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International. From left to right: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Langley Center Director Dave Bowles, AHS International Executive Director Mike Hirschberg and NASA's Aeronautics Research Mi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 08 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 128 Issued at 0030Z on 08 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S16W17 195 0180 Eac 13 27 Beta 2336 N11W44 222 0010 Axx 02 03 Alpha 2337 S18E03 ...Continue Reading

  May 07, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-073*NASA Hosts Media Call on Draft Solicitation for New Class of Launch Services *  M-Cubed/COVE-2 is the reflight of a 1U CubeSat developed by U. Michigan to image the Earth at mid-resolution, approximately 200m per pixel, carrying the JPL developed COVE technology validation experiment. */Credits: NASA/JPL/* NASA’s Launch Services Program has issued a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS), wh ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- GORKHA EARTHQUAKE A catastrophic earthquake shook Nepal on April 25, 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85838&src=nha *** Image from Apr 30, 2015 (Posted on May 07, 2015 10:28 AM) ERUPTION OF CALBUCO VOLCANO On April 22, Calbuco Volcano in Chile erupted. * http://earthobservatory.nasa. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 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 127 Issued at 0030Z on 07 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S13W03 193 0220 Eac 13 28 Beta-Gamma 2336 N10W28 218 0030 Cro 05 07 Beta 2337 S15 ...Continue Reading

  May 06, 2015 RELEASE 15-081*NASA Test Materials to Fly on Air Force Space Plane * Building on more than a decade of data from International Space Station (ISS) research, NASA is expanding its materials science research by flying an experiment on the U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane. By flying the Materials Exposure and Technology Innovation in Space (METIS) investigation on the X-37B, materials scientists have the opportunity to expose almost 100 different materials samples to the space en ...Continue Reading

  May 06, 2015 RELEASE 15-081*NASA Test Materials to Fly on Air Force Space Plane * Building on more than a decade of data from International Space Station (ISS) research, NASA is expanding its materials science research by flying an experiment on the U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane. By flying the Materials Exposure and Technology Innovation in Space (METIS) investigation on the X-37B, materials scientists have the opportunity to expose almost 100 different materials samples to the space en ...Continue Reading

  May 06, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-071*NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Available for Interviews Before Space Station Mission*  NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Expedition 44/45 flight engineer, gets help donning a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 43/44 flight enginee ...Continue Reading

  May 06, 2015 RELEASE 15-083*SpaceX Demonstrates Astronaut Escape System for Crew Dragon Spacecraft*  The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft descends under a parachute into the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday, May 6 following a simulated emergency at the launch pad. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* A loud whoosh, faint smoke trail and billowing parachutes marked a successful demonstration Wednesday by SpaceX of its Crew Dragon spacecraft abort system – an important step in NASA&a ...Continue Reading

  May 06, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-064*NASA's Chief Technologist Visits Pittsburgh; Available to Media*  NASA Chief Technologist David Miller, center, talked to Dr. Michael Hogue, a physicist in the Swamp Works lab during a visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 6. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* NASA Chief Technologist David Miller will be in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, May 13, to participate in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2015. ...Continue Reading