August 28, 2015 CONTRACT RELEASE C15-033*NASA Awards Contract for Construction of New Mission Launch Command Center at Wallops Flight Facility* Artist's concept of the new Mission Launch Command Center to be constructed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. */Credits: NASA/*  Aerial views of the current Mission Launch Command Center at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia in 1960 and 2015. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has awarded a contract to Harkins Contrac ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Aug 28 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 240 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Aug 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2403 S15W57 193 0890 Fkc 17 25 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2405 S21E45 091 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha I ...Continue Reading

August 27, 2015 RELEASE 15-178*NASA Concludes Series of Engine Tests for Next-Gen Rocket * The RS-25 engine fires up for a 535-second test Aug. 27, 2015 at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This is the final in a series of seven tests for the development engine, which will provide NASA engineers critical data on the engine controller unit and inlet pressure conditions. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has completed the first developmental test series on the RS-25 engines that will power the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE KATRINA Hurricane Katrina exploded into a category 5 storm on August 28, 2005, as it moved north through the Gulf of Mexico towards the United States. It was one of the most powerful storms on record for the Atlantic Basin. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86492&src=nha *** Image from Aug 22, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Aug 27 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 239 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Aug 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2403 S16W44 193 1100 Fkc 17 35 Beta-Gamma-Delta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations ...Continue Reading

August 26, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-129*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next International Space Station Crew* Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency, Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. */Credits: NASA/* The next three crew members bound for the International Space Station are set to launch to the orbital outpost Wednesday, Sept. 2. NASA Television launch cov ...Continue Reading

August 26, 2015 RELEASE 15-175*NASA Invites Student Teams to Participate in Underwater Research* NASA Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson invites undergraduate students to take part in Microgravity Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT). Micro-g NExT challenges student teams to design, build, and test a tool or device that addresses an authentic, current space exploration problem. */Credits: NASA/* NASA is offering undergraduate students an opportunity to work in the deep end of spacewalk trainin ...Continue Reading

August 26, 2015 RELEASE 15-174*NASA Science Zeros in on Ocean Rise: How Much? How Soon?* Seas around the world have risen an average of nearly 3 inches since 1992, with some locations rising more than 9 inches due to natural variation, according to the latest satellite measurements from NASA and its partners. An intensive research effort now underway, aided by NASA observations and analysis, points to an unavoidable rise of several feet in the future. Members of NASA’s new interdisciplinary Sea Level Change Tea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Aug 26 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 238 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Aug 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2403 S15W31 193 1190 Fki 17 40 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2404 N14W46 208 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha I ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (25 August 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Vegetation Limits City Warming Effects http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86440&src=eoa-iotd * Typhoons Goni and Atsani http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86478&src=eoa-iotd * Red Sprites Above the U.S. and Central America http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86463&src=eoa-iotd * Bl ...Continue Reading