var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 11, 2015 * NASA Challenge Invites Students to Help Design Journey to Mars Systems *  The University of Wisconsin-Madison team won the 2011 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge with their X-hab loft model, seen here being moved into the Habitat Demonstration Unit (HDU) at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.Image Credit: NA ...Continue Reading

And just like that, a #1 seed has fallen already. “What Lies Below” was cooler than the other side of the pillow (long live Stuart Scott), wiping out Mount Kelud in the data section. There was another upset in the photograph section, where Venice swamped the Grand Canyon. In the other brackets, nearly all of the higher seeds crushed their lower-ranked opponents, making the TE organizers appear wise for a day. #4 seed Bermuda, in the event section, was the highest scorer in round 1, picking up the mantle of small Nort ...Continue Reading

And just like that, a #1 seed has fallen already. “What Lies Below” was cooler than the other side of the pillow (long live Stuart Scott), wiping out Mount Kelud in the data section. There was another upset in the photograph section, where Venice swamped the Grand Canyon. In the other brackets, nearly all of the higher seeds crushed their lower-ranked opponents, making the TE organizers appear wise for a day. #4 seed Bermuda, in the event section, was the highest scorer in round 1, picking up the mantle of small Nort ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 11, 2015 * Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon's Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity *  This cutaway view of Saturn's moon Enceladus is an artist's rendering that depicts possible hydrothermal activity that may be taking place on and under the seafloor of the moon's subsurface ocean, based on recently published results from NASA ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 11, 2015 * NASA's Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Ground Test *  At the Promontory, Utah test facility of Orbital ATK, the booster for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket was fired for a two minute test on March 11. The test is one of two that will qualify the booster for flight before SLS begins carrying NAS ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 11, 2015 * Future Space Station Crew to Participate in NASA TV Briefing, Media Interviews *  NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launch May 26 to the International Space Station to join Expedition 44.Image Credit: NASA/Step ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Mar 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 70 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2297 S16E26 197 0280 Dkc 10 32 Beta-Gamma-Delta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations V ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (10 March 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Growing Deltas in Atchafalaya Bay http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/wax_lake.php?src=eoa-features While the sea overtakes much of the delta plain of the Mississippi River, sediment from the Atchafalaya River is building two new deltas to the west. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 10, 2015 * NASA Announces Small Business Industry Awards *  The touch screen of the Electronic Flight Bag allows pilots to easily use NASA's Traffic Aware Strategic Aircrew Requests software. Image Credit: University of Iowa Operator Performance Laboratory  The winners of the 2014 Agency-Level NASA Small Business Ind ...Continue Reading

March 10, 2015 The PO.DAAC, in collaboration with the Aquarius Project, would like to notify users of the Aquarius data of the following: The purpose of this notice is to document a coding error that has been found in the application of the Significant Wave Height (SWH) data in the Aquarius Version 3.0 data set.  The SWH was designed to be included in the roughness correction for the V3.0 data set.  The error has the effect of nullifying the SWH contribution t ...Continue Reading