var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option February 12, 2015 * NASA Study Finds Carbon Emissions Could Dramatically Increase Risk of U.S. Megadroughts *  Click this link or the image above to view the videoNASA scientists used tree rings to understand past droughts and climate models incorporating soil moisture data to estimate future drought risk in the 21st century. Image Cred ...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 February 12, 2015 * NASA TV Previews and Broadcasts Space Station U.S. Spacewalks *  The mirror like visor of NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman reflects NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore during their Oct. 15, 2014 spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Both Flight Engineers are in the process of making repairs which include removing and ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 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 43 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2280 S07W66 284 0240 Dac 10 16 Beta 2281 N13W34 252 0020 Cao 14 17 Beta 2282 N11E31 1 ...Continue Reading

Folks: We are pleased to announce the publication of a new monograph.  Alice Buchalter and Patrick Miller of the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, have compiled The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: An Annotated Bibliography, Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 55, 2014 (NASA SP-2014-4555). In addition to the online pdf version, a limited number of free hard copies is available through the NASA Information Center. -Steve Stephen Garber NASA History Program Office Room 5P25 NASA Head ...Continue Reading

Folks:             On a sad note, Dr. Michael Meltzer passed away rather suddenly on Sunday.  Michael had written two books that our office published:  Mission to Jupiter: A History of the Galileo Project and _When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs_.  He also wrote a history of the Cassini spacecraft program that Springer-Praxis published just last month.  A warm, friendly person who combined a scientist’s t ...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 February 10, 2015 * Critical NASA Science Returns to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft *  SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft departed the space station with 3,700 pounds of cargo Feb. 10, 2015, for a 7:44 p.m. EST splashdown in the Pacific, 259 miles southwest of Long Beach, California.Image Credit: NASA  SpaceX's Dragon cargo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 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 42 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2277 N08W94 326 0030 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2280 S07W53 284 0300 Ekc 11 17 Beta-Gamma-Delta 22 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (10 February 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://earthobserva ...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 February 10, 2015 * NASA TV to Air Interactive Women in STEM Event *  Expedition 42 crew members Samantha Cristoforetti and Elena Serova on board the International Space Station.Image Credit: Roscosmos  NASA experts, including crew members aboard the International Space Station, will answer questions about science, technol ...Continue Reading

February 10, 2015 The SST data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) will no longer be produced by Remote Sensing Systems after Feb 14, 2015 because of quality issues.  See this link for details on the degradation of data from this mission: http://www.remss.com/node/5129 The following datasets are impacted: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/TMI-REMSS-L2P-v4 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-TMI TMI SST users shou ...Continue Reading