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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

NASA'S Swift Reveals New Phenomenon in a Neutron Star

05/29/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Astronomers using NASA's Swift X-ray Telescope have observed a spinning neutron star suddenly slowing down, yielding clues they can use to understand these extremely dense objects.

NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

05/29/2013 02:01 PM EDT

  PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  0520 AM CDT 
WED MAY 29 2013 
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE 
CENTRAL AND  SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 
TONIGHT... 
 
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING 
THE  DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OVER  PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS 
AFTERNOON THROUGH  TONIGHT. 
 
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 
NORTH TEXAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE 
SURROUNDING THE GREATEST RISK AREA...

NASA Hosts News and Social Media Events Around This Week's Asteroid Pass

05/29/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA is inviting members of the media and public to participate in online and television events May 30-31 with NASA officials and experts discussing the agency's asteroid initiative and the Earth flyby of the 1.7-mile-long asteroid 1998 QE2.

Tsunami Seismic Information Statement

05/29/2013 10:39 AM EDT

  000  SEUS71 PAAQ 291439  EQIWOC 
 
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA 
 
TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK  739 AM PDT 
WED MAY 29 2013 
 
...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT... 
EVALUATION   
 
* AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED - THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER. 
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS   
 

Luca on ISS


29-05-2013 06:35 AM CEST


N° 18-2013: ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano arrives at Space Station

NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

05/29/2013 06:21 AM EDT

Public Severe Weather Outlook
  PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  0520 AM CDT 
 
WED MAY 29 2013 
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE 
CENTRAL AND  SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 
TONIGHT... 
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS 
FORECASTING THE  DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...
LARGE HAIL...
 
AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER  PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH  TONIGHT. 
 
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY 
INCLUDE 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 
NORTH TEXAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE 
SURROUNDING THE GREATEST RISK AREA...

NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

05/29/2013 01:48 AM EDT

WW 0237 Status Updates
WW 0237 Thumbnail Image
    STATUS FOR WATCH 0237 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET 

92E (Eastern Pacific Ocean)

05/28/2013 12:00 AM EDT



NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of System 92E as it continues to develop near to southwestern Mexico.

An Inside Look at SNC’s Dream Chaser

05/28/2013 12:00 PM EDT

NASA Partner Manager for Sierra Nevada Corporation Cheryl McPhillips discusses the uniqueness of the company's Dream Chaser spacecraft and the milestones it will complete during the agency's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative.

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano arrives at Space Station


29-05-2013 04:53 AM CEST


A Soyuz spacecraft launched from Kazakhstan last night safely docked with the International Space Station this morning, delivering ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his crewmates to the orbital outpost where they will live and work for five months.

New Space Station Residents on Fast Track to Orbital Laboratory

05/28/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Three new Expedition 36 crew members lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 28, (2:31 a.m.
 Kazakh time, Wednesday, May 29) on a six-hour flight to the International Space Station.

Soyuz docking


29-05-2013 04:31 AM CEST


Soyuz has docked with the International Space Station at 02:10 GMT

Expedition 36 Soyuz Launch

05/28/2013 12:00 AM EDT

A Soyuz rocket with Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Karen Nyberg of NASA, onboard, launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.

Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano will remain aboard the station until mid-November, 2013. 

Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Launch replay


28-05-2013 11:57 PM CEST


Full replay of the launch of Soyuz with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, NASA's Karen Nyberg and Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, 28 May, 20:31 GMT