August 12, 2015 RELEASE 15-169*NASA Selects Proposals to Build Better Batteries for Space Exploration*  Fly wheels, such as the NASA G2 flywheel module above, are one way to store rotational energy for use by spacecraft or machines on Earth. NASA’s looking for new energy storage systems to enable our future exploration missions. */Credits: NASA/* NASA's Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected two proposals for Phase II awards targeted toward developing new energy storage technologies to rep ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2227 Issue Time: 2015 Aug 12 1327 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2226 Begin Time: 2015 Aug 09 1340 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4103 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Aug 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 224 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Aug 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2394 N12W90 077 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2396 S18W51 038 0710 Ekc 14 28 Beta 2398 N16E06 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (11 August 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Goose Lake Dries Up http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86358&src=eoa-iotd * Taking Stock of 2014 Fire Emissions http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86388&src=eoa-iotd * Greater Denver and the Front Range http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86381&src=eoa-iotd * Blooms off Both North A ...Continue Reading

August 11, 2015 CONTRACT RELEASE C15-027*NASA Selects Contractor to Prepare Launch Structure for Agency’s Journey to Mars* NASA has selected J. P. Donovan Construction, Inc., of Rockledge, Florida to begin work at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the ground structures that will launch NASA’s next generation rocket and spacecraft on the journey to Mars and other deep space destinations. The Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Mobile Launcher Ground Support Equipment Installation contr ...Continue Reading

August 11, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-123*NASA TV Airs Test of Space Launch System Engine* During a 535-second test, operators ran the RS-25 through a series of power levels, including a period of firing at 109 percent of the engine’s rated power. Data collected on performance of the engine at the various power levels will aid in adapting the former space shuttle engines to the new SLS vehicle mission requirements, including development of an all-new engine controller and software. */Credits: NASA/Stennis /* N ...Continue Reading

August 11, 2015 RELEASE 15-165*Oxymoronic Black Hole Provides Clues to Growth* A Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of RGG 118, a galaxy containing the smallest supermassive black hole ever detected. The inset is a Chandra image showing hot gas around the black hole. */Credits: NASA/CXC/Univ of Michigan/V.F.Baldassare, et al; Optical: SDSS /* Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the 6.5-meter Clay Telescope in Chile have identified the smallest supermassive black hole ever detected in the cent ...Continue Reading

August 11, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-121*Space Station Cargo Ship Departure to Air on NASA TV* The Russian Progress 58 cargo craft delivered several tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station on Feb. 17, 2015 and is set to undock and burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere on re-entry Aug. 14, 2015. */Credits: NASA/* NASA Television will broadcast live the departure of an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, Aug. 14. ISS Progress 58 arrived ...Continue Reading

August 11, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-122*NASA TV to Host Perseid Meteor Shower Program * Astronomer Fred Bruenjes recorded a series of many 30 second long exposures spanning about six hours on the night of Aug. 11 and early morning of Aug. 12, 2004 using a wide angle lens. Combining those frames which captured meteor flashes, he produced this dramatic view of the Perseids of summer. There are 51 Perseid meteors in the composite image, including one seen nearly head-on. */Credits: Fred Bruenjes /* Thanks to a ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2226 Issue Time: 2015 Aug 11 1211 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2225 Begin Time: 2015 Aug 09 1340 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1559 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading