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 6, 2015 * NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet *  Ceres is seen from NASA's Dawn spacecraft on March 1, just a few days before the mission achieved orbit around the previously unexplored dwarf planet. The image was taken at a distance of about 30,000 miles (about 48,000 kilometers).Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Cal ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Mar 06 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 65 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2293 N05W53 342 0065 Cao 10 09 Beta 2295 S08W53 342 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Pla ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 709 2015 Mar 5 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 42 continues with commander Barry Wilmore, FE-1 Aleksandr Samokutyaev, FE-2 Elena Serova, FE-3 Anton Shkaplerov, FE-4 Samantha Cristoforetti, and FE-5 Terry Virts. Soyuz TMA-14M is docked at Poisk; Soyuz TMA-15M is docked at Rassvet; Progress M-25M ...Continue Reading

March 5, 2015 The following message has been forwarded to all registered PO.DAAC users on behalf of the KNMI Scatterometer Team. Please direct all related inquiries to scat@knmi.nl. Dear wind product user, We plan to discontinue the OSI SAF global Metop-A Hamming window based 12.5 km wind product on Tuesday, 28th of April. The 12.5 km winds have already been replaced by the ASCAT coastal winds for Metop-A and Metop-B in the OSI SAF list of products. The Hamming winds product ...Continue Reading

March 5, 2015 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius-CAP v3.0 data covering the month of January 2015.  CAP Level 2 and 3 products are described and discoverable via the PO.DAAC data portal http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/datasetlist?search=CAP and are being distributed via PODAAC's general public ftp site, OPeNDAP, THREDDS and LAS.  Users should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of January, and will be augment ...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 5, 2015 * NASA Research Suggests Mars Once Had More Water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean *  NASA scientists have determined that a primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean and that the Red Planet has lost 87 percent of that water to space. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC  A primitive ocean on Mars held mo ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2156 Issue Time: 2015 Mar 05 1941 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2155 Begin Time: 2015 Mar 03 1240 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1049 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

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 4, 2015 * NASA Opens Media Accreditation for Next SpaceX Space Station Mission Launch *  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Jan. 10, 2015 carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station.Image Credit: NASA/Tony Gray & Kevin O'Co ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Mar 05 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 64 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2292 S08W70 012 0180 Cai 08 13 Beta 2293 N05W38 340 0070 Cao 10 10 Beta IA. H-alpha Pla ...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 4, 2015 * NASA Television to Air Major SLS Booster Test Firing Events, Media Invited *  Engineers at Orbital ATK in Promontory, Utah, prepare to test the booster that will help power NASA’s Space Launch System to space to begin missions to deep space, including to an asteroid and Mars. A test on March 11 is one of two that w ...Continue Reading