var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option December 11, 2014 * Help U.S. Cope with Climate Change: Enter NASA-USGS Data App Challenge * More than $35,000 in prizes are available to the innovation community to create apps that use federal climate data to help local communities prepare for the effects of climate change and protect our ecosystems.Image Credit: NASA NASA in partne ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2145 Issue Time: 2014 Dec 11 1021 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2144 Begin Time: 2014 Dec 07 0231 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2141 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: 2014 Dec 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 345 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2227 S03W34 001 0120 Cao 05 04 Beta 2230 S15E08 319 0130 Dai 07 20 Beta-Gamma 2232 N10 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2144 Issue Time: 2014 Dec 10 1126 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2143 Begin Time: 2014 Dec 07 0231 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5720 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 10 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 344 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2227 S04W21 003 0150 Cso 03 03 Beta 2230 S14E22 319 0100 Dao 05 08 Beta-Gamma 2231 S03 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (09 December 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Haze in the Kashmir Valley http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84862&src=eoa-iotd * An Expanse of White in Bolivia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84853&src=eoa-iotd * Central Saudi Arabia: Riyadh and dunes http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84841&src=eoa-iotd * Fall Harvest i ...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 December 9, 2014 * NASA Updates Briefings for Fifth SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station *  SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft orbits Earth during a commercial mission to resupply the International Space Station.Image Credit: NASA  The fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commerc ...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 December 9, 2014 * NASA Updates Briefings for Fifth SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station *  SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft orbits Earth during a commercial mission to resupply the International Space Station.Image Credit: NASA  The fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commerc ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2143 Issue Time: 2014 Dec 09 1211 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2142 Begin Time: 2014 Dec 07 0231 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 9964 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 706 2014 Dec 9 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erratum -------- Henry Spencer points out that I omitted the Stardust flyby at 181 km of comet 9P/Tempel 1 on 2011 Feb 15 at 0439UTC from my list of comet missions. International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 42 continues with commander Barry Wilmore, FE-1 Aleksandr Samokutyaev and FE- ...Continue Reading