:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 16 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 47 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2282 N11W24 190 0210 Cso 10 08 Beta 2284 N14E29 137 0010 Bxo 06 02 Beta 2285 S09W14 1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 15 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 46 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2282 N11W09 188 0220 Csi 11 13 Beta-Gamma 2283 N07W38 217 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2284 N13 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 14 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 45 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2280 S09W95 288 0030 Cso 02 02 Beta 2282 N10E04 189 0220 Csi 12 10 Beta-Gamma 2283 N06W ...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 13, 2015 * Media Invited to Boeing Commercial Crew Access Tower Groundbreaking *  In this artist’s rendering, Boeing’s CST-100 sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. A commercial crew access tower will include an elevator and provide a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 13 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 44 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2280 S06W81 287 0140 Cso 06 03 Beta 2282 N10E16 190 0240 Eso 13 15 Beta-Gamma 2283 N06W ...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 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