:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 08 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 281 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2178 S02W64 155 0080 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2181 S12W73 164 0070 Cao 07 03 Beta 2182 S15W27 ...Continue Reading

October 7, 2014 Dear wind product user, Please be aware that tomorrow, 8 October, an out of plane manoeuvre of Metop-B will be performed which will lead to a considerable outage time of all Metop-B ASCAT wind products between 8:25 and 16:40 UTC. Best regards, Anton Verhoef KNMI Scatterometer Team http://www.knmi.nl/scatterometer/ For global wind products:  EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice SAF  http://www.osi-saf.org/ For scatterometer processing software:  EUMETSAT Numeri ...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 October 7, 2014 * NASA Lunar Mission Wins 2014 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award * NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission has received the Popular Mechanics 2014 Breakthrough Award for innovation in science and technology. The 10th annual Breakthrough Awards recognize innovators, engineers and scientis ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (07 October 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Rapid Response for a New Wind Instrument http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84513&src=eoa-iotd * The Plumes After the Storm http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84503&src=eoa-iotd * The Persian Gulf, Clear and Clouded http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84490&src=eoa-iotd * Floating ...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 October 7, 2014 * NASA Selects Advanced Oxygen Recovery Proposals for Spacecraft Missions *  In October 2010, aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut and Expedition 25 commander Doug Wheelock installed the Sabatier system, which extracts more water out of the ISS atmosphere. Sabatier creates water from the byproduct ...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 October 7, 2014 * NASA Aeronautics Research Tests New Tool for Early Wildfire Detection *  NASA researcher Mike Logan plans to use this small unmanned aerial vehicle to check for fires at a Virginia-North Carolina wildlife refuge as part of an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceImage Credit: NASA Langley/David C. Bow ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON PHANFONE Typhoon Phanfone struck Japan in October 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84510&src=nha *** Image from Oct 05, 2014 (Posted on Oct 06, 2014 5:43 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. ht ...Continue Reading

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY BOOK AWARD   The National Council on Public History seeks book-length works about or growing out of public history theory, study, or practice, or that have compelling implications for the same.  Whether about or growing out of public history, successful contenders will clearly display the public aspects of their conception, development, and execution, and how they illuminate issues and concerns significant to audiences beyond the academy.  Criteria for selection i ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 07 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 280 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2178 S01W51 157 0100 Hax 02 03 Alpha 2181 S11W59 165 0080 Dsi 07 07 Beta-Gamma 2182 S1 ...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 October 6, 2014 * New NASA Technology Brings Critical Data to Pilots Over Remote Alaskan Territories * NASA’s Traffic and Atmospheric Information for General Aviation (TAIGA) technology system is capable of showing pilots the altitude of nearby terrain via color. Yellow identifies terrain that is near the aircraft’s altitude and red s ...Continue Reading