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 22, 2014 * NASA Commercial Crew Partners Complete 23 Milestones in 2014, Look Ahead to 2015 *  Image Credit: NASA NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and the agency’s industry partners completed 23 agreement and contract milestones in 2014 and participated in thousands of hours of technical review sessions. The sessions f ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-51 2014 December 21 at 6:05 p.m. MST (2014 December 22 0105 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 15-21 An R3 (Strong) radio blackout was observed on December 20. R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts were observed on December 17 and 18. R1 (Minor) blackouts were observed on December 17, 19 and 21. No G1 (Minor) or greater geomagnetic storms were observed ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 22 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 356 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2235 S08W83 267 0060 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2236 N30W56 240 0060 Hax 02 02 Alpha 2239 N15W67 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 21 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 355 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2235 S08W70 266 0070 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2236 N28W43 240 0080 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2239 N14W55 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 20 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 354 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2235 S07W56 266 0060 Cao 02 04 Beta 2236 N30W32 242 0090 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2237 S13W41 ...Continue Reading

December 19, 2014 Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P datasets produced by the Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) for a number of different sensors and platforms are now available. The datasets include global  Subskin SST observations from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-2) on the Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) GCOM-W1 Satellite. These datasets are in the GHRSST Data Processing Specification version 2 (GDS2)&nbs ...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 19, 2014 * Video Gives Astronaut’s-Eye View Inside NASA’s Orion Spacecraft *  Click this link or the image above to view the videoNew video recorded during NASA’s Orion return through Earth’s atmosphere provides viewers a taste of what the vehicle endured as it returned through Earth’s atmosphere during its Dec. 5 flight test.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 19, 2014 * SpaceX Completes First Milestone for Commercial Crew Transportation System * NASA has approved the completion of SpaceX’s first milestone in the company’s path toward launching crews to the International Space Station (ISS) from U.S. soil under a Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract with the a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 19 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 353 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2235 S07W44 265 0060 Cao 01 04 Beta 2236 N32W17 240 0100 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2237 S13W27 ...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 18, 2014 * NASA’s Orion Arrives Back at Kennedy, Media Invited to View Spacecraft *  NASA’s Orion spacecraft returned to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Dec. 18, 2014. The spacecraft flew to an altitude of 3,600 miles in space during a Dec. 5 flight test designed to stress many of the riskiest events Orion will see ...Continue Reading