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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 09 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 343 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2222 S19W91 086 0450 Hkx 07 03 Alpha 2227 S04W07 002 0150 Cso 03 03 Beta 2230 S15E36 ...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 8, 2014 * NASA Delivers Futuristic Aircraft Part to Virginia for Structural Testing * Media are invited to view the unloading of a representative test article of a futuristic hybrid wing body aircraft Thursday, Dec. 11 at the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The large test article, representing the uni ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON HAGUPIT The potent storm reached category 5 strength in the western Pacific Ocean before heading for a landfall in The Philippines. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84849&src=nha *** Image from Dec 04, 2014 (Posted on Dec 05, 2014 5:22 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (4 updated events, 4 new ima ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON HAGUPIT The potent storm reached category 5 strength in the western Pacific Ocean before heading for a landfall in The Philippines. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84849&src=nha *** Image from Dec 04, 2014 (Posted on Dec 05, 2014 5:22 PM) ------------------------------------------------------- ...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 8, 2014 * NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to How Water Helped Shape Martian Landscape *  This illustration depicts a lake of water partially filling Mars' Gale Crater, receiving runoff from snow melting on the crater's northern rim. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/MSSS  Observations by NASA’s Cur ...Continue Reading