Jonathan's Space Report No. 703 2014 Oct 17 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LVDB ---- The orbital/suborbital launch vehicle database http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/ has been updated. International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 41 is underway with commander Max Suraev and flight engineers FE-5 Reid Wiseman and FE-6 Alex Gerst. On Sep 25 at 2025 UTC the Soyuz TMA-14M f ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 17 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 290 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2186 S20W44 017 0170 Cso 04 03 Beta 2187 S10E16 317 0220 Cso 13 06 Beta 2189 N23W07 ...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 16, 2014 * NASA’s Hubble Finds Extremely Distant Galaxy through Cosmic Magnifying Glass *  The mammoth galaxy cluster Abell 2744 is so massive that its powerful gravity bends the light from galaxies far behind it, making these otherwise unseen background objects appear larger and brighter than they would normally. Image Credit: ...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 16, 2014 * NASA TV to Air Russian Spacewalk from International Space Station *  Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev and Flight Engineer Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency will don Orlan spacesuits and step outside the International Space Station Wednesday, Oct. 22, to perform work on the exterior of the stat ...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 16, 2014 * NASA Spacecraft Provides New Information About Sun’s Atmosphere *  NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory provided the outer image of a coronal mass ejection on May 9, 2014. The IRIS spacecraft. The IRIS mission views the interface region that lies between the sun’s photosphere and corona in unprecedented detail for ...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 16, 2014 * NASA Begins Sixth Year of Airborne Antarctic Ice Change Study *  NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft will be flying scientists and instruments over Antarctica to study changes in the continent’s ice sheet, glaciers and sea ice.Image Credit: NASA  NASA is carrying out its sixth consecutive year of Operation IceBr ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA In October 2014, large plumes of dust blew over the Arabian Sea. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84554&src=nha *** Image from Oct 14, 2014 (Posted on Oct 15, 2014 6:12 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a servi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 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 289 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2185 S15W71 058 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2186 S21W32 019 0150 Hsx 03 04 Alpha 2187 S10E29 ...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 15, 2014 * NASA Soil Moisture Mapper Arrives at Launch Site * A NASA spacecraft designed to track Earth's water in one of its most important, but least recognized forms -- soil moisture -- now is at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to begin final preparations for launch in January. NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spac ...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 15, 2014 * NASA’s Hubble Telescope Finds Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons Pluto Mission *  This is an artist’s impression of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), located on the outer rim of our solar system at a staggering distance of 4 billion miles from the Sun. A HST survey uncovered three KBOs that are potentially reach ...Continue Reading