:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 18 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 77 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2002 S18W58 326 0220 Eac 14 21 Beta-Gamma 2004 S10W31 299 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta 2005 N13E ...Continue Reading

Tournament: Earth Round 3 Voting Voting is now open for the third round of Tournament Earth. After two rounds, only the Earthly Eight remain. Is your bracket busted? "The Global Toll of Fine Particulate Matter" is the only top seed remaining in the tournament; the low-ranked longshots are gone, too. Go cast your votes for the final four by 4pm ET (2100 UCT) on Friday, March 21! http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/TournamentEarth/?src=nha-ann -------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Tournament: Earth Round 3 Voting Voting is now open for the third round of Tournament Earth. After two rounds, only the Earthly Eight remain. Is your bracket busted? "The Global Toll of Fine Particulate Matter" is the only top seed remaining in the tournament; the low-ranked longshots are gone, too. Go cast your votes for the final four by 4pm ET (2100 UCT) on Friday, March 21! http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/TournamentEarth/?src=nha-ann -------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Text Size var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 17, 2014 * Hubble Celebrates 24th Anniversary with Infrared Image of Nearby Star Factory *  This colorful collection of Hubble Space Telescope images of portion of the Monkey Head Nebula reveals a collection of carved knots of gas and dust silhouetted against glowing gas. The cloud is sculpted by ultraviolet light ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-11 2014 March 16 at 9:05 p.m. MDT (2014 March 17 0305 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 10-16 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed from 10 - 13 March due to flare activity from active solar Regions 1991, 1996 and 2002. A Category R2 (Moderate) radio blackout was observed on 12 March due to flare activity from active solar Region 1996. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 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 76 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1998 S07W79 001 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2002 S18W44 326 0280 Ekc 12 24 Beta-Gamma 2003 N05 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 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 75 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1998 S09W66 000 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2000 S08W87 022 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2002 S18W32 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 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 74 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1998 S09W52 000 0030 Cro 03 05 Beta 2002 S18W18 326 0330 Ehc 13 33 Beta-Gamma 2003 N06W ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Extends Cargo Mission Contract at Johnson Space Center ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:36:19 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Extends Cargo Mission Contract at Johnson Space Center March 14, 2014 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #C14-006 NASA Extends Cargo Mission Contract at Johnson Space Center NASA has exercised a $22 mil ...Continue Reading

March 14, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-049 * * NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins Available for Satellite Media Interviews * NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, who returned to Earth March 10 after 166 days aboard the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite media interviews from 7-8 a.m. EDT Thursday, March 20. Hopkins began his extended stay in space after launching to the station Sept. 25, 2013. During his time aboard the ISS, Hopkins and his crewmates spent hundreds of hours conducting v ...Continue Reading