NASA Leaders to Host Agency Town Hall on Artificial Intelligence *MAY 21, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-069* Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy are hosting an employee town hall at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 22, to discuss how the agency is using and developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to advance missions and research. The event will steam live on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website. The town hall also will feature the NASA experts pioneerin ...Continue Reading

From: mailto: Jonathan's Space Report No. 833 2024 May 21 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 71 continues. Spacewalk ISS VKD-62 (Expedition 71) was carried out on 2024 Apr 25 by Kononenko and Chub in suits MKS-5 and MKS-4. The crew removed an experiment platform from the airlock and stowed it outside, then translated t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 May 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 142 Issued at 0030Z on 21 May 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3674 S13W55 223 0100 Cso 04 05 Beta 3679 S08W31 199 0150 Esi 1 ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2024 * * *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-013 *   *NASA Selects BAE Systems to Develop Ocean Color Instrument for NOAA * * * NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected BAE Systems (formerly known as Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation) of Boulder, Colorado, to develop an instrument to analyze ocean data as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $450 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #24-21 2024 May 19 at 7:54 p.m. MDT (2024 May 20 0154 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 13-19 R1 (Minor), R2 (Moderate), and R3 (Strong) radio blackouts were observed 13-15 May, with R1-R2 events 16-17 May, and R1 activity on 19 May. Most early week flaring was associated with Region 3664 and as 3664 rotated beyond the limb, new region 3685 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 May 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 141 Issued at 0030Z on 20 May 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3672 N19W73 254 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 3674 S13W40 221 0120 Csi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 May 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 140 Issued at 0030Z on 19 May 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3672 N20W59 256 0020 Hsx 02 21 Alpha 3673 S08W39 234 0010 Hrx ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 May 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 139 Issued at 0030Z on 18 May 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3670 N21W76 284 0010 Bxo 05 02 Beta 3671 N21W78 286 0010 Bxo 0 ...Continue Reading

May 17, 2024   *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-014* * * *NASA Awards Contracts for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition Services* * * **** * * NASA has selected four companies to provide spacecraft and related services, including acquiring spacecraft components and equipment, in support of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.   The multiple awards, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity base contracts, are firm-fixed-price with a total combined value of $6 billion. These multi-agency con ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 May 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 138 Issued at 0030Z on 17 May 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3667 N28W88 309 0050 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 3670 N21W62 283 0020 Dao ...Continue Reading