:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 23 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 82 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2005 N12W60 263 0190 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2008 S11W30 233 0030 Dro 08 08 Beta 2010 S15W00 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 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 81 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2004 S09W85 301 0030 Cao 05 05 Beta 2005 N13W47 265 0200 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2008 S10W19 ...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 21, 2014 * NASA Opens Media Accreditation for May Orbital Sciences Cargo Resupply Mission to International Space Station * Media accreditation is open for the launch of the second NASA contracted cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station from Virginia. Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., will launch ...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 21, 2014 * SpaceX Launch to the International Space Station Reset for March 30 * SpaceX has confirmed it will target its next cargo mission launch to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, for 10:50 p.m. EDT, Sunday, March 30. NASA Television launch coverage begins at 9:45 p. ...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 21, 2014 * NASA Seeks Proposals on Asteroid Redirect Mission Concepts Development * In support of NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission – a key part of the agency’s stepping stone path to send humans to Mars – agency officials are seeking proposals for studies on advanced technology development. Through a Broad Agency Anno ...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 20, 2014 * NASA to Host Media Teleconference on an Asteroid Initiative Broad Agency Announcement * NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT Friday, March 21, to discuss the same-day release of its Asteroid Initiative Announcement of Opportunities. Telecon participants are: -- Greg Williams, deputy associa ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 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 80 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2004 S10W73 302 0050 Cao 05 05 Beta 2005 N13W37 266 0250 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 2008 S11E03 ...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 20, 2014 * NASA's Spitzer Telescope Brings 360-Degree View of Galaxy to Our Fingertips *  A new panorama from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows us our galaxy's plane all the way around us in infrared light. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Wisconsin. Touring the Milky Way now is as easy as clicking a b ...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 20, 2014 * NASA Statement on Sustainability Study * The following is a statement from NASA regarding erroneous media reports crediting the agency with an academic paper on population and societal impacts. "A soon-to-be published research paper 'Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY): Modeling Inequality and Use of Re ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES A passing cold front kicked up a wall of dust that blew through northern Texas on March 11 and 18, 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83375&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 18, 2014 (Posted on Mar 19, 2014 5:22 PM) * http://earthobservator ...Continue Reading