:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 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 21 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1949 S15W84 009 0020 Hax 04 02 Alpha 1952 S32W42 327 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1955 S14E09 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Fires in California * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82878&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 16, 2014 (Posted on Jan 16, 2014 6:19 PM) BUSHFIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA Extreme heat and strong winds fueled smoky grass fires in southeastern Australia in January 2014. * http://earth ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-3 2014 January 20 at 12:06 a.m. MST (2014 January 20 0706 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 13-19 A category R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 13 January due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1944. Outlook For January 20-26 There is a chance for category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts on 26 January due to potential flare activit ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 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 20 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1949 S16W73 011 0090 Hax 02 02 Alpha 1952 S32W29 327 0050 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1955 S14E23 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 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 19 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1949 S15W61 012 0080 Hax 03 03 Alpha 1952 S32W16 328 0050 Hax 02 01 Alpha 1953 S17W79 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 40 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Media Briefing to Preview Big Year Ahead for NASA Earth Science ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:03:19 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Media Briefing to Preview Big Year Ahead for NASA Earth Science January 17, 2014 Susan Anderson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-8630 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 Report #M14-016 Media Briefing to Preview B ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 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 18 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1948 N06W81 046 0040 Hax 02 01 Alpha 1949 S17W46 011 0100 Hax 03 02 Alpha 1952 S33W01 ...Continue Reading

January 17, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-016 * * Media Briefing to Preview Big Year Ahead for NASA Earth Science * NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 22, to outline the agency's Earth science activities planned for 2014, which include five mission launches. The expert panelists for the briefing are: -- Michael Freilich, director, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Julie Robinson, International Space Station chief scientist, NASA's Johnson S ...Continue Reading

January 17, 2014 * RELEASE 14-022 * * NASA Administrator Surveys Agency's Work in Advanced Propulsion Technologies * U.S. Rep. Marcia Kaptur of Ohio, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Glenn Research Center Director Jim Free and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, also of Ohio, stand before the large space environment simulation chamber inside Glenn’s Electric Propulsion Laboratory. Image Credit: NASA/Bridget Caswell NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited NASA’s Glenn Research Center in ...Continue Reading

January 17, 2014 * RELEASE 14-018 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Tests Dragon Parachute System * Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) gathered in Morro Bay, Calif., in late December to demonstrate how the company's Dragon spacecraft's parachute system would function in the event of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent. The test was part of an optional milestone under NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative ...Continue Reading