January 6, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-006 * * NASA Television Updates Coverage for Orbital Sciences Mission to Space Station * NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Wednesday Jan. 8 launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus cargo spacecraft mission to resupply the International Space Station. The Antares rocket carrying Cygnus will lift off at 1:32 p.m. EST from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. Launch from Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops ...Continue Reading

January 6, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-005 * * NASA Hosts Prelaunch Media Events for Global Precipitation Mission * NASA will hold a series of media events Monday, Jan. 27, in advance of the February launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory from Japan. The events will be held at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. GPM is an international satellite mission led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that will provide next-generatio ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-1 2014 January 5 at 9:50 p.m. MST (2014 January 6 0450 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 30-January 5 Solar activity reached R2 (moderate) levels on 01 January. Solar activity reached R1 (minor) levels on 31 December through 04 January. The remainder of the period (30 December and 05 January) saw low levels of activity. The summary period bega ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 06 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 6 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1937 S13W71 195 0160 Dac 09 21 Beta-Gamma 1938 S14W59 183 0010 Cro 02 03 Beta 1942 N10W0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 05 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 5 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1936 S15W90 227 0060 Hsx 03 02 Alpha 1937 S12W58 195 0080 Dac 06 14 Beta-Gamma 1938 S14W ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 04 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 4 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1936 S16W75 225 0110 Dai 08 05 Beta-Gamma 1937 S12W47 197 0030 Dao 05 08 Beta-Gamma 1938 ...Continue Reading

January 3, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-004 * * NASA to Share Noteworthy Discoveries at Annual Meeting of the American Astronomical Society * NASA scientists will present exciting new findings on a wide range of topics in the field of astrophysics next week at the American Astronomical Society's (AAS) 223rd annual meeting in National Harbor, Md. The meeting takes place Jan. 5-9 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, located at 201 Waterfront Street. Media registration for the event is cu ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 03 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 3 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1936 S17W62 225 0160 Eai 13 09 Beta-Gamma 1938 S14W16 179 0030 Cao 05 04 Beta 1940 S12W7 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2098 Issue Time: 2014 Jan 02 1911 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2014 Jan 02 1855 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading

January 2, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-001 * * International Space Station Crew to Connect with Virginia Students * Students in Newport News and Williamsburg, Va., will begin 2014 by talking with astronauts in orbit aboard the International Space Station. Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA will participate in a live video chat, or downlink, at 10:25 a.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 7, with students and educators from Denbigh High School’s Aviation Academy in Newport News. Students wi ...Continue Reading