Oct. 18, 2023/ /*RELEASE: 23-117*/ /*NASA Employees Win Top Federal Award for Asteroid Deflection Mission */ /NASA’s Brian Key and Scott Bellamy accepted the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal on behalf of a mission team for the first planetary defense test during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington on Oct. 17. / /The awards program for career federal employees, known as the Sammies, aims to highlight key accomplishments that benefit the nation, seeks ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Talk:  *Maurice Zucrow and Purdue University’s Rocket Lab *Time/Date/Location:*  noon – 1 pm ET, Wednesday 18 October, virtual via MS Teams link (no prior registration necessary)  *Contact:*  Steve Garber (stephen.j.garber@nasa.gov) *Description:*  Dr. Michael G. Smith, an aerospace and Russian historian at Purdue University, will share some of the landmark contributions of Dr. Maurice Zucrow to aerospace history.  Zucrow was a pioneer ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Oct 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 291 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Oct 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3464 N04W33 169 0090 Cso 06 07 Beta 3465 N10W10 146 0220 Cao 0 ...Continue Reading

October 17, 2023 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Drought on the Rio Negro The water level of the largest tributary of the Amazon River has hit a record low. Darkened by the Moon's Shadow As the Moon crossed between the Sun and Earth during the 2023 annular eclipse, its shadow darkened skies across the United States. Stressful Summer for C ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Oct 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 290 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Oct 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3460 S10W87 235 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 3463 S17W30 179 0010 Axx ...Continue Reading

October 16, 2023 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past 7 Daysview archive of natural events Bushfires in the Northern Territory A warm, dry September set the stage for increased fire risk in Australia. (Oct 10, 2023) Hurricane Lidia Lidia quickly strengthened from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane before making landfall near Puerto Val ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #23-42 2023 October 15 at 7:54 p.m. MDT (2023 October 16 0154 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 9-15 R1 (Minor) conditions were observed on 10 and 12 Oct due to activity from Regions 3451 and 3452. No other space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For October 16-22 No space weather storms are expected during ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Oct 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 289 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Oct 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3460 S10W70 232 0090 Cao 06 05 Beta 3463 S18W17 179 0010 Bxo 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Oct 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 288 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3460 S10W57 233 0090 Dao 09 05 Beta-Gamma 3462 N20W13 189 0010 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Oct 14 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 287 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3460 S10W44 233 0090 Dao 09 09 Beta-Gamma 3462 N19W02 191 0020 ...Continue Reading