:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 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 350 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1917 S15W37 077 0340 Dkc 10 33 Beta-Gamma 1918 S10W15 055 0170 Cao 06 11 Beta-Gamma 19 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 691 2013 Dec 15, Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chang'e-3 --------- Chang'e-3 was in lunar polar orbit from Dec 6 to Dec 14. On Dec 10 at 1320 UTC the orbit was lowered from 100 x 100 to 15 x 100 km. At 1259:52 UTC Dec 14, near perilune, the descent engine was turned on to decelerate the probe and fly it down to the surface. Chang'e-3 touched down at 1311:18 U ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 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 349 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1912 S21W90 143 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1917 S15W24 077 0260 Dkc 09 26 Beta-Gamma 1918 S1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 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 348 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1912 S21W79 146 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1917 S15W10 077 0220 Dai 07 11 Beta-Gamma 1918 S0 ...Continue Reading

December 13, 2013 * RELEASE 13-373 * * NASA Selects SpaceX to Begin Negotiations for Use of Historic Launch Pad * NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to begin negotiations on a lease to use and operate historic Launch Complex (LC) 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Permitting use and operation of this valuable national asset by a private-sector, commercial space partner will ensure its continued viability and allo ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews on Station Cooling System ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:45:12 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews on Station Cooling System December 12, 2013 Jenny Knotts Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J13-019 NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews on Station Cooling System NASA ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 13 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1912 S21W64 143 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1916 S13W90 169 0120 Eac 12 04 Beta 1917 S15E04 ...Continue Reading

December 12, 2013 * RELEASE 13-370 * * NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Clues About Saturn Moon * NASA's Cassini spacecraft is providing scientists with key clues about Saturn's moon Titan, and in particular, its hydrocarbon lakes and seas. Titan is one of the most Earth-like places in the solar system, and the only place other than our planet that has stable liquid on its surface. Cassini's recent close flybys are bringing into sharper focus a region in Titan's northern hemisphere that sparkles w ...Continue Reading

December 12, 2013 * RELEASE 13-371 * * Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venting off Jovian Moon * This is an artist's concept of a plume of water vapor thought to be ejected off the frigid, icy surface of the Jovian moon Europa, located about 500 million miles (800 million kilometers) from the sun.Image Credit: NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWRI NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed water vapor above the frigid south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa, providing the first strong ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Television Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to International Space Station ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:54:08 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Television Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to International Space Station December 11, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M13-193 ...Continue Reading