:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 09 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 343 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1909 S19W79 211 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1912 S21W12 144 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1916 S13W37 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 08 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 342 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1909 S17W61 207 0100 Cso 10 07 Beta 1912 S21E01 143 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1915 S30W59 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 690 2013 Dec 6, Somerville, MA, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorial --------- The Cubesat Era has truly begun with the launch of 90 payloads in the past month, most of them picosatellites with masses under 10 kg. Let's hope my data entry skills can keep up! International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 38 continues with commander Oleg Kotov, and f ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 07 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1908 S25W79 236 0040 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1909 S17W50 207 0140 Dso 10 10 Beta 1911 S11W64 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN EAST AFRICA The Shabelle River inundated farmland in a key food-producing region in Somalia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82513&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 04, 2013 (Posted on Dec 06, 2013 1:00 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 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 340 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1908 S26W62 234 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1909 S17W34 206 0200 Dai 10 19 Beta 1911 S11W52 ...Continue Reading

December 5, 2013 PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the new dataset, SARAL Near-Real-Time Value-added Operational Geophysical Data Record Sea Surface Height Anomaly.  This value-added dataset is intended to provide improved accuracy near-real-time (NRT) sea surface height anomaly (SSHA) measurements for the SARAL/AltiKa mission.  The data are available 7-9 hours after measurement.  It is based on the official OGDR-SSHA, but takes advantage of several improvements, mos ...Continue Reading

December 5, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-360 * * NASA Fellowships, Scholarships Bring Diversity to Future STEM Workforce * NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has awarded fellowships and scholarships for the 2013-2014 academic year to 40 graduate and undergraduate students from across the United States to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. Thirty gr ...Continue Reading

December 4, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468amber.n.philman@nasa.gov   * RELEASE 13-361 * * Heat Shield for NASA's Orion Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center * NASA's Orion spacecraft is just about ready to turn up the heat. The spacecraft's heat shield arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space C ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Dec 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 339 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Dec 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1908 S26W48 232 0080 Dso 09 03 Beta 1909 S17W20 205 0250 Ekc 11 11 Beta-Gamma 1911 S11 ...Continue Reading