:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Aug 28 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 240 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Aug 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1823 S10W89 140 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1828 N05W40 091 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1834 N14E34 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (27 August 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Nighttime View of California's Rim Fire http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81930&src=eoa-iotd * Big Blast at Sakurajima Volcano, Japan http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81891&src=eoa-iotd * Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81925&src=eoa-iotd ...Continue Reading

August 27, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111josh.byerly@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-139 * * NASA to Preview Orbital Sciences Flight to Space Station * NASA will host a televised news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 4, to preview the upcoming test flight of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The news conference will originate from ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Notable fires in California in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81936&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 26, 2013 (Posted on Aug 27, 2013 11:45 AM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81930&src=nha *** VIIRS(Suomi NPP) image from Aug 23, 2013 (Posted on ...Continue Reading

August 27, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Tracy McMahan/Kim Henry Marshall Space Flight Center 256-544-0034tracy.mcmahan@nasa.gov / kim.henry@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-260 * * NASA Tests Limits of 3-D Printing with Powerful Rocket Engine Check * The largest 3-D printed rocket engine component NASA ever has tested blazed to life Aug. 22 during an engine firing that generated a record 20,000 pounds of thrust. This test is a milestone for one of man ...Continue Reading

August 27, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789rachel.hoover@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu * RELEASE 13-267 * * NASA-Funded Scientists Detect Water on Moon's Surface that Hints at Water Below * NASA-funded lunar research has yielded evidence of water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the m ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2077 Issue Time: 2013 Aug 27 1113 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2076 Begin Time: 2013 Aug 23 1500 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1952 pfu 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 Ser ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 85 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Astronaut Gregory H. Johnson Leaves NASA 2. Touch the Moon at the Utah State Fair ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:06:37 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Astronaut Gregory H. Johnson Leaves NASA August 26, 2013 Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #13-264 Astronaut Gregory H. Johnson Lea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Aug 27 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 239 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Aug 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1823 S10W76 140 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1828 N05W26 090 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1835 S10E51 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN MONTANA AND IDAHO Fires in Montana and Idaho * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81923&src=nha *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Aug 18, 2013 (Posted on Aug 23, 2013 2:41 PM) FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Notable fires in California in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81919&src ...Continue Reading