September 24, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu * RELEASE 13-291 * * NASA's Hubble and Chandra Find Evidence for Densest Nearby Galaxy * Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory and telescopes on the ground may have found the most crowded galaxy in our part of the universe. The ultra-compact dwarf galaxy, known as M60- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 24 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 267 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1846 S18W04 059 0150 Hsx 04 01 Alpha 1849 N19W24 079 0080 Dso 09 08 Beta 1850 N08E24 ...Continue Reading

September 23, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jennifer Neptune Independent Verification and Validation Facility, Fairmont, W.Va. 304-367-8262jennifer.d.neptune@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-044 * * NASA Selects Operations and Maintenance Services for West Virginia Site * NASA has selected West Virginia University Research Corporation (WVURC) of Morgantown, W.Va., to provide operations and maintenance services at the agency’s Independent ...Continue Reading

World of Change Update: Devastation and Recovery at Mt. St. Helens The devastation of the May 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens and the gradual recovery of the surrounding landscape is documented in this series of satellite images from 1979—2013. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/sthelens.php?src=nha-ann ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ----------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SUPER TYPHOON USAGI The most powerful tropical cyclone of 2013 passed between Taiwan and the Philippines, then slammed into the southeastern coast of China in late September. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82121&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 22, 2013 (Posted on Sep 23, 2013 11:36 AM) -- FLO ...Continue Reading

September 23, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/757-344-8511kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-293 * * NASA Announces Advanced Composite Research Partnership * NASA has selected six companies from five U.S. states to participate in a government-and-industry partnership to advance composite materials research and certification. The companies are: • Bell Helicopter Text ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2090 Issue Time: 2013 Sep 23 1005 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2089 Begin Time: 2013 Sep 20 1220 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2906 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

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-38 2013 September 22 at 9:06 p.m. MDT (2013 September 23 0306 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 16-22 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For September 23-29 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 686 2013 Sep 23, Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 37 is underway with commander Fyodor Yurchikin, FE-5 Luca Parmitano and FE-6 Karen Nyberg. Ferry ship Soyuz TMA-09M is at Rassvet. Cargo ship ATV-4 is at the Zvezda module and Progress M-20M is at the Pirs module. On Sep 18 the second Antares 1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Sep 23 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 266 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Sep 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1841 S04W78 146 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1843 N03W62 130 0020 Cao 04 05 Beta 1845 S17W05 ...Continue Reading