NASA Awards $1.5 Million at Watts on the Moon Challenge Finale *Sep 20, 2024* *RELEASE 24-120* Team H.E.L.P.S. (High Efficiency Long-Range Power Solution) from The University of California, Santa Barbara won the $1 million grand prize in NASA’s Watts on the Moon Challenge. Their team developed a low-mass, high efficiency cable and featured energy storage batteries on both ends of their power transmission and energy storage system. Credit: NASA/GRC/Sara Lowthian-Hanna NASA has awarded a total of $1.5 million to two U ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3403 Issue Time: 2024 Sep 20 1428 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3402 Begin Time: 2024 Sep 19 1740 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1228 pfu Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or updat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Sep 20 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 264 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Sep 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3824 S04W83 078 0080 Eao 13 10 Beta 3825 S16W21 015 0130 Esi 1 ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return *Sep 19, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-130* The Roscosmos Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station’s Prichal module in this long-duration photograph as it orbited 258 miles above Nigeria. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, will depart from the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, and return to Earth. Dyson, Chub, an ...Continue Reading

Sept. 19, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-116* * * *NASA Grants to Strengthen Diversity in Engineering, STEM Fields* * * Students participating in NASA’s Minority University Research AND Education Project (MUREP) Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition on-site experience. Credit: Josh Valcarcel * * NASA is awarding $7.2 million to six minority-serving institutions to grow initiatives in engineering-related disciplines and fields for learners who have historically been underrepresented and underserved in ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3402 Issue Time: 2024 Sep 19 1812 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2024 Sep 19 1740 UTC Station: GOES-16 Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Sep 19 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 263 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Sep 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3824 S04W69 076 0100 Eai 13 12 Beta-Gamma 3825 S15W07 014 0200 ...Continue Reading

NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Remarks *Sep 18, 2024* *RELEASE 24-119* On Sept. 18, 2024, five Congressional Gold Medals were awarded to women who contributed to the space race, including the NASA mathematicians who helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agency’s Apollo Program. Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released his remarks as prepared for Wednesday’s Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards recognized the women who ...Continue Reading

*NASA, US Department of Education to Launch STEM Project in Washington* *Sep 18, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-129* Students are recognized for their hard work in STEM-related extended-day programs at their school through a partnership with NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Credit: NASA Media are invited to the kickoff event of a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Department of Education at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, at the Wheatley Education Campus in Washington. The interagency project,  ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Sep 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 262 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Sep 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3822 N14W85 106 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta 3824 S04W54 075 0100 Eai 1 ...Continue Reading