Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-15 2013 April 14 at 11:47 p.m. MDT (2013 April 15 0547 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 8-14 A category R2 (Moderate) radio blackout was observed on 11 April due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1719. A category R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 12 April due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1718. A category S1 to S2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Apr 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 105 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Apr 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1718 N20W70 107 0260 Dkc 09 12 Beta-Gamma 1719 N10W41 078 0120 Dao 10 11 Beta-Gamma 17 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Apr 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 104 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Apr 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1714 N14W79 129 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1718 N21W58 108 0350 Dkc 10 25 Beta-Gamma 1719 N1 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 53 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION SPACEWALK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:51:19 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION SPACEWALK April 12, 2013 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M13-060 NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION SPACEWALK ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Apr 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 103 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Apr 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1711 S16W95 158 0100 Hax 04 01 Alpha 1714 N13W66 129 0070 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1718 N21W46 ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-100 NASA SELECTS EXPLORER PROJECTS TO PROBE EARTH'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected a new satellite mission and a new space-based instrument to begin development as part of the agency's Heliophysics Explorer Program. The projects will provide space observations to study Earth's ionosphere and thermosphere. The Ionospheric Connection (ICON) missi ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2013 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius v2.0 data covering the month of March, 2013.  Aquarius v2.0 data are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP and also THREDDS. Links to these and also other Aquarius resources (eg. Aquarius v2.0 documentation package) are available at  http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/aquarius. User should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of March, a ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- ERUPTING KAMCHATKA VOLCANOES The Kamchatka Peninsula, the northwestern edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire, is one of the most volcanically active regions on Earth. At least 114 Kamchatkan volcanoes have erupted in the past 12,000 years. A handful of these volcanoes is erupting currently. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/N ...Continue Reading

April 13, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Gray Creech Dryden Flight Research Center 661-276-2662 gray.creech-1@nasa.gov Tom Koehler Boeing Research & Technology Communications 425-373-2921 thomas.j.koehler@boeing.com RELEASE: 13-105 X-48 PROJECT COMPLETES FLIGHT RESEARCH FOR CLEANER, QUIETER AIRCRAFT EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA's remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, which demonstr ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-060 NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION SPACEWALK WASHINGTON -- Two members of the Expedition 35 crew will venture outside the International Space Station April 19 for a six-hour spacewalk to deploy and retrieve several science experiments and install a new navigational aid. NASA Television will broadcast the spacewalk li ...Continue Reading