:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 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 140 Issued at 0030Z on 20 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1744 N06W67 001 0050 Cao 06 03 Beta 1745 N13W40 334 0180 Cao 05 08 Beta 1746 S27W40 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 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 139 Issued at 0030Z on 19 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1743 N20W69 016 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 1744 N06W54 001 0070 Dao 09 05 Beta 1745 N14W27 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 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 138 Issued at 0030Z on 18 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1743 N22W53 014 0030 Dao 10 02 Beta 1744 N06W40 001 0100 Dao 10 23 Beta-Gamma 1745 N13 ...Continue Reading

May 17, 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: M13-081 NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of the launch and docking of the next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station on Tuesday, May 28. Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yur ...Continue Reading

May 17, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-146 NASA SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AT KENNEDY'S LAUNCH PAD 39A WASHINGTON -- NASA released a synopsis Friday announcing plans to issue an announcement for proposals for the commercial use of Launch Pad 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The announce ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE MAHASEN Mahasen formed as a tropical storm over the northern Indian Ocean in early May 2013 and moved northward over the Bay of Bengal. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81177&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 16, 2013 (Posted on May 16, 2013 2:53 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 17 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 137 Issued at 0030Z on 17 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1743 N22W40 013 0080 Cso 10 06 Beta 1744 N05W27 360 0120 Cao 12 18 Beta 1745 N12W01 ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4787 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: 13-025 NASA EXTENDS ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING AND INTEGRATION SERVICES CONTRACT AT GODDARD GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has extended a contract with Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., for Environmental Testing and Integration Services at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Maria-Jose Vinas Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-614-5883 mj.vinas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-141 NASA SATELLITE DATA HELP PINPOINT GLACIERS' ROLE IN SEA LEVEL RISE WASHINGTON -- A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise. The new research found glaciers out ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PAVLOF VOLCANO, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS The Alaska Volcano Observatory first detected earthquakes associated with the movement of magma and heat at Pavlof&rsqo;s summit on May 13, 2013. Photographs and satellite imagery confirmed an eruption on May 14. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81146&src=nha ...Continue Reading