Jonathan's Space Report: 24th anniversary edition No. 672 2013 Jan 2 Somerville, MA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Happy perihelion to all my readers in the Earth-Moon system! International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 34 is underway with commander Kevin Ford and flight engineers FE-1 Oleg Novitskiy and FE-2 Yevgeniy Tarelkin. Their ferry ship, Soyuz TMA-06M, is docked at the Poisk modu ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 03 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 3 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N13W07 308 0110 Cao 03 04 Beta 1640 N28W21 320 0220 Eai 12 18 Beta 1641 N05E23 27 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 02, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-001 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has awarded the Kennedy Space Center Institutional Support Services III, or KISS III, contract to Wichita Tribal Enterprises, LLC of Tulsa, Okla. KISS III begins Feb. 1. The contract has a seven-month base period and opt ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TAKLIMAKAN DESERT SNOW A winter storm in December 2012 left the Taklimakan desert in northwestern China with a blanket of snow. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80058&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 02, 2013 (Posted on Jan 02, 2013 1:23 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (0 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 02 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 2 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1636 N14W27 340 0010 Bxo 05 03 Beta 1638 N13E06 308 0140 Dao 04 08 Beta 1639 S16E04 31 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (01 January 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Moon Phases Over the Persian Gulf http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79834&src=eoa-iotd * Auroras light up the Antarctic night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79750&src=eoa-iotd * Dallas Metropolitan Area at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80020&src=eoa-iotd * Pay&Atil ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE FREDA Freda formed as a tropical storm over the southern Pacific Ocean in late December 2012, and quickly strengthened into a cyclone. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80049&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 30, 2012 (Posted on Dec 31, 2012 2:54 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 up ...Continue Reading

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:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 01 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 1 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1636 N14W13 340 0030 Dso 04 06 Beta 1638 N13E17 308 0090 Cao 02 03 Beta 1639 S16E17 31 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 31 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 366 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N12E31 309 0150 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1639 S17E32 308 0030 Cro 04 04 Beta 1640 N28E20 ...Continue Reading