:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Apr 16 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 106 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Apr 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1718 N20W84 106 0110 Dai 10 04 Beta 1719 N09W53 076 0070 Cso 06 04 Beta 1721 S18W33 ...Continue Reading

April 15, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Florida 321-861-0370 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-110 NASA MARKS THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF OBAMA SUPPORT OF SPACE AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA marked the third anniversary Monday of President Obama's speech at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where he laid out a plan to ensure the United States will remain the world's leade ...Continue Reading

April 15, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-109 NASA FUNDED ASTEROID TRACKING SENSOR PASSES KEY TEST PASADENA, Calif. -- An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test. The test assessed performance of the Near Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) in an environment that mimicked the te ...Continue Reading

April 15, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-062 NASA HOSTS MEDIA BRIEFING TO DISCUSS KEPLER PLANETARY DISCOVERY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, April 18, to announce new discoveries from the agency's Kepler mission. The briefing will be held in the Syvertson Auditorium, Building N-201, at NASA's Ames ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRE IN AUSTRALIA Widespread burning is a common occurrence in western Australia. Management fires are common in the early part of the dry season; uncontrolled bush fires often rage later in the season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80882&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 10, 2013 (Posted on Apr 10, 201 ...Continue Reading

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