Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-7 2013 February 17 at 4:30 p.m. MST (2013 February 17 2330 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 11-17 A category R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 17 February due flare activity from Region 1675. Outlook For February 18-24 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 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 48 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1671 N14W08 078 0090 Cso 04 03 Beta 1672 S17W29 097 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1673 S10E56 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 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 47 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1670 N17W85 166 0070 Cao 09 03 Beta 1671 N14E04 077 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1672 S17W15 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 15, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-056 NASA CASTS A WIDE NET FOR STEM EDUCATION PARTNERS WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting potential partners to help the agency achieve its strategic goals for education. Using its unique missions, discoveries, and assets, NASA supports education inside and outside the formal classroom to inspire and motivate educators and learners of all ages in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) ...Continue Reading

Feb. 15, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-032 REPORTERS INVITED TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT WASHINGTON -- Journalists are invited to participate in a NASA Social from 9:30 a.m. to noon EST Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the James Webb Auditorium of NASA Headquarters at 300 E St. SW in Washington. During this event, 150 social media followers and their guests will speak with three of the six crew members currently aboard ...Continue Reading

Feb. 15, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Janet Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-033 NASA EXPERTS DISCUSS RUSSIA METEOR IN MEDIA TELECONFERENCE TODAY WASHINGTON -- NASA experts will hold a teleconference for news media at 4 p.m. EST today to discuss a meteor that streaked through the skies over Russia's Urals region this morning. Scientists have det ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE GINO Gino formed as a tropical storm over the southern Indian Ocean on February 11, 2013, and strengthened into a cyclone the next day. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80449&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 13, 2013 (Posted on Feb 14, 2013 2:27 PM) ----------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 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 46 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1670 N17W69 166 0100 Cao 08 04 Beta 1671 N14E17 080 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

Feb. 14, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Kim Henry Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.m.henry@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: 13-054 NASA AWARDS FINAL SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ADVANCED BOOSTER CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Aerojet of Sacramento, Calif., for a $23.3 million contract to develop engineering demonstrations and risk reduction concepts for future advanced boosters for the agency's Space Launch System (SLS). Ae ...Continue Reading

Feb. 14, 2013 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-052 NASA'S FERMI PROVES SUPERNOVA REMNANTS PRODUCE COSMIC RAYS WASHINGTON -- A new study using observations from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals the first clear-cut evidence the expanding debris of exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe. This disco ...Continue Reading