Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-46 2012 October 7 at 9:59 p.m. MDT (2012 October 8 0359 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 1-7 G3 (Strong), and G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels were observed on 01 October. Outlook For October 8-14 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels are expected late on 08 and early on 09 October. There is a chance for R1 (Minor) radio blackout conditi ...Continue Reading

Oct. 7, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-355 FIRST CONTRACTED SPACEX RESUPPLY MISSION LAUNCHES WITH NASA CARGO TO SPACE STATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket carrying its Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Statio ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 08 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 282 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1582 S13W77 084 0270 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 1585 S21W01 008 0120 Cso 07 05 Beta 1586 S12E66 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 07 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 281 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1579 S11W87 107 0150 Cso 04 02 Beta 1582 S12W64 084 0220 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1585 S20E12 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 06 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 280 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1579 S10W73 107 0150 Cso 04 02 Beta 1582 S12W51 085 0230 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1584 S22W40 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 5, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-354 NASA AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS APPROVE YEAR-LONG SPACE STATION STAY WASHINGTON -- NASA and its international partners have announced an agreement to send two crew members to the International Space Station on a one-year mission designed to collect valuable scientific data needed to send humans to new destinations in the solar system. The crew members, one American astronaut and one Russian cosmonaut, w ...Continue Reading

Oct. 5, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-353 NASA'S SWIFT SATELLITE DISCOVERS A NEW BLACK HOLE IN OUR GALAXY WASHINGTON -- NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The outburst, produced by a rare X-ray nova, announced the presence of a previously unknown stella ...Continue Reading

Oct. 05, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-345 NASA AERODYNAMICS LEGEND ENTERS AVIATION HALL OF FAME WASHINGTON -- Aeronautics engineer Richard T. Whitcomb, whose legendary NASA research contributions made supersonic flight practical, will join other aerospace pioneers in the National Aviation Hall of Fame Saturday, Oct. 6. The National Aviat ...Continue Reading

Oct. 05, 2012 Lauren B. Worley Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1288 lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-349 NASA ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES TUSKEGEE AIRMEN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION MEMORIAL AWARD WASHINGTON -- The Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation presented NASA Administrator Charles Bolden with the Gen. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle Memorial Award at the organization's Gold Medal Gala Thursday in Los Angeles. Bolden is the first recipient of this award, which honors Gen. Doolittle's leadershi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 05 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 279 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1579 S10W60 107 0160 Cso 05 05 Beta 1582 S12W38 085 0250 Hhx 04 02 Alpha 1584 S22W26 ...Continue Reading