October 23rd 2012 PDT
Oct. 23, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-370 NASA'S NUSTAR REVEALS FLARE FROM MILKY WAY'S BLACK HOLE WASHINGTON -- NASA's newest set of X-ray eyes in the sky, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), has caught its first look at the giant black hole parked at the center of our galaxy. The observations show the typically mild-mannered ...Continue Reading
October 23rd 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN EUROPE A low-pressure system hovered over Eastern Europe on October 18, 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79472&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 18, 2012 (Posted on Oct 22, 2012 3:27 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST PLUMES ...Continue Reading
October 23rd 2012 PDT
Oct. 23, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-369 NEW CREW HEADED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on their mission to the International Space Station at 5:51 a.m. CDT Tuesday (4:51 p.m. Kazakhstan tim ...Continue Reading
October 22nd 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1972 Issue Time: 2012 Oct 23 0501 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1971 Begin Time: 2012 Oct 09 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8070 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading
October 22nd 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 23 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 297 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1591 N06W61 230 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1593 N14W18 188 0020 Cro 05 04 Beta 1596 N07E20 ...Continue Reading
October 22nd 2012 PDT
Oct. 22, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Gwen Griffin / Brooke Crawford Griffin Communications Group 281-335-0200 gwen@griffincg.com / brooke@griffincg.com RELEASE: 12-268 NASA COMMERCIAL CREW PARTNER BLUE ORIGIN COMPLETES PAD ESCAPE TEST VAN HORN, Texas -- NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin conducted a successful pad ...Continue Reading
October 22nd 2012 PDT
Petermann Ice Island 2012: On the Move This time-lapse video shows the calving of an ice island from Greenland's Petermann Glacier and the drifting of the ice down the fjord and southward through Nares Strait between July 9 and September 13, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08xPmxR28U&src=nha-ann ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES ( ...Continue Reading
October 22nd 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE GREAT PLAINS Severe winds in the autumn of 2012 picked up loose, dried out soil and sent it airborne. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79459&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 18, 2012 (Posted on Oct 19, 2012 2:24 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING ...Continue Reading
October 21st 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1971 Issue Time: 2012 Oct 22 0509 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1970 Begin Time: 2012 Oct 09 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7604 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading
October 21st 2012 PDT
Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-49 2012 October 21 at 9:04 p.m. MDT (2012 October 22 0304 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 15-21 A Category R2 (Moderate) Radio Blackout occurred on 20 October and a Category R1 (Minor) Radio Blackout occurred on 21 October. Both Radio Blackouts were due to solar flares from a sunspot region near the southeast limb. Outlook For October 22-28 ...Continue Reading
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