:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 22 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 143 Issued at 0030Z on 22 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1478 S23W88 133 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1479 N14W66 111 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1482 N15W57 ...Continue Reading

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit shares a video of the solar eclipse as seen from the space station in his latest blog entry. _http://go.usa.gov/p5Q_ *Solar Eclipse from Space* “It is amazing to see an eclipse from orbit,” NASA Astronaut Don Pettit said. “The shadow on Earth looks just like what you see in the physics books and the astronomy book where those folks figured all that out without ever having seen what that shadow looks like.” _› Watch video of the solar eclipse_ _› Listen to the conversation from ...Continue Reading

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit writes about weightlifting in weightlessness in his latest blog entry. _http://go.usa.gov/p5g_   *The Beast*   Weightlifting in weightlessness is now my favorite oxymoron. (It has surpassed my previous favorite: reality TV.) Living in weightlessness causes our bodies to slowly degenerate, and for long-duration missions something has to be done to prevent, or at least mitigate, this degeneration. While the reasons are not fully understood, we have discovered an empiric ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-163 NEW NASA APP 2.0 RELEASED FOR IPHONE, IPOD TOUCH WASHINGTON -- NASA released Monday an updated version of the free NASA App for iPhone and iPod touch. The NASA App 2.0 includes several new features and a completely redesigned user interface ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- GLADIATOR FIRE IN ARIZONA A human caused fire on private property originated on May 13 and then spread to Prescott National Forest. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77944&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 16, 2012 (Posted on May 17, 2012 11:23 AM) HAZE OVER NORTHERN CHINA A blanket of haze, fueled in par ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO The first storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season formed off the coast of South Carolina on May 19. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77990&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 19, 2012 (Posted on May 21, 2012 9:01 AM) ------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-23 2012 May 21 at 10:18 a.m. MDT (2012 May 21 1618 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 14-20 Category R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts were observed on 17 May due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1476. Category S1 (Minor) radiation storms were observed on 17 and 18 May due to solar activity from active sunspot region 1476. Category S2 (Mode ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 21 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 142 Issued at 0030Z on 21 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1477 S17W85 143 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1478 S24W75 133 0060 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1479 N14W53 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 20 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 141 Issued at 0030Z on 20 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1477 S22W72 144 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1478 S23W62 134 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1479 N15W39 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 19 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 140 Issued at 0030Z on 19 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1477 S21W59 144 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1478 S22W50 135 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1479 N15W26 ...Continue Reading