Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1891 Issue Time: 2012 Apr 27 0459 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1890 Begin Time: 2012 Apr 25 0220 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2637 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 27 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 118 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1459 S16W78 093 0070 Dsi 09 10 Beta 1460 N15W93 108 0060 Cso 01 01 Beta 1465 S18W39 ...Continue Reading

April 26, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-136 NASA'S CASSINI FINDS SATURN'S MOON PHOEBE HAS PLANET-LIKE QUALITIES WASHINGTON -- Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began exploring the Saturn system in 2 ...Continue Reading

April 26, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-132 NASA SEEKS GAME CHANGING SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEMS PROPOSALS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Space Technology Program is seeking proposals to develop solar array systems to enable space electric propulsion systems of the future. "NASA's Game Changing Development Program focuses on maturing advanced space technologies that may lead to entirely new approaches for the agency's futu ...Continue Reading

April 26, 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: 12-131 NASA'S WISE CATCHES AGING STAR ERUPTING WITH DUST WASHINGTON -- Images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) reveal an old star in the throes of a fiery outburst and spraying the cosmos with dust. The findings offer a rare, real-time look at the process by which stars like our sun ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT POPOCATéPETL Popocatépetl has been erupting since January 2005, with near constant venting from fumaroles punctuated by minor steam, gas, and ash emissions. Plumes are occasionally visible from Mexico City, only 70 kilometers (40 miles) to the northwest. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalH ...Continue Reading

April 26, 2012 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Laura J. Brown Federal Aviation Administration 202-267-3455 laura.j.brown@faa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-077 SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE TO FLY OVER NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA FRIDAY WASHINGTON -- NASA managers, in consultation with Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum officials, have selected Friday, April 27, to ferry space shuttle Enterprise from Washington Dulles International Airport to John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Air ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1890 Issue Time: 2012 Apr 26 0729 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1889 Begin Time: 2012 Apr 25 0220 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 10980 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 Se ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 26 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 117 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1459 S16W65 094 0220 Eai 11 20 Beta 1460 N15W81 110 0150 Cso 06 06 Beta 1465 S17W26 ...Continue Reading

April 25, 2012 _Announcement from the Jason-1 Project (on 23 April)_: The Jason-1 project teams at CNES and NASA/JPL have now completed all prerequisite tasks required to enable a safe recovery of the mission from the safe hold it has been in since 3 March 2012.  This morning, on Monday, 23 April, CNES began to command the satellite  into a nadir orientation and will then begin the restart of payload instruments on Tuesday, 24 April.  CNES and NASA management, t ...Continue Reading