July 23rd 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY RAINS IN BEIJING The heaviest rainfall in 61 years fell on the Chinese capital city of Beijing in late July 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78626&src=nha *** MPA(TRMM) image from Jul 21, 2012 (Posted on Jul 23, 2012 11:11 AM) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading
July 23rd 2012 PDT
July 23, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Patrick Fant RFC Media LLC, Houston 832-485-0490 pat@rfcmedia.com RELEASE: 12-229 NASA ASTRONAUT SPINS DISCS FROM SPACE FOR THIRD ROCK RADIO WASHINGTON -- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba will host a two-hour special radio broadcast on the Internet radio station Third Rock Radio while aboard the International Space Station, 240 miles above Earth. "The Joe Show: New Rock from Space" will debut at 4 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 3. ...Continue Reading
July 23rd 2012 PDT
July 23, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-248 NEW NASA SUPERCOMPUTER FACILITY SET TO ADVANCE EARTH RESEARCH WASHINGTON -- NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance computing and data access facility called NASA Earth Exchange (NEX). This new facility is a virtua ...Continue Reading
July 23rd 2012 PDT
July 23, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Jon Campbell U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. 571-230-6831 joncampbell@usgs.gov RELEASE: 12-243 THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS VIEW OF EARTH FROM SPACE HITS 40 WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Interior Department Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program, the world's longest-running Earth-observing satellite program. The first Landsat satellite was launched July 23, 1972, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Ca ...Continue Reading
July 23rd 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1940 Issue Time: 2012 Jul 23 1250 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Jul 23 1225 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading
July 23rd 2012 PDT
July 23, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/757-244-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-250 NASA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS HYPERSONIC INFLATABLE HEAT SHIELD WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA's Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip ...Continue Reading
July 23rd 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jul 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 205 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jul 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1525 S21W17 321 0060 Cso 04 06 Beta 1526 S18E39 265 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading
July 22nd 2012 PDT
Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-34 2012 July 22 at 4:38 p.m. MDT (2012 July 22 2238 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 16-22 Categories G1 (Minor) and G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storms occurred on 16 July due to a coronal mass ejection. A category S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm was observed on 17-21 July, and reached S2 (Moderate) levels on 18 July, due to solar activity from active ...Continue Reading
July 22nd 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jul 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 204 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jul 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1523 S27W87 045 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha 1524 S17W01 319 0010 Axx 02 03 Alpha 1525 S20W05 ...Continue Reading
July 21st 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1939 Issue Time: 2012 Jul 21 1337 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1938 Begin Time: 2012 Jul 17 1005 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7530 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
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