Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11-50 2011 November 8 at 1:30 p.m. MST (2011 November 8 2030 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 31-November 6 A category G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm occurred on 01 November due to a coronal mass ejection associated with a disappearing filament observed on 28 October. Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 31 October and 02 - 06 Novembe ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11-50 2011 November 8 at 1:30 p.m. MST (2011 November 8 2030 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 31-November 6 A category G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm occurred on 01 November due to a coronal mass ejection associated with a disappearing filament observed on 28 October. Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 31 October and 02 - 06 Novembe ...Continue Reading

Nov. 8, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-230 NASA TO HOLD MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT UPCOMING MARS ROVER LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 10, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), the largest and most capable rover to be sent to another planet. The televised briefing will take pla ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze hugged the southern slopes of the Himalaya in early November 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76360&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 07, 2011 (Posted on Nov 07, 2011 4:10 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- EL HIERRO SUBM ...Continue Reading

Nov. 08, 2011 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.weaver@nasa.gov Blaine Friedlander Cornell University Press Office, Ithaca, N.Y. 607-254-8093 blaine@cornell.edu RELEASE: 11-374 NASA ADMINISTRATOR NAMES PECK AGENCY'S CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Cornell University Professor Mason Peck to be the agency's chief technologist, effective in January. Peck will serve as the agency's principal advisor and advocate on m ...Continue Reading

Nov. 08, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-376 NASA PROPOSES ORION SPACECRAFT TEST FLIGHT IN 2014 Agency Moves to Implement Deep Space Exploration Plan WASHINGTON -- NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multi-purpo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 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 312 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1334 N12W87 196 0040 Cso 02 02 Beta 1338 S12W11 120 0240 Esi 11 16 Beta-Gamma 1339 N19 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 7, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-375 NASA CAPTURES NEW IMAGES OF LARGE ASTEROID PASSING EARTH PASADENA -- NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth. The asteroid safely will fly past our planet slightly closer than the moon's orbit on Nov. 8. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 7, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Lori Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-8806 lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-045 NASA SELECTS CONTRACTOR FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES CLEVELAND -- NASA has selected Vantage Partners LLC of Lanham, Md., to provide engineering and scientific services to the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Under this contract, Vantage Partners LLC will perform a wide range of engineer ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM KEILA Tropical Storm Keila brought strong winds and heavy rains to the Arabian Peninsula at the beginning of November 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76346&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 01, 2011 (Posted on Nov 04, 2011 3:04 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, ...Continue Reading