Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 37 2011 August 16 at 9:45 a.m. MDT (2011 August 16 1545 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 8-14 Category R1 (minor) radio blackouts occurred on 08 August and early on 09 August from Region 1263. Region 1263 also produced a category R3 (strong) radio blackout at 0805 UTC on 09 August. A radiation storm reaching the S1 category (minor) occurred on 0 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 645 2011 Aug 16 Somerville, MA, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spacecraft Names ---------------- I have updated my categorized list of spacecraft names at http://planet4589.org/space/misc/names.html - some of you may find it amusing. The launch logs at http://planet4589.org/space/logs/launchlog.txt (inclusive list) and http://planet4589.org/space/logs/launchlogy.txt (conventional list) have ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 16 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 228 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N17E74 064 0120 Dso 06 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 1 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 15, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-169 MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA STUDENTS TO CALL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS WASHINGTON -- Students gathered at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi will place a long distance call to astronauts aboard the International Space Station at 1:35 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 18. Mississippi and Louisi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- QUIESCENT MOUNT ETNA With a series of paroxysms, Mount Etna has reclaimed its status as one of the most active volcanoes on Earth. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51729&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 12, 2011 (Posted on Aug 12, 2011 3:10 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 n ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 15 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 227 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 1266 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 14 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 226 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1266 N20W74 238 0005 Axx 00 01 Alpha 1269 S21W09 173 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 1270 N23E2 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1839 Issue Time: 2011 Aug 13 0544 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1838 Begin Time: 2011 Aug 08 1315 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5734 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscalesThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 13 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 225 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1269 S22E03 174 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta 1270 N23E41 136 0010 Bxo 04 02 Beta IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

August 12, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 jessica.culler@nasa.gov Timothy Allen National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. 757-325-6723 timothy.allen@NIAnet.org RELEASE: 11-267 TEDXNASA@SILICONVALLEY ON AUG. 17 WILL BE STREAMED ONLINE MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- The TEDxNASA@SiliconValley event, which will feature presentations on "extreme green ideas," wi ...Continue Reading