:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 17 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 229 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N15E63 062 0240 Dsi 07 04 Beta 1272 S19E67 057 0010 Cro 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

Aug. 16, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-261 NASA NAMES TERRY WILCUTT AGENCY SAFETY CHIEF WASHINGTON -- Terrence W. Wilcutt has been appointed NASA's chief of safety and mission assurance, effective Sept. 1. Wilcutt is a retired Marine colonel and veteran astronaut who is serving as director of safety and mission assurance at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will assume the post from Bryan O'Connor, who will ...Continue Reading

Aug. 16, 2011 Michael J. Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-268 NASA'S EXPLORATION ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR DOUG COOKE TO RETIRE WASHINGTON -- Doug Cooke, who worked for nearly 38 years in NASA's space shuttle, International Space Station and exploration systems programs, will retire from the agency effective Oct. 3. Cooke most recently served as NASA's associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESM ...Continue Reading

Aug. 16, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-170 NASA HOSTS NEWS BRIEFING ABOUT TRACKING SPACE WEATHER EVENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 18, to discuss new details about the structure of solar storms and the impact they have on Earth. The new information comes from NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, spacecraft and other NASA probes. The briefing will take place in NASA H ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING ALONG THE MEKONG RIVER Heavy rains pushed the Mekong River over its banks in Cambodia in August 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51746&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 13, 2011 (Posted on Aug 16, 2011 11:56 AM) FLOODING IN THE MISSOURI BASIN Record snowmelt and intermittent heavy rains c ...Continue Reading

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