Oct. 17, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-141* * * *Iowa Students to Connect with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station* * * NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague in the space station cupola. (Credit: NASA) * * Students from Iowa will have the opportunity to hear NASA astronaut Nick Hague answer their prerecorded questions while he’s serving an expedition aboard the International Space Station on Monday, Oct. 21. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth call at 11:40 a.m. EDT on NASA+. St ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Oct 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 291 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Oct 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3852 S11W51 049 0250 Cko 10 07 Beta-Gamma 3854 S06W47 045 0300 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Oct 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 290 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Oct 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3849 S06W83 095 0230 Hax 05 04 Alpha 3850 S08W86 098 0080 Hax ...Continue Reading

October 15, 2024 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive A Colorful Aurora Paints the Night Sky A powerful geomagnetic storm caused a display of light that was visible unusually far from Earth's poles. Intense, Widespread Drought Grips South America Insufficient rainfall in 2023-2024 has taken a toll on the region's rivers and groundwater and upended daily life in sev ...Continue Reading

NASA Administrator to Visit, Engage Officials in Romania, Bulgaria NASA Administrator Bill Nelson talks to the agency’s workforce during his first State of NASA event Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. NASA/Bill Ingalls Continuing his efforts to deepen international collaboration and promote the peaceful use of space, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will travel to Romania and Bulgaria, beginning Thursday, Oct. 17. Both countries have signed the A ...Continue Reading

October 14, 2024 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past 7 Daysview archive of natural events Hurricane Milton Crosses Florida Milton persisted as a potent hurricane-strength storm as it crossed over the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and into the western Atlantic. (Oct 10, 2024) A Forest Fire in Western Wyoming A lightning-ignited blaze billowed smoke i ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Oct 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 289 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3848 N15W90 115 0350 Cko 06 08 Beta-Gamma 3849 S06W68 093 0230 ...Continue Reading

Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter *Oct 14, 2024* *RELEASE 24-129* A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of each planet to increase its momentum. With help of th ...Continue Reading

Oct 14, 2024 Due to the major weather impacts from the recent hurricanes Helene and Milton on NOAA data centers several PO.DAAC sea surface temperature (SST) datasets have been affected. These include missing data from: [*]AVHRR_OI-NCEI-L4-GLOB-v2.1 [*]AMSR2-REMSS-L2P-v8.2 [*]AMSR2-REMSS-L2P_RT-v8.2 [*]AMSR2-REMSS-L3U-v8.2 [*]AMSR2-REMSS-L3U_RT-v8.2 The quality of the MUR-JPL-L4-GLOB-v4.1 and MUR25-JPL-L4-GLOB-v04.2 datasets have also been impacted as the L2 AMSR2 Microwave SST data are key input layers in thes ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #24-41 2024 October 13 at 8:12 p.m. MDT (2024 October 14 0212 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 7-13 G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm levels were observed on 10-11 Oct. G3 (Strong) storm levels were observed on 08 Oct. G2 (Moderate) storm levels were observed on 07 Oct. And G1 (Minor) storm levels were observed on 09 and 12 Oct. S3 (Stron ...Continue Reading