November 21, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-176*NASA to Share Orion Update Today After Spacecraft Flies by Moon* Orion, Earth and Moon On Nov. 21, 2022, a camera on Orion's solar array wing captured this view of the spacecraft, the Earth and the Moon. Orion was making its outbound powered flyby of the Moon as part of the Artemis I mission, approaching within 80 miles of the lunar surface. Artemis I, the first flight test of NASA's Orion capsule and Space Launch System rocket, launched Nov. 16, 2022, and is scheduled ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #22-46 2022 November 20 at 11:54 p.m. MST (2022 November 21 0654 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 14-20 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 15 and 19 Nov due to flare activity from sunspot Regions 3140 and 3150, respectively. Outlook For November 21-27 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on 21 Nov due to coronal hole high spee ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 21 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 325 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3147 S12E18 167 0240 Dao 05 05 Beta 3148 S33E09 176 0030 Cro 04 04 Beta 3149 N23E24 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 20 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 324 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3147 S12E32 166 0230 Dao 04 04 Beta 3148 S32E21 177 0040 Dro 04 04 Beta 3149 N23E38 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 19 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 323 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3147 S11E45 167 0280 Hkx 03 03 Alpha 3148 S33E32 180 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 3149 N22E51 ...Continue Reading

November 18, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-027*NASA Awards Extension for Space, Earth Science Data Analysis Contract* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has awarded a six-month extension to ADNET Systems Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, for the Space and Earth Science Data Analysis (SESDA IV) contract. As a result of this extension, the current cost-plus-fixed-fee contract value is increased by $36 million to a total value of $308 million, and the period of performance is extended through March 31, 2023. The contrac ...Continue Reading

November 18, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-026*NASA Awards Contract for Liquid Helium Acquisition at Kennedy * nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has selected Air Products and Chemicals, Inc of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply 33 million liters of liquid helium to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The sole source contract includes the lease of six proprietary liquid helium pumps. The indefinite delivery requirements contract with firm-fixed price delivery orders begins Dec. 1. It includes a 23-month ...Continue Reading

November 18, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-174*Maryland, Oklahoma Students to Hear from Space Station Astronauts* mann_and_rubio_iss_image.jpg NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Frank Rubio are pictured inside the seven-window cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," while orbiting 272 miles above the south Atlantic Ocean. */Credits: NASA/* Students from Maryland and Oklahoma will have the opportunity next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The t ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 812 2022 Nov 18 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artemis I --------- The first launch of the SLS (Space Launch System) carried the Artemis I mission into space on Nov 16. The RSRMV solid rocket boosters were jettisoned 48 km in altitude and fell in the Atlantic, followed soon after by the SAJ side panels on the Orion service module and the launch adapte ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 18 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 322 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3145 N23W87 312 0040 Dao 07 03 Beta 3146 N32W21 246 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 3147 S11E57 ...Continue Reading