July 17, 2023 RELEASE 23-079*NASA Marshall Center Director to Retire After 38 Years of Service *jody_singre_marshall.jpgJody Singer, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Director, announced Monday her retirement, effective Saturday, July 29, after more than 38 years of service.*/Credits: NASA/*Jody Singer, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Director, announced Monday her retirement, effective Saturday, July 29, after more than 38 years of service. Among many f ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #23-29 2023 July 17 at 12:35 a.m. MDT (2023 July 17 0635 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 10-16 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts occurred on 10-16 Jul due to flaring activity from Regions 3361, 3366, 3367, 3368, and 3372. R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts occurred on 11-12 Jul due to flaring activity from Regions 3368 and 3372. S1 (Minor) solar radi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Jul 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 198 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jul 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3363 S22W59 344 0720 Dko 10 09 Beta-Delta 3371 S15W07 292 0020 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Jul 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 197 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jul 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3363 S22W47 346 0720 Dko 08 11 Beta-Delta 3367 N10W83 021 0080 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Jul 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 196 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jul 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3361 N24W89 040 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 3362 S08W59 010 0010 Axx ...Continue Reading

 July 14, 2023 RELEASE 23-077*New NASA Artemis Instruments to Study Volcanic Terrain on the Moon*The waxing gibbous Moon above the southern Atlantic Ocean*/Credits: NASA/*As part of NASA’s regular cadence of robotic lunar missions through Artemis, the agency has selected a new scientific payload to establish the age and composition of hilly terrain created by volcanic activity on the near side of the Moon.The DIMPLE instrument suite, short for Dating an Irregular Mare Patch with ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2023 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past Dayview archive of natural events Algae Bloom in Lake Okeechobee Cyanobacteria covered over half of the surface of Florida's largest freshwater lake in mid-June 2023. (Jul 13, 2023) Fires Rage in British Columbia Heat and drought have fueled an unusually large outbreak of fire in Canada. (Jul ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Jul 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 195 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jul 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3361 N25W75 039 0150 Cso 10 05 Beta 3362 S08W45 009 0020 Hrx 0 ...Continue Reading

 July 13, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-087*NASA to Host Small Business Administration’s Annual Scorecard Event*NASA logo*/Credits: NASA/*Media are invited to join NASA and Small Business Administration leadership at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 18, at NASA Headquarters in Washington to highlight how federal agencies rank on meeting their small business goals.During the event hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Small Business Administra ...Continue Reading

 July 13, 2023 CONTRACT RELEASE C23-023*NASA Awards Sounding Rocket Operations Follow-On Contract*nasa_meatball_1.jpeg*/Credits: NASA/*NASA has awarded the Sounding Rocket Operations IV (NSROC IV) contract to Peraton Inc. of Herndon, Virginia, to support suborbital flight operations managed by the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.This follow-on contract provides cost-plus-award-fee core requirements and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity quantity, cost-plus-awar ...Continue Reading