Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-54 2021 December 19 at 7:41 p.m. MST (2021 December 20 0241 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 13-19 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 19 Dec. R1 (Minor) radio blackout conditions were observed on 17 Dec. No other space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For December 20-26 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Dec 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 354 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Dec 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2906 S29W45 345 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 2907 S21W14 314 0250 Dki 10 15 Beta-Gamma 2908 S2 ...Continue Reading

December 18, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-167*NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to View Webb Telescope Launch* 50108343176_ddfbc8d9db_o.jpg The James Webb Space Telescope, the premier space science observatory of the next decade, is targeted for launch Dec. 24 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/* NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch, launch, and postlaunch activities for the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Dec 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 352 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Dec 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2906 S29W16 343 0050 Cso 09 07 Beta 2907 S19E12 315 0280 Dhi 10 19 Beta-Gamma 2908 S20 ...Continue Reading

December 17, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-036*NASA Awards Marshall Engineering Support Contract* NASA has awarded the Marshall Engineering Technicians and Trades Support (METTS) III contract to RSi-QuantiTech JV LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide a wide range of engineering technicians and trade skills, as well as professional and management oversight of the technical staff at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The performance-based, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON An average of twenty tropical cyclones form each year amid some of the world's warmest ocean waters. * Super Typhoon Rai (Image from Dec 16, 2021; Posted Dec 16, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149228/super-typhoon-rai/?src=nha ----------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

December 16, 2021 RELEASE 21-172*Two Astronauts Receive Assignments for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission* crew6_bowen_hoburg.jpg NASA crew members of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Pictured from left are NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission – the sixth crew rotation flight aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Stephen Bow ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- EXTREME WINTER WEATHER IN NORTH AMERICA 2021 Winter storms can bring heavy snow and freezing temperatures, though global warming also means there can be more potent rainstorms and heat waves as well. * Derecho Sweeps Across Midwest (Image from Dec 15, 2021; Posted Dec 16, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149221/dere ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Dec 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 350 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Dec 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2905 S11E03 350 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2906 S29E09 344 0120 Dao 04 04 Beta 2907 S21E39 ...Continue Reading

December 15, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-168*NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Next Cargo Launch* crs-23_rollout.jpg SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft, seen atop a Falcon 9 rocket, at the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 24, 2021, in preparation for the company’s 23rd commercial resupply services mission. */Credits: SpaceX/* NASA commercial cargo launch provider SpaceX is targeting 5:06 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 21, to launch its 24th commercial resupply services missi ...Continue Reading