Jonathan's Space Report No. 796 2021 Aug 23 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 65 continues. The Nauka module made a 15m/s orbit raising burn on Jul 22. Further orbit raising burns left it in a 334 x 406 km orbit by Jul 25, with the initial propulsion system problems resolved. On Jul 26 at 1055 UTC the docked Progress ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-37 2021 August 22 at 7:00 p.m. MDT (2021 August 23 0100 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 16-22 No significant space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For August 23-29 No significant space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 23 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 235 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2859 N19E59 010 0140 Cao 04 06 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 22/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 22 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 234 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2858 N13W42 124 0010 Axx 02 02 Alpha 2859 N20E72 012 0080 Cao 03 03 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 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 233 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2858 N13W28 124 0010 Bxo 03 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20/ ...Continue Reading

August 20, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-098*NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Next Cargo Launch* crs-22.jpg The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon cargo capsule soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 3, 2021, during the company's 22nd Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting Saturday, Aug. 28, at 3:37 a.m. EDT to l ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 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 232 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2857 N14W70 179 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2858 N13W15 124 0030 Cro 04 04 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Storms Churn Around North America (Image from Aug 18, 2021; Posted Aug 18, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148725/storms-churn-around-north-america/?src=nha ------------------------ ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: * * * Please join us on August 25 at 12pm ET for our NASA History Talk: *Andy Saunders and George Leopold, /How and why did "Did Static Electricity - And Not Gus Grissom - Blow the Hatch on Liberty Bell 7?"/* */ /* *Link to Meeting: *Click here to join the meeting * * *Abstract: * It's among the most enduring mysteries of the space race: How and why did "Did Static Electricity - And Not Gus Grissom - Blow the Hatch on Liberty Bell 7?" Th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 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 231 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2858 N12W00 123 0020 Cro 04 06 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 18/ ...Continue Reading