February 28, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-005 *NASA Awards Contract for Safety and Mission Assurance Services * NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services LLC of Greenbelt, Maryland, to provide safety and mission assurance services to the agency in various locations across the country. The Safety and Mission Assurance, Audits, Assessments, and Analysis (SA3) Services contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision and a maximum potential value of approximately $71.7 mi ...Continue Reading

February 28, 2022 RELEASE 22-022 *NASA Promotes Howard Hu to Lead Orion Ahead of First Artemis Mission*  Howard Hu */Credits: NASA/* NASA has selected Howard Hu as the Orion Program manager, based at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. In this role, he will be responsible for the design, development, production, and operations of the agency’s Orion, which is poised to make its first uncrewed flight test around the Moon in the coming months. Hu begins his new position effective Monday. Hu succ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2022 CYCLONES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN Though storms in the basin rarely reach the same strength as those in the Atlantic or Pacific, they often hit populations that are more exposed and vulnerable to storm damage. * Storm-Ravaged Madagascar Faces Another Storm (Image from Feb 22, 2022; Posted Feb 22, 2022) https://earthobservatory.na ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #22-9 2022 February 27 at 6:33 p.m. MST (2022 February 28 0133 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 21-27 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions were observed on 22 Feb. No other space weather storms were observed. Outlook For February 28-March 6 No space weather storms are expected to occur during the outlook period. Data used to provide spa ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 28 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 59 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2954 N17W20 119 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2955 N15W10 109 0110 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2956 N25E19 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 27 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 58 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2954 N17W06 118 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2955 N14E04 108 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3210 Issue Time: 2022 Feb 26 1647 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2022 Feb 26 1630 UTC Station: GOES16 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 26 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 57 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2954 N17E05 120 0070 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2955 N15E17 108 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

February 25, 2022 RELEASE 22-022*NASA Selects Futuristic Space Technology Concepts for Early Study * An astronaut steps into a body scanner and, hours later, walks on Mars in a custom-made spacesuit, breathing oxygen that was extracted from Mars' carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere. On Venus, an inflatable bird-like drone swoops through the sky, studying the planet's atmosphere and weather patterns. Ideas like these are currently science fiction, but they could one day become reality, thanks to a new round of grants ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 25 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 56 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2954 N17E18 119 0070 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2955 N14E30 107 0130 Cso 03 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading