January 24, 2022 RELEASE 22-010*NASA Spinoffs Help Fight Coronavirus, Clean Pollution, Grow Food, More* vertical_farming_nasa.jpg The interior of the Biomass Production Chamber at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida replicated the closed growing environment astronauts will use in space or on other planets to grow fresh crops. As the first controlled environment vertical farm in the United States, the chamber helped NASA provide critical data for the indoor farming industry. NASA scientists Bill Knott, left ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- UNDERSEA ERUPTION NEAR TONGA For more than a decade, an undersea volcano has been erupting in the South Pacific near Tonga. The eruptions created a new island near Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai; then a potent blast wiped out the island in early 2022. * Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai (Image from Jan 17, 2022; Posted Jan 21, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- UNDERSEA ERUPTION NEAR TONGA For more than a decade, an undersea volcano has been erupting in the South Pacific near Tonga. The eruptions created a new island near Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai; then a potent blast wiped out the island in early 2022. * Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Image from Jan 17, 2022; Posted Jan 21, ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3193 Issue Time: 2022 Jan 24 0503 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3192 Begin Time: 2022 Jan 16 1445 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6126 pfu 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 Sub ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #22-4 2022 January 23 at 8:06 p.m. MST (2022 January 24 0306 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 17-23 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm activity was observed on 20 and 21 Jan along with G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm activity observed on 21 Jan due to geoeffective coronal hole high speed stream influence coupled with possible transient passage from earlier C ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jan 24 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 24 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jan 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2933 S20W88 287 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2934 S25E28 172 0140 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3192 Issue Time: 2022 Jan 23 0500 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3191 Begin Time: 2022 Jan 16 1445 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4044 pfu 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 Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jan 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 23 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jan 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2933 S19W77 289 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2934 S25E41 172 0140 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3191 Issue Time: 2022 Jan 22 0538 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3190 Begin Time: 2022 Jan 16 1445 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4000 pfu 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 Sub ...Continue Reading

January 21, 2022 RELEASE 22-009*STEM Student Experiments Win Flight Opportunity in NASA Tech Contest* Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA selected 57 winning teams in an inaugural nationwide challenge designed to attract, engage, and prepare future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals. The winning teams of the NASA TechRise Student Challenge will gain real world STEM experience by building experiments that autonomously operate and collect data from the edge o ...Continue Reading