Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3181 Issue Time: 2021 Dec 25 1451 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3180 Begin Time: 2021 Dec 22 1705 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2018 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

December 25, 2021 RELEASE 21-175*NASA's Webb Telescope Launches to See First Galaxies, Distant Worlds* NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched at 7:20 a.m. EST Saturday on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. A joint effort with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, the Webb observatory is NASA’s revolutionary flagship mission to seek the light from the first galaxies in the early universe and to explore our own solar system, as well as planets orbitin ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3180 Issue Time: 2021 Dec 24 0905 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3179 Begin Time: 2021 Dec 22 1705 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2411 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

December 23, 2021 RELEASE 21-176*NASA Selects Four University Teams for Aviation Projects* university-concept.jpg NASA has selected four university-led teams for potential awards that will have them spend up to five years exploring novel ideas for improving aviation, including eliminating emissions and autonomy research in support of Advanced Air Mobility. */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s research focus on sustainable aviation will get some big help from teams of university faculty and students recently selected ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Dec 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 357 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Dec 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2907 S21W50 311 0230 Eai 11 14 Beta-Gamma 2908 S20W39 300 0100 Dai 07 16 Beta-Gamma 29 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (21 December 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Grazing with Iceland's Reindeer https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149241/grazing-with-icelands-reindeer/?src=eoa-iotd * A Changed Landscape on La Palma https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149231/a-changed-landscape-on-la-palma/?src=eoa-iotd * South Sudan Submerged https://earthobservatory.nasa. ...Continue Reading

December 21, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-035*NASA Awards Contract for Software Engineering Services at Goddard* NASA has awarded a contract to Mitchell Vantage Systems LLC of Oklahoma City for software products, services, and engineering support. The Software Engineering Support III (SES III) contract is an 8(a) small business set-aside, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The total contract value is $359 million, and the total period of performance is five years, beginni ...Continue Reading

December 21, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-037*NASA Awards Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 Contract* NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration LLC of Arlington, Virginia, as the awardee for its Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 (SAS2) contract, in support of the agency’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) program in Fairmont, West Virginia. This is cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with reimbursable task orders. The period of performan ...Continue Reading

December 21, 2021 RELEASE 21-174*NASA’s 2021 Included Mars Landing, First Flight, Artemis, More*  NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. */Credits: NASA/Michael DeMocker /* In 2021, NASA completed its busiest year of development yet in low-Earth orbi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ERUPTION AT LA PALMA Cumbre Vieja, one of two volcanoes on La Palma, is one of the most active volcanoes in the Canaries. * A Changed Landscape on La Palma (Image from Dec 15, 2021; Posted Dec 20, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149231/a-changed-landscape-on-la-palma/?src=nha -------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading