Earth to Space Call: NASA Leaders to Speak with Station Astronauts *Dec 30, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-157* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, react as they are recognized by employees during a NASA agencywide all hands on Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #24-50 2024 December 29 at 7:34 p.m. MST (2024 December 30 0234 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 23-29 R1 (Minor) solar radiation storms were observed on 23-29 Dec. R2 (Moderate) solar radiation storms were observed on 23 Dec, 26 Dec and 29 Dec. R3 (Strong) solar radiation storms were observed on 29 Dec. No other significant space we ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Dec 30 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 365 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Dec 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3928 S14W75 178 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 3929 N18W93 196 0030 Cao ...Continue Reading

Dec. 29, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-154*   *NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to President Carter* * * President Carter, wife Rosalynn and daughter Amy are shown a scale model of the crawler that transported the total shuttle launch configuration to Pad 39 from the Vehicle Assembly Building by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Director Lee Scherer in 1978. NASA * *   The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Sunday’s passing of President Jimmy Carter:   “President Carter& ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Dec 29 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 364 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Dec 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3927 S08W71 187 0005 Axx 01 01 Alpha 3928 S15W61 177 0100 Dao ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Dec 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 363 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Dec 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3927 S08W58 187 0005 Axx 01 01 Alpha 3928 S14W50 179 0120 Dai ...Continue Reading

From: mailto: Jonathan's Space Report No. 840 2024 Dec 27 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 72 continues with Suni Williams (ISS commander), Barry Wilmore, Aleksey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Don Pettit, Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov. Progress MS-27 undocked from the Poisk module at 1253 UTC Nov 19 and reentered over ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Dec 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 362 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Dec 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3926 S21W76 219 0090 Hax 03 01 Alpha 3927 S08W43 186 0040 Hax ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Dec 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 361 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Dec 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3926 S21W62 218 0090 Hax 03 01 Alpha 3927 S08W30 185 0060 Hax ...Continue Reading

December 24, 2024 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Salt Pans of Salin-de-Giraud The salt-producing ponds of southern France are feeding grounds for pink flamingos. Caving Clouds Airplanes passing through supercooled water droplets cause cavum, or hole-punch clouds. Bushfires Char Victoria A fast-moving fire in southeastern ...Continue Reading