:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Sep 12 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 256 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- TEMPERATURE EXTREMES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- HEAT AND DROUGHT IN THE SOUTHWEST The summer of 2020 brought intense drought and record-breaking heat to parts of the southwestern United States. * California Heatwave Fits a Trend (Image from Sep 6, 2020; Posted Sep 10, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147256/california-heatwave-fits-a-trend/?src=nha -------- ...Continue Reading

September 11, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-098*NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Available for Interviews Before Her Return to Space* Astronaut Kate Rubins in the cupola NASA astronaut Kate Rubins in front of the windows in the International Space Station’s cupola module during Expedition 49 in 2016. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut and biologist Kate Rubins is participating on Friday, Sept. 25, in a final round of media interviews before her October launch to the International Space Station, the second space mission o ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3053 Issue Time: 2020 Sep 11 0919 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3052 Begin Time: 2020 Aug 30 1325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3580 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: 2020 Sep 11 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 255 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  September 10, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-098*NASA, NOAA to Discuss Solar Cycle Prediction During Media Teleconference* sunspots_comparison.jpg The Sun goes through regular cycles of approximately 11-years, during which time activity on the Sun, such as solar eruptions and sunspots, wax and wane - as seen in these images. */Credits: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory/* NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss predictions for the upcoming sol ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U.S. Fire season in the West can stretch from late spring until seasonal winter rains and snow arrive. * A Wall of Smoke on the U.S. West Coast (Image from Sep 9, 2020; Posted Sep 10, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147261/a-wall-of-smoke-on-the-us-west-coast/?src=nha ------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3052 Issue Time: 2020 Sep 10 0929 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3051 Begin Time: 2020 Aug 30 1325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4358 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

*NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on Wednesday September 16, 2020, 12:00pm Eastern time for our Virtual History Brown Bag talk: *Jennifer Levasseur*, “Through Astronaut Eyes: Photography from Early Human Spaceflight”  *Abstract:* /Through Astronaut Eyes/ presents the story of how human daring along with technological ingenuity allowed people to see the Earth and stars as they never had before. Photographs from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs t ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: * * * Interesting online event scheduled for Thursday, September 17. Further details included below. Regards, Brian Brian C. Odom, PhD /(he/him)/ NASA Chief Historian (Acting) NASA HQ History Program Office 256-541-8974 (cell) http://history.nasa.gov/ *From: *"Shindell, Matt" <ShindellM@si.edu> *Date: *Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 9:33 AM *To: *"Shindell, Matt" <ShindellM@si.edu>, "Burke, Larry" <BurkeL@si.edu> *Subj ...Continue Reading