:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 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 113 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2816 S24W18 261 0050 Cro 10 06 Beta 2817 N18W88 331 0140 Cso 09 05 Beta 2818 S17E39 ...Continue Reading

April 22, 2021 RELEASE 21-046*NASA Statement on Nomination of Margaret Vo Schaus for Agency CFO* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk on Thursday’s announcement of the intended nomination by President Joe Biden of Margaret Vo Schaus to serve as the agency’s chief financial officer: “The chief financial officer is critical to the success of NASA’s long-term missions. Through her past work in government, Margaret has demonstrated exceptional manage ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3136 Issue Time: 2021 Apr 22 0501 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3135 Begin Time: 2021 Apr 17 1715 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 12720 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 Su ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 791 2021 Apr 20 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- On Apr 5 at 1030 UTC the Dragon spaceship Resilience undocked from the IDA-2/PMA-2 docking port on the ISS Harmony module, backed off 60 metres, and redocked with the IDA-3/PMA-3 port on the same module's zenith side. On Apr 9 at 0742 UTC the Soyuz MS-18 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 22 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 112 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2816 S24W06 263 0100 Cao 09 09 Beta 2817 N18W79 336 0180 Dao 10 07 Beta 2818 S17E52 ...Continue Reading

April 21, 2021 RELEASE 21-044*NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen from Red Planet* moxie_being_installed_in_perseverance.jpeg Technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lower the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) instrument into the belly of the Perseverance rover. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* The growing list of “firsts” for Perseverance, NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes converting some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon dioxi ...Continue Reading

April 21, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-048*NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts to Answer Questions Before Return to Earth* 51063399676_ac5b0966bd_k.jpeg Four Expedition 64 flight engineers, who also are the NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts, gather around a laptop computer to join a video conference on Feb. 7, 2021. */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts will answer media questions at 12:30 p.m. EDT Monday, April 26, about their upcoming return to Earth from the International Space Station. The news confe ...Continue Reading

April 21, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-047*NASA Updates Launch Date, TV Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 Mission* 51130235765_cc815b0c41_k.jpeg A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-2 mission, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the Int ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3135 Issue Time: 2021 Apr 21 0459 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3134 Begin Time: 2021 Apr 17 1715 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 13357 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 Su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 21 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 111 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2816 S24E08 262 0110 Cao 09 10 Beta 2817 N18W62 333 0140 Dai 07 13 Beta 2818 S17E66 ...Continue Reading