June 16, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-072 *NASA Updates Date, Time for Media Teleconference with Administrator, New Head of Human Spaceflight *  Kathy Lueders *//* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 18, to introduce Kathy Lueders, the newly selected associate administrator of the agency’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. To participate in the teleconference, media should contact Josh Finch ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jun 16 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 168 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jun 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2765 S26W86 113 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15 ...Continue Reading

  June 15, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-071 *NASA Administrator, New Head of Human Spaceflight Host Media Teleconference*  Kathy Lueders *//* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, June 19, to introduce Kathy Lueders, the newly selected associate administrator of the agency’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. To participate in the teleconference, media should contact Josh Finch at joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov ...Continue Reading

  June 15, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-070 *NASA to Hold Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Launch Briefing* NASA leadership and a panel of scientists and engineers will preview NASA's next mission to the Red Planet, the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, at a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 17. The live briefing will stream on Facebook, Ustream, YouTube, Twitter, NASA Television and the agency's website. Perseverance is a robotic scientist weighing just under 2,300 pounds (1,043 kilograms). T ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers:  For those interested in tuning in on Thursday, the National Air and Space Museum will be hosting a Contemporary History Seminar by Alexander C.T. Geppert entitled “Astropoleis: Imaginary Infrastructures in Outer Space.” See instructions below for watching the event on Microsoft Teams. Regards,  Brian Brian C. Odom, PhD NASA History Division (Detail) Office of Communications NASA Headquarters 256-541-8974 (cell) http://history.nasa.gov/ ______________________________ ...Continue Reading

  June 15, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-069 *NASA TV Coverage Set for Final Space Station Spacewalk Power Upgrades* NASA astronaut Jessica Meir is pictured during a spacewalk she conducted with NASA astronaut Christina Koch Jessica Meir (out of frame) to install new lithium-ion batteries that store and distribute power collected from solar arrays on the station’s Port-6 truss structure. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken are scheduled to go outside the I ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #20-24 2020 June 14 at 7:06 p.m. MDT (2020 June 15 0106 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For June 8-14 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For June 15-21 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the Inter ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jun 15 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 167 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jun 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2765 S25W73 114 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 779 2020 Jun 14 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 63 continues. Cygnus NG-13 was deorbited over the Pacific on May 29, with reentry at 1930 UTC. Crew Dragon mission DM-2 (Demo-2) was launched on May 30 with capsule C206, named `Endeavour' after launch. DM-2 flew to orbit aboard a Falcon 9 f ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jun 14 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 166 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jun 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2765 S25W60 114 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13 ...Continue Reading