:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Sep 24 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 267 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Sep 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  September 23, 2019 RELEASE 19-074 *NASA Commits to Long-term Artemis Missions with Orion Production Contract* NASA completed building and outfitting the Orion crew capsule for the first Artemis lunar mission in June 2019. The spacecraft is being prepared for its uncrewed test flight atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Artemis 1 is the first test flight of the SLS and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system and will send Orion thousands of miles beyond the Moon and back to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRES IN INDONESIA Dry weather and agricultural burning can fuel extreme outbreaks of smoke in Indonesia. * Smoke Blankets Borneo (Image from Sep 17, 2019; Posted Sep 17, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145614/smoke-blankets-borneo/?src=nha -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE S ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Downpours Flood Southeast Texas (Image from Sep 20, 2019; Posted Sep 20, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145631/downpours-flood-southeast-texas/?src=nha -------------------- EO O ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #19-38 2019 September 22 at 8:01 p.m. MDT (2019 September 23 0201 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 16-22 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For September 23-29 G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on 28 Sep due to coronal hole influence. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on 29 S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Sep 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 266 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Sep 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 769 2019 Sep 22 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 60 continues. Soyuz MS-14, flying without a crew, completed a rendezvous with the ISS at 0513 UTC on Aug 24. However, at 0532 UTC after a flyaround at a distance of 400 metres, it failed to lock on to the Kurs system on the Poisk module. It was ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Sep 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 265 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Sep 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  September 21, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-100 *NASA to Air Rescheduled Launch, Capture of Cargo Ship to Space Station*  The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) unpiloted H-II Transport Vehicle-6 (HTV-6) makes its final approach to the International Space Station Dec. 13, 2016. */Credits: NASA/* A Japanese cargo spacecraft loaded with more than four tons of supplies, spare parts, and experiment hardware is scheduled to launch from the Tanegashima Space Center in sou ...Continue Reading

  September 21, 2019 RELEASE 19-076 *Australian Government Commits to Join NASA in Lunar Exploration and Beyond* U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, top left, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, top right, witness the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency by NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, and Dr. Megan Clark, Head of the Australian Space Agency, right, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA and the Aus ...Continue Reading