August 16, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-085*NASA Television Coverage Set for Uncrewed Soyuz Mission to Space Station* The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a test flight Aug. 21 on a Soyuz 2.1a booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. */Credits: Roscosmos/* An uncrewed Russian Soyuz spacecraft is set to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 11:38 p.m. EDT (8:38 a.m. Aug. 22 Baikonur time) on a test flight to validate the spacecr ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2971 Issue Time: 2019 Aug 16 1006 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2970 Begin Time: 2019 Aug 06 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5259 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: 2019 Aug 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 228 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Aug 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Thursday, August 15, 2019 DOI:    [*]https://doi.org/10.5067/GFLND-3AJ06 [*]https://doi.org/10.5067/GFOCN-3AJ06 [*]https://doi.org/10.5067/GFLND-3AC06 [*]https://doi.org/10.5067/GFOCN-3AC06 [*]https://doi.org/10.5067/GFLND-3AG06 [*]https://doi.org/10.5067/GFOCN-3AG06 The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) project and PO.DAAC are pleased to announce the public release of the Tellus JPL/GFZ/CSR GRACE-FO Level 3 Monthly Ocean/Land Water-Equivalen ...Continue Reading

  August 15, 2019 RELEASE 19-068*NASA Selects Proposals to Demonstrate SmallSat Technologies to Study Interplanetary Space* NASA has selected two proposals to demonstrate technologies to improve science observations in deep space. The proposals could help NASA develop better models to predict space weather events that can affect astronauts and spacecraft, such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In this image, taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory on Feb. 27, 2000, a CME is seen erupt ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- BLOOMS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE 2019 As hours of sunlight increase in the northern hemisphere, the oceans come alive with blooms of phytoplankton, algae, and seaweed. * Eerie Blooms in Lake Erie (Image from Jul 30, 2019; Posted Aug 14, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145453/eerie-blooms-in-lake-erie/?src=nha ------ ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2970 Issue Time: 2019 Aug 15 0900 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2969 Begin Time: 2019 Aug 06 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4811 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

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 DROUGHT AND MONSOON WEATHER IN SOUTH ASIA Monsoon season typically stretches from late May to October, though the start was delayed in 2019 and followed a severe drought. * Extreme Monsoon Rains in Asia (Image from Aug 12, 2019; Posted Aug 14, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145460/extreme-monsoon-rains-in-asi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Aug 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 227 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Aug 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  August 14, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-082*New York Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station* Expedition 60 crew members Drew Morgan and Christina Koch are photographed during Robotics Virtual Reality (VR) training in the VR Lab prior to launches to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* SciGirls viewers from New York will have an opportunity on Monday, Aug. 19, to talk live with NASA astronaut Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to ...Continue Reading