July 22, 2019 RELEASE 19-061*NASA Administrator Remembers Mission Control Pioneer Chris Kraft * Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. created the concept of NASA's Mission Control and developed its organization, operational procedures and culture, then made it a critical element of the success of the nation's human spaceflight programs. */Credits: NASA/* ** The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the passing of Chris Kraft, who died Monday in Houston at the age of ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #19-29 2019 July 21 at 8:14 p.m. MDT (2019 July 22 0214 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 15-21 No significant space weather storms were observed on 15-21 July. Outlook For July 22-28 No significant space weather storms are expected on 22-28 July. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the In ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Jul 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 203 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jul 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jul 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 Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2960 Issue Time: 2019 Jul 21 1546 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2959 Begin Time: 2019 Jul 10 1230 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1870 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 Jul 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 202 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Jul 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2019 RELEASE 19-059*NASA Astronaut Andrew Morgan, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station on 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing*  The Soyuz MS-13 carrying Expedition 60 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Drew Morgan of NASA, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), launches at 12:28 p.m. EDT (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) Saturday, July 20, 2019, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. */Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky /* Fifty years to the day that astronau ...Continue Reading

  July 20, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-075*NASA Updates Broadcast of Next Space Station Resupply Launch, Prelaunch Activities* A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launches May 4, 2019, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a NASA-contracted mission to resupply the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX now is targeting 6:24 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 24, for the launch of its 18th resupply mission ...Continue Reading

  July 20, 2019 RELEASE 19-060*Vice President Unveils NASA Spacecraft for Artemis 1 Lunar Mission on Moon Landing Anniversary*  Vice President Mike Pence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing with Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin (left) and Rick Armstrong (right), son of Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong, during a visit to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 20, 2019. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* Vic ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2959 Issue Time: 2019 Jul 20 1158 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2958 Begin Time: 2019 Jul 10 1230 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1849 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 Jul 20 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 201 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Jul 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading