:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Mar 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 81 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Mar 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2735 N02W25 260 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2736 N09W48 283 0210 Dac 09 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta IA ...Continue Reading

March 21, 2019 RELEASE J19-004*Astronaut Kathryn (Kay) Hire Retires from NASA* After a 30-year career with NASA, Astronaut Kay Hire retired from the agency on Feb. 28. Hire joined the NASA team in 1989 where she worked as a space shuttle orbiter mechanical systems engineer, test project engineer, and supervisor of space shuttle orbiter mechanical systems and launch pad access swing arms at Kennedy Space Center. Hire processed space shuttles from landing through ground preparations and launch countdowns for more th ...Continue Reading

March 21, 2019 RELEASE J19-004*Astronaut Kathryn (Kay) Hire Retires from NASA* After a 30-year career with NASA, Astronaut Kay Hire retired from the agency on Feb. 28. Hire joined the NASA team in 1989 where she worked as a space shuttle orbiter mechanical systems engineer, test project engineer, and supervisor of space shuttle orbiter mechanical systems and launch pad access swing arms at Kennedy Space Center. Hire processed space shuttles from landing through ground preparations and launch countdowns for more th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Mar 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 80 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Mar 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2735 N02W12 260 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 2736 N09W35 283 0050 Dac 05 06 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- FLOODING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI 2019 A wet fall and winter contributed to widespread flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. * Flooding on the Lower Mississippi Continues (Image from Mar 19, 2019; Posted Mar 20, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144701/flooding-on-the-lower-mississippi-continues/?src=nha ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Mar 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 79 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Mar 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2735 N03E02 259 0020 Cro 05 05 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 19/2 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 March 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Icy Floodwaters Grind Through Iowa https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144696/icy-floodwaters-grind-through-iowa/?src=eoa-iotd * Historic Floods Inundate Nebraska https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144691/historic-floods-inundate-nebraska/?src=eoa-iotd * Wildflower Super Bloom Returns to California ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2923 Issue Time: 2019 Mar 19 2056 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2019 Mar 19 2040 UTC Station: GOES15 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 Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

  March 19, 2019 RELEASE 19-020*NASA Mission Reveals Asteroid Has Big Surprises* This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on January 19 was created by combining two images taken on board NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Other image processing techniques were also applied, such as cropping and adjusting the brightness and contrast of each image. */Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin/* A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near- ...Continue Reading

FYI… *Smithsonian Secretary's Scholars Initiative* *Museum Curator * https://www.si.edu/ohr/secr * * *Duty Location: *Washington, DC *Work Schedule: *Full-time, 2-year temporary appointment *Salary Range: *$68,036 - $88,450; Commensurate with experience *Series & Grade: *IS-1015-11 *Opening Date: *March 13, 2019 *Closing Date: *March 29, 2019 Museum Curator with the Smithsonian in London Program The Smithsonian Institution (SI) invites applications for the position ...Continue Reading