October 21, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-115*NASA Invites Media to Boeing Starliner Transport to Launch Site* The crew module of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted onto its service module on Oct. 16 inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the company’s Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. */Credits: Boeing/* Media accreditation is open for two-days of activities in mid-November ...Continue Reading

Monday, October 21, 2019 DOI:  10.5067/SLREF-CDRV2        10.5067/SLINT-CDRV2      The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the JPL MEaSUREs Gridded Sea Surface Height Anomalies Level 4 Version 1812 datasets. There are 2 datasets, an interim dataset that has an optimal delay of 4 weeks, and reference dataset that is delayed approximately 2-3 months, with better orbit corrections so that the Sea Surface Height Anomalies ...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. * Nestor Drenches Florida Panhandle (Image from Oct 20, 2019; Posted Oct 21, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145760/nestor-drenches-florida-panhandle/?src=nha -------------------- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON 2019 The Western Pacific sees more tropical storms and typhoons each year than any other ocean basin. * Hagibis Floods Japan (Image from Oct 13, 2019; Posted Oct 15, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145736/hagibis-floods-japan/?src=nha 2019 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #19-42 2019 October 20 at 10:02 p.m. MDT (2019 October 21 0402 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 14-20 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For October 21-27 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on 24-25 October due to recurrent coronal hole high speed stream activity. Data used to provide space weather services are contribu ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Oct 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 294 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Oct 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Oct 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 Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Oct 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 293 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Oct 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Oct 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 Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 770 2019 Oct 19 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IAC 2019 -------- I'll be at the IAC 2019 conference in Washington, D.C. I hope to meet some of you there! Catalog of Deep Space Objects ----------------------------- The US satellite catalog is pretty comprehensive for artificial objects in Earth orbit below an altitude of 50,000 km. Beyond that it is less ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Oct 19 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 292 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Oct 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

October 18, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-113*NASA to Provide Coverage of Key Events at 70th International Astronautical Congress* NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green will be among the NASA speakers at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, held Oct. 21-25 in Washington. */Credits: NASA/Carla Cioffi/* NASA will provide live coverage on NASA Television of key events at the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which takes place Oct. 21-25 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. In addi ...Continue Reading