October 03, 2019 RELEASE 19-081 *NASA Takes Delivery of First All-Electric Experimental Aircraft* NASA’s X-57 Maxwell, the agency’s first all-electric X-plane and first crewed X-planed in two decades, is delivered to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, in its Mod II configuration. The first of three primary modifications for the project, Mod II involves testing of the aircraft’s cruise electric propulsion system. Delivery to NASA from prime contractor Empirical Systems Aerospace of Sa ...Continue Reading

October 03, 2019 RELEASE 19-080 *NASA Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station * NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and visiting astronaut from United Arab Emirates (UAE) Hazzaa Ali Almansoori returned to Earth from the International Space Station at 6:59 am in Kazakhstan. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut Nick Hague returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday, alongside Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2994 Issue Time: 2019 Oct 03 0807 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2993 Begin Time: 2019 Sep 28 1310 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3930 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 Oct 03 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 276 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Oct 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2749 S09E48 129 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02 ...Continue Reading

October 02, 2019 CONTRACT RELEASE C19-024 *NASA Awards Contract for Operations, Maintenance of West Virginia Facility* NASA has awarded a contract to the West Virginia University Research Corporation in Morgantown, West Virginia, for support services at the agency’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) facility in Fairmont, West Virginia. “NASA’s IV&V Program has performed significant work on a multitude of missions and projects, and will provide services to NASA’s highest profile ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WINTER WEATHER IN NORTH AMERICA 2019-20 An unusually heavy snowfall across the northern Rockies brought winter weather barely a week into autumn. * Snow in Montana and Canada (Image from Oct 1, 2019; Posted Oct 1, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145677/snow-in-montana-and-canada/?src=nha --------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2993 Issue Time: 2019 Oct 02 1249 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2992 Begin Time: 2019 Sep 28 1310 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2055 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 Oct 02 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 275 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Oct 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2749 S09E61 129 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (1 October 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Ice Could Crumble from Planpincieux Glacier https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145673/ice-could-crumble-from-planpincieux-glacier/?src=eoa-iotd * A Pulse of Water for Lake Powell https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145667/a-pulse-of-water-for-lake-powell/?src=eoa-iotd * Three Decades of Urban Expansi ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2992 Issue Time: 2019 Oct 01 1231 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2991 Begin Time: 2019 Sep 28 1310 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 9178 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