August 09, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-081*NASA Invites Media to Drone Traffic Testing in Corpus Christi, Texas* Drones in flight in downtown Reno, Nevada, during shakedown tests for NASA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management project, or UTM. The final phase of flight tests, known as Technical Capability Level 4, runs from May through August 2019 and is studying how the UTM system can integrate drones into urban areas. */Credits: NASA/Dominic Hart/* As NASA continues the final stage of testing for its U ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2964 Issue Time: 2019 Aug 09 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2963 Begin Time: 2019 Aug 06 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 20276 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 Su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Aug 09 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 221 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Aug 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2746 ...Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-080*NASA Administrator to Discuss Status of Rocket for First Artemis Lunar Mission* This image, taken Aug. 8, 2019, shows the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage is 80% complete and, over the summer, engineers will add the last core stage structure – the engine section – and the four RS-25 engines. This complex stage controls the rocket’s journey for the first eight minutes of flight and ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2963 Issue Time: 2019 Aug 08 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2962 Begin Time: 2019 Aug 06 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 26161 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 Su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Aug 08 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 220 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Aug 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2746 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON 2019 The Western Pacific sees more tropical storms and typhoons each year than any other ocean basin. * Typhoon Lekima and Tropical Storm Krosa (Image from Aug 7, 2019; Posted Aug 7, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145430/typhoon-lekima-and-tropical-storm-krosa/?src=nha -------------- ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2962 Issue Time: 2019 Aug 07 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2961 Begin Time: 2019 Aug 06 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 25891 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 Su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Aug 07 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 219 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Aug 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2747 N06E11 199 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (6 August 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features * Trailing the Pacific Crest from Space https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/pacific-crest-trail/?src=eoa-features There is no award for completing the hike from Mexico to Canada through the western United States. But it is clear from the ground and space that the journey through 48 wilderness areas and demanding terrain will ...Continue Reading