November 15, 2018 RELEASE 18-102*NASA Receives Eighth Consecutive Clean Financial Audit Opinion* NASA has received an unmodified audit opinion on its Fiscal Year 2018 financial statements, marking the eight consecutive "clean" opinion from an external auditor – the highest opinion that may be received. The auditor's unmodified opinion is that NASA's financial statements fairly present the agency's financial position and results of operations. NASA’s FY18 Agency F ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES As temperatures became warmer and drier with the arrival of summer, fire season picks up in the Western United States. * Smoke from Camp Fire Billows Across California (Image from Nov 14, 2018; Posted Nov 14, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144252/smoke-from-camp-fire-billows-across- ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2877 Issue Time: 2018 Nov 15 1614 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2876 Begin Time: 2018 Nov 11 1625 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1887 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: 2018 Nov 15 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 319 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Nov 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2726 N04W32 139 0010 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES * Camp Fire Still Raging in California (Image from Nov 12, 2018; Posted Nov 13, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144245/camp-fire-still-raging-in-california/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Obse ...Continue Reading

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 PO.DAAC is reaching out to you to follow up on your effort to utilize PO.DAAC Drive for browsing and retrieving data at PO.DAAC.  Our goal is to reduce the operational impact to our users that are transitioning away from anonymous FTP, and also provide a higher level of operational support and service.   Earlier this year, we informed our users (https://poda ...Continue Reading

  November 14, 2018 RELEASE 18-099* International Team, NASA Make Unexpected Discovery Under Greenland Ice * An international team of scientists came together to unravel the mystery of Greenland’s Hiawatha crater. This video shows how that discovery came together. The video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12941 */Credits: NASA/Jefferson Beck/* An international team of researchers, including a NASA glaci ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2876 Issue Time: 2018 Nov 14 1400 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2875 Begin Time: 2018 Nov 11 1625 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1804 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

QUARTERLY NASA HISTORY LECTURE BY Emily Margolis _Date/Time_: * Wednesday, November 28*, 12:00–1:00 p.m. _Location_:     NASA HQ, Room: 8Q40 _Contact_:      Nadine Andreassen, 202-358-0087 Please join us for this interesting presentation on "See Your Spaceport: Tourism at the Kennedy Space Center in the Age of Apollo.”  Quarterly speaker Emily Margolis is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins Unive ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Nov 14 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 318 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Nov 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2726 N05W16 137 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13 ...Continue Reading