September 17, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-139*NASA Hosts Science Chat on Upcoming Historic Planetary Encounter* Illustration of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft encountering the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule on Jan. 1, 2019. */Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI /* Members of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft team will host a Science Chat at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 19, on humanity’s farthest planetary flyby, scheduled to occur Jan. 1 when th ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (3 updated events, 8 new images) -- HURRICANE FLORENCE In September 2018, the potent storm formed in the North Atlantic and charted a course toward an historic and dangerous landfall in the southeastern United States. * The Complex Evolution of Florence's Winds (Image from Sep 14, 2018; Posted Sep 14, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92757/the-compl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE FLORENCE In September 2018, the potent storm formed in the North Atlantic and charted a course toward an historic and dangerous landfall in the southeastern United States. * The Complex Evolution of Florence's Winds (Image from Sep 14, 2018; Posted Sep 14, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92757/the-compl ...Continue Reading

  September 17, 2018 RELEASE 18-079*NASA Names Holly Ridings New Chief Flight Director* Holly Ridings is at her Flight Director console in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center on Nov. 17, 2008, for day four of the space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-126 mission. */Credits: NASA/*  On Sept. 17, 2018, NASA named Holly Ridings its new chief flight director, making her the first woman to lead the elite group that dire ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2845 Issue Time: 2018 Sep 17 1424 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2844 Begin Time: 2018 Sep 12 1730 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 34945 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

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-38 2018 September 16 at 7:56 p.m. MDT (2018 September 17 0156 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 10-16 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels were reached on 10 Sep and 14 Sep due to coronal hole influence. G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels were reached on 11 Sep due to coronal hole influence. Outlook For September 17-23 No significant spa ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Sep 17 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Sep 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo 2722 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2844 Issue Time: 2018 Sep 16 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2843 Begin Time: 2018 Sep 12 1730 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 30449 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: 2018 Sep 16 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 259 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Sep 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo 2722 ...Continue Reading

  September 15, 2018 RELEASE 18-078 *NASA, ULA Launch Mission to Track Earth's Changing Ice* The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket with the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) onboard is seen shortly after the mobile service tower at SLC-2 was rolled back, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth's ice. */Credits: NASA/ Bill Ingalls /* NASA’s Ice, Cloud and ...Continue Reading