We have a brief bonanza of job opportunities on our hands! Further to Friday’s note about the NASA Historian job posted on USAJOBS (https://www.usajobs.gov/job/788574200?share), the NASA History Office is also looking for a historian to join our team in support of NASA’s locations in southern California. You can view the job posting at https://careers-abacustech.icims.com/jobs/7385/historian/job. Don’t hesitate to share the news with your networks! *__________ ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Boeing Starliner’s First Crewed Launch, Docking *APR 29, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-061* Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will launch aboard Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Credits: NASA NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s Boeing Cre ...Continue Reading

*NASA Sets Coverage for Dragon Spacecraft Relocation on Space Station* ** April 29, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-059 *** *The SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft pictured from the International Space Station. Credits: NASA.**   In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft to a different docking port Thursday, May 2, to make way for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. NASA will provide live coverag ...Continue Reading

April 29, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-061* * * *NASA Administrator Names New Stennis Space Center Director* John Bailey, director, John C. Stennis Space Center   NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named John Bailey as director of the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, effective immediately. Bailey had been serving as acting director role since January.    “John will build on his nearly 35 years of federal service to lead our talented workforce at Stennis,” said ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #24-18 2024 April 28 at 8:40 p.m. MDT (2024 April 29 0240 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 22-28 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were obsreved on 22-25 Apr and 27 Apr due to activity from Regions 3645, 3646, 3656, 3638, 3654, and 3647. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions were observed on 26 Apr due to CME influence. No other space weather ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Apr 29 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 120 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Apr 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3644 N13W83 182 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta 3646 N22W74 173 0010 Axx 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Apr 28 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 119 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Apr 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3644 N13W70 182 0010 Bxo 03 02 Beta 3646 N22W61 173 0030 Cao 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Apr 27 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 118 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Apr 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3639 N30W90 215 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 3644 N13W57 182 0040 Hsx ...Continue Reading

Greetings aerospace history community, We invite you to come make some history with NASA: the NASA History Office is hiring a new historian. Please visit the job posting on USAJOBS for additional details. https://www.usajobs.gov/job/788574200?share Feel free to pass along this information on to anybody you think may be interested. The applications period closes next Thursday on May 2.   Best wishes! *_________________________________*   *NASA History Office* Office of Communications Mary W. Jackson NAS ...Continue Reading

April 26, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-060* * * *NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science* * * The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship is pictured approaching the International Space Station carrying over 7,300 pounds of new science, supplies and solar arrays to replenish the Expedition 65 crew. The Cargo Dragon’s nose cone is open revealing its hatch and forward docking cone. * * NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware ...Continue Reading