July 27th 2018 PDT
Jonathan's Space Report No. 751 2018 Jul 28 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Edge of Space ------------------ In a new paper in Acta Astronautica (2018, vol 151, 668) "The edge of space: Revisiting the Karman Line" I argue that outer space should be considered to begin at 80 km altitude, and not at the 100 km level which has been popular in recent years. The paper is op ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2018 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jul 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 209 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Jul 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo 2716 ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2018 PDT
 July 27, 2018 RELEASE 18-066*NASA Gives $1.4 Million to Help Minority-Serving Colleges Develop New STEM Courses* The MUREP Innovations in Space Technology Curriculum (MISTC) awards align with the priorities of the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), which is responsible for developing the crosscutting, pioneering new technologies and capabilities the agency needs for current and future missions. “These cooperative agreement awards are an excellent example ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2018 PDT
 July 27, 2018 CONTRACT RELEASE C18-021*NASA Awards Contract for Earth Science Data Archive Center Support* NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Colorado Boulder for the management and operations of the agency’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System Snow and Ice Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). The total value of this cost-no-fee contract is approximately $50 million. Work under the contract begins Aug. 1 with a one-year base period, followed by thr ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2018 PDT
 July 27, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-115*NASA Interns, New Mexico Community, Virginia Students to Call Space Station* Future Engineers "Two for the Crew" winner Austin Suder asks NASA astronaut Serena Auñon-Chancellor a question during a live downlink with the International Space Station (ISS), Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Auñon-Chancellor is part of the Expedition 56/57 crew that launched to the I ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2018 PDT
Friday, July 27, 2018 The Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the Level 4 optimally interpolated, 0.5 degree, near-global, 7-day sea surface salinity (OISSS) product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius/SAC-D dataset. OISSS is a principal investigator produced dataset developed at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). The optimal inter ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2018 PDT
 July 27, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-116*NASA Invites Media to Meet Earth Science Innovators* A poster session with young Earth science innovators describing projects that address environmental and policy issues will be featured at the Earth Science Applications Showcase on Aug. 1 in Washington. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls /* From flooding in New Orleans to coffee cultivation in Guatemala and wildfires in Alaska, NASA Earth observations from space are being put to work helping address a w ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2018 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2816 Issue Time: 2018 Jul 27 1018 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2815 Begin Time: 2018 Jul 25 1355 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2572 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
July 26th 2018 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jul 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 208 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jul 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo 2716 ...Continue Reading
July 26th 2018 PDT
 July 26, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-113*NASA Administrator to Visit Langley Research Center July 31* NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. */Credits: NASA/* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will make his first official visit to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Tuesday, July 31, to meet with employees and tour the facility. Media are invited to tour Langley’s Advanced Structures and Materials laboratory with the administrator. There the ...Continue Reading
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