September 13, 2018 *Jody Singer Named Director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center * Jody Singer is named the director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. */Credits: NASA/* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has named Jody Singer director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Singer has been the center’s deputy director since February 2016, and has been serving as acting director since the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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. * Awesome, Frightening Views of Hurricane Florence (Image from Sep 11, 2018; Posted Sep 12, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92744/awe ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2841 Issue Time: 2018 Sep 13 1456 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2840 Begin Time: 2018 Sep 12 1730 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2290 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

  September 13, 2018 RELEASE 18-077*NASA, Roscosmos Statement on International Space Station Leak* The following is a joint statement from NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos about the investigation into a pressure leak on the International Space Station Aug. 29-30: “NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin met for the first time yesterday via teleconference to discuss the status of International Space Station (ISS) operations in respon ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Sep 13 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 256 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Sep 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2722 S07E01 218 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- TYPHOON MANGKHUT The potent storm marched across the Western Pacific in mid-September 2018. * Typhoon Mangkhut (Image from Sep 12, 2018; Posted Sep 12, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92741/typhoon-mangkhut/?src=nha ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON 2018 Tropical cyclones in the Atlantic most often develop during the oce ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2840 Issue Time: 2018 Sep 12 1750 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2018 Sep 12 1730 UTC Station: GOES15 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 Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Sep 12 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 255 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Sep 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2722 S07E17 215 0010 Bxo 05 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/ ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (11 September 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * A Season of Smoke https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/videos/a-season-of-smoke?src=eoa-features In summer 2018, wildfires across western North America disrupted the lives of millions. Smoke from some of the blazes was so pronounced it was visible from space. -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservat ...Continue Reading

  September 11, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-137*NASA to Preview Two International Space Station Spacewalks, Provide Live Coverage* NASA astronaut Drew Feustel, shown during a spacewalk at the International Space Station March 29, 2018, is scheduled to conduct the 10th spacewalk of his career Sept. 23, 2018, during which he is expected to break the record for total time spacewalking by a U.S. astronaut. */Credits: NASA/* Astronauts on the International Space Station will conduct spacewalks Sep ...Continue Reading