March 18, 2024 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past 7 Daysview archive of natural events Tropical Cyclone Filipo The storm dropped a substantial amount of rain as it moved across Mozambique. (Mar 12, 2024) An Underwater Plume From Kavachi A Landsat satellite acquired this image of discolored water drifting from the active underwater volcano. ( ...Continue Reading

NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to Space Pioneer Thomas Stafford  *MAR 18, 2024* *RELEASE 24-042* (1966) — Portrait of astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, wearing his spacesuit. Credits: NASA The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday’s passing of Thomas Stafford, a lifelong space exploration advocate, former NASA astronaut, and U.S. Air Force general:  “Today, General Tom Stafford went to the eternal heavens, which he so courageously explored as a Gemini and Apollo astronaut as ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 70 *MAR 18, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-041* NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on Nov. 2, 2023 Credits: GCTC/Andrey Shelepin Three crew members will blast off on Thursday, March 21, to support Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. NASA will provide full coverage of launch and crew arrival at ...Continue Reading

NASA History Community:          Below and attached is information about an exciting talk this Wednesday.  Please feel free to share this information with others who may be interested.  Thanks very much.          -Steve * * * * *NASA History Talk: *“Building the James Webb Space Telescope:  A Photographic History” by Chris Gunn and Christopher Wanjek *Time/Date/Location:*  no ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #24-12 2024 March 17 at 11:52 p.m. MDT (2024 March 18 0552 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 11-17 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts occurred on 14 and 16 Mar due to flare activity from Region 3599 and an unnumbered spot group rotating onto the SE limb. S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm levels were reached on 15-16 Mar likely due to activity from ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Mar 18 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 78 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Mar 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3607 S17W21 314 0020 Bxo 09 05 Beta 3608 N11W10 303 0030 Dro 05 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Mar 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 77 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Mar 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3606 N09W26 332 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 3607 S17W08 314 0020 Cro 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Mar 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 76 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Mar 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3607 S17E06 314 0040 Dro 08 06 Beta 3610 S16E42 278 0010 Axx 01 ...Continue Reading

NASA to Send Research to Station Aboard 30th SpaceX Resupply Mission *MAR 15, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-039* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, on the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Credits: SpaceX New research and technology demonstrations for NASA are set to launch aboard the agency’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply servi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Mar 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 75 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Mar 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3599 S13W94 067 0070 Cao 05 02 Beta 3606 N09E01 332 0020 Cro 06 ...Continue Reading