April 11, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-059*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Planet-Hunting Mission* NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida no earlier than April 16, 2018. Once in orbit, TESS will spend about two years surveying 200,000 of the brightest stars near the sun to search for planets outside our solar system. */Credits: NASA/* On a missio ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2759 Issue Time: 2018 Apr 11 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2758 Begin Time: 2018 Apr 10 1830 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2761 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Apr 11 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 101 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Apr 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2703 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (10 April 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * March 2018 Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxCfp9X5aoo In March 2018, NASA Earth Observatory published satellite images, maps, and data visualizations as "Image of the Day." Here are five of our favorites. -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Coloring Lake Pontchartrain https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id ...Continue Reading

  April 10, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-057*NASA Invites Media to Launch of GRACE Follow-On Spacecraft*  The two satellites that make up NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission, launching May 19, 2018, will monitor changes in ice sheets and glaciers, underground water storage and sea level, providing a unique view of Earth’s climate that has far-reaching benefits. */Credits: NASA/* Media accreditation now is open to cover the l ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2758 Issue Time: 2018 Apr 10 1832 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2018 Apr 10 1830 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

  April 10, 2018 RELEASE 18-025*NASA Announces New Chief Scientist *  Jim Green will serve as NASA Chief Scientist beginning May 1, 2018. */Credits: NASA/* Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot has named the Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green as the agency's new chief scientist, effective May 1. He succeeds Gale Allen, who has served in an acting capacity since 2016 and will retire after more than 30 years of government s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Apr 10 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 100 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Apr 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2703 ...Continue Reading

Monday, April 9, 2018 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) GHRSST VIIRS-NPP Level-2P version 3.0 (v3.0) datasets. The v3.0 is upgraded from the current v2.0 with several significant improvements in processing algorithms, including contamination detection, cloud detection, and data format upgrades. Similar to v2.0, the new dataset is also in the netCDF Format, in compliance with the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Data Processing S ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SPRING FIRES IN RUSSIA After the winter snow melts, people often burn grasslands and croplands. * Forest Fires in Russia's Far East (Image from Apr 4, 2018; Posted Apr 7, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91969&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading