:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Dec 05 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 339 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2018-19 WINTER IN THE UNITED STATES A gallery of notable snow and ice storms for the season. * Winter Arrives in the Sierra Nevada (Image from Dec 2, 2018; Posted Dec 3, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144337/winter-arrives-in-the-sierra-nevada/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

December 04, 2018 RELEASE 18-112*NASA, National Science Foundation Announce Support for White House STEM Engagement Plan* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, co-chair for the Committee on STEM Education, speaks about NASA's commitments to the White House-led strategic plan that focuses on strengthening education in STEM. */Credits: NASA/* NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with other federal agencies, have committed to a White House-led effort to strengthen education in science, t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Dec 04 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 338 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

December 03, 2018 RELEASE 18-109*NASA'S OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Arrives at Asteroid Bennu* This image of Bennu was taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a distance of around 50 miles (80 km). */Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/* NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu Monday. The spacecraft executed a maneuver that trans ...Continue Reading

December 03, 2018 RELEASE 18-107*NASA Astronaut Anne McClain and Crewmates Arrive Aboard Space Station* A Soyuz booster rocket launches the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, Baikonur time, carrying Expedition 58 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN AUSTRALIA 2018 Bushfires routinely char the world's smallest continent. * Unusual Heat Fuels Fires in Queensland (Image from Nov 26, 2018; Posted Nov 27, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144312/unusual-heat-fuels-fires-in-queensland/?src=nha 2018 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Fire season in the Wester ...Continue Reading

December 03, 2018 RELEASE 18-106*NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Set for New Space Station Mission After Abort * NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Hammock Koch and Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos are scheduled to launch Feb. 28, 2019, from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission to the International Space Station as members of Expeditions 59 and 60. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who was forced to abort his recent mission to the International Space Station, i ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-49 2018 December 2 at 8:12 p.m. MST (2018 December 3 0312 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 26-December 2 No significant space weather was observed over the summary period. Outlook For December 3-9 No significant space weather is expected over the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Dec 03 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 337 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading