March 29, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-055*NASA to Host News Conference Announcing New Supersonic Test Aircraft * NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, April 3, to announce the agency’s plans for its next experimental aircraft, or X-plane, called the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD). In February 2016, NASA signed a contract for the preliminary design of its LBFD concept. The agency now is ready to move forward with development and building of the aircraft, which wi ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2752 Issue Time: 2018 Mar 29 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2751 Begin Time: 2018 Mar 16 0105 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 43688 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 Su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Mar 29 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 88 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Mar 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Mar Nmbr Location Lo None I ...Continue Reading

  March 28, 2018 RELEASE 18-016*NASA Prepares to Launch Next Mission to Search Sky for New Worlds* Illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Telescope (TESS) in front of a lava planet orbiting its host star. TESS will identify thousands of potential new planets for further study and observation. */Credits: NASA GSFC /* NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its April 16 launch to find undiscovered worlds around ne ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (27 March 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Melting Beauty: The Icefields of Patagonia https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Patagonia/?src=eoa-features The Patagonian icefields stretch for hundreds of kilometers atop the Andes mountain range in South America. Change here is rapid, as the icefields are melting away at some of the highest rates on the planet. ------ ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2751 Issue Time: 2018 Mar 28 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2750 Begin Time: 2018 Mar 16 0105 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 42355 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 Su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Mar 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 87 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Mar 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Mar 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 Mar Nmbr Location Lo None I ...Continue Reading

  March 27, 2018 CONTRACT RELEASE C18-008*NASA Awards Contract for Environmental Compliance, Operation Services* NASA has awarded a contract to Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for continued environmental compliance and operation services at the agency’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Environmental Compliance and Operation 2 (ECO2) is a five-year hybrid, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, with cost-plus-fixed-fee an ...Continue Reading

  March 27, 2018 RELEASE 18-018*Be a Flight Director: NASA Accepting Applications for Mission Control Leaders* NASA is hiring new flight directors to lead the teams of flight controllers that train, fly and support spacecraft from Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. */Credits: NASA/* How would you like to sit at the helm of human spaceflight, responsible for the success of missions and the highly trained teams of engineers and scientists that make them possi ...Continue Reading

  March 27, 2018 RELEASE 18-018*Be a Flight Director: NASA Accepting Applications for Mission Control Leaders* NASA is hiring new flight directors to lead the teams of flight controllers that train, fly and support spacecraft from Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. */Credits: NASA/* How would you like to sit at the helm of human spaceflight, responsible for the success of missions and the highly trained teams of engineers and scientists that make them possi ...Continue Reading