Jonathan's Space Report No. 744                                                    2018 Jan 17  Somerville, MA---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The 2017 annual summary report at http://planet4589.org/space/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 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 17 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2696 S13E12 123 0030 Cro 02 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 January 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Antarctica from Above: Flying for Science, Finding Beauty https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OperationIceBridge/?src=eoa-features Photographs from the 2017 Operation IceBridge field campaign show the many forms of land and sea ice around the frozen (and melting) southern continent. -------------------- Latest Images ...Continue Reading

  January 16, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-013*NASA Briefing Thursday Will Preview Upcoming US Spacewalks* American and Japanese astronauts aboard the International Space Station will embark on a pair of spacewalks Jan. 23 and 29 to service the station’s robotic arm. Experts from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will preview this work in a briefing at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 18, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Live coverage of the briefing and spacewalks will ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ON THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA In early 2018, smoke and ash rose from the frequently active volcanos on the Kamchatka Peninsula. * Plumes Over the Kamchatka Peninsula (Image from Jan 10, 2018; Posted Jan 13, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91568&src=nha --------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

  January 16, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-012*Massachusetts Students to Speak with Astronauts on Space Station* International Space Station Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Credits: NASA Students at Framingham State University (FSU) in Massachusetts will speak with astronauts living, working, and doing research aboard the In ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 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 16 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2696 S11E25 123 0020 Bxo 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/2 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-3 2018 January 14 at 10:24 p.m. MST (2018 January 15 0524 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 8-14 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 14 January due to the influence of a positive polarity CH HSS. No other space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For January 15-21 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms are expe ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 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 15 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Jan Nmbr Location Lo 2694 S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 14 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 14 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Jan Nmbr Location Lo 2694 S ...Continue Reading