:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 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 351 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2691 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 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 350 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2691 ...Continue Reading

  December 15, 2017 RELEASE 17-096*NASA Sends New Research to Space Station Aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission* The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully launched at 10:36 a.m. EST Dec. 15, 2017, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying more than 4,800 pounds of research equipment, cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA TV/* An experiment in space manufacturing and an enhanced study of solar energy are among the research currently heading to t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 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 349 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Dec 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 Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2691 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Smoky wildfires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2017. * California Wildfire Emissions (Image from Dec 11, 2017; Posted Dec 12, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91427&src=nha ----------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

  December 14, 2017 RELEASE 17-098*Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star* With the discovery of an eighth planet, the Kepler-90 system is the first to tie with our solar system in number of planets. */Credits: NASA/Wendy Stenzel /* Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light years from Earth. The planet was disco ...Continue Reading

December 14, 2017 RELEASE 17-099*NASA Astronaut Bresnik and Crewmates Return to Earth From Space Station* Three crew members who have been living and working aboard the International Space Station returned to Earth on Thursday, landing in Kazakhstan after opening a new chapter in the scientific capability of humanity’s premier microgravity laboratory. Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos landed at 3:37 a. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 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 348 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Dec 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 Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2691 ...Continue Reading

  December 13, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY MEDIA ADVISORY: M17-150*NASA Television Updates Broadcast Schedule for Cargo Resupply Mission* The Canadarm2 robotic arm prepares to release the SpaceX Dragon Commercial Resupply Services-6 cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station. NASA and SpaceX are now targeting no earlier than Dec. 15 for the company’s 13th cargo mission to the space station, using the refurbished Dragon capsule from the CRS-6 mission. */Credits: NASA/* NASA comm ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 13 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2691 S03E16 220 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/ ...Continue Reading