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. * Smoke Over Southern California (Image from Dec 5, 2017; Posted Dec 7, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91387&src=nha ----------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Thursday, December 7, 2017 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the version 5.0 Aquarius/SAC-D data.  This is the official NASA/Aquarius Project end-of-mission dataset spanning the complete 3-year, 9-month period of Aquarius science data availability, from August 25, 2011 through June 7, 2015. Likely future reprocessing releases of the Aquarius data will occur when further measurable algorithm improvements are achieved. Data sets comprising this v5.0 release include the Level 2 orbital ...Continue Reading

  December 07, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-146*NASA Highlights Jupiter, Search for Life at American Geophysical Union*  This illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft soaring over Jupiter’s south pole. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /*  Prominences are seen as the moon begins to move off the sun during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. The total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln B ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2714 Issue Time: 2017 Dec 07 0831 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2713 Begin Time: 2017 Dec 06 1340 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3260 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: 2017 Dec 07 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2690 N07W17 332 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Smoky wildfires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2017. * Smoke and Fire in Southern California (Image from Dec 5, 2017; Posted Dec 5, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91379&src=nha * Wildfire Lights Up Ventura (Image from Dec 5, 20 ...Continue Reading

  December 06, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-145*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission* A SpaceX Dragon loaded with about 4,800 pounds of research, hardware and crew supplies bound for the International Space Station is targeted to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida no earlier than 11:46 a.m. EST, Dec. 12. */Credits: NASA/* NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is now targeting its 13th commercial resupply services mission ...Continue Reading

December 06, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-144*NASA Television Coverage Set for Space Station Crew Landing, Launch* Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. */Credits: NASA/* Three crew members on the International Space Station are scheduled to end their mission and return to Earth on Thursday, Dec. 14, just days ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2713 Issue Time: 2017 Dec 06 1359 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2017 Dec 06 1340 UTC Station: GOES13 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 06 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 340 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading