:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Feb 26 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 57 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Feb 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3586 N27W70 280 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 3590 N18W13 223 1450 Fkc 2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Feb 24 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 55 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Feb 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3586 N28W46 282 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 3590 N18E13 223 1150 Fkc 1 ...Continue Reading

NASA Tech Contributes to Soft Moon Landing, Agency Science Underway *FEB 23, 2024* *RELEASE 24-033* On Feb. 22, 2024, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon approximately 125 miles (200 km) uprange from the intended landing site, at approximately about 6 miles (10 km) altitude. Credit: Intuitive Machines For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launch, Docking Roxana Bardan *FEB 23, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORYM24-029* (Left to right) Roscosmos Cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and NASA Astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps pose for a photo during their Crew Equipment Interface Test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal of the training is to rehearse launch day activities and get a close look at the spacecraft that will take them to the Internatio ...Continue Reading

Feb. 23, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-030* * * *NASA, Intuitive Machines to Discuss Historic Moon Mission Today * * * NASA and Intuitive Machines will host a televised news conference at 5 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 23, to detail the Odysseus lander’s historic soft Moon landing. With the last-minute assistance of a NASA precision landing technology, the first CLPS, or Commercial Lunar Payload Services, mission carrying the agency’s science and technology demonstrations successfully landed on the Moon at 6:2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Feb 23 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 54 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Feb 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3586 N27W32 281 0080 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 3590 N18E26 222 0900 Fkc 1 ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Spaceflight Development, Operations Contract *FEB 22, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASEC 24-007* NASA has selected Sierra Lobo Inc. of Fremont, Ohio, to support spaceflight hardware design, development, testing, and operations at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.  The Space Flight Systems Development and Operations Contract III is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract featuring a cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision with a maximum potential value of appr ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to Speak with Artemis II Moon Crew, Recovery Team *FEB 22, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-028* Naval helicopters fly over a test version of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and personnel involved in training activities in the Pacific Ocean in July 2023, in preparation for Artemis II. Teams from NASA, including the Artemis II crew, and the Department of Defense are training this month off the coast of San Diego to prepare to recover the astronauts and Orion when they return to Earth. Credits: NASA/Kenny Allen M ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Feb 22 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 53 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Feb 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3586 N27W20 282 0070 Hsx 03 02 Alpha 3590 N17E38 224 0740 Fki 1 ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to First Astronaut Launch Aboard Boeing’s Starliner *FEB 21, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-027* Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on May 20, 2022. Credit: NASA As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the agency opened media accreditation for the launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. The mission will be the company’s first Starliner s ...Continue Reading