:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 09 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 9 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2694 S32W03 244 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/24 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE AVA Tropical cyclone Ava swirled in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar in early January 2018. * Tropical Cyclone Ava Strikes Madagascar (Image from Jan 5, 2018; Posted Jan 5, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91540&src=nha -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- BLOOMS IN ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE AVA Tropical cyclone Ava swirled in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar in early January 2018. * Tropical Cyclone Ava Strikes Madagascar (Image from Jan 5, 2018; Posted Jan 5, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91540&src=nha 2018 NOR'EASTER The beginning of 2018 brought a powerful N ...Continue Reading

January 08, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-005*U.S. Cargo Spacecraft Set for Departure from International Space Station* The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured attached to the Harmony module of the International Space Station after it arrived on Dec. 17. 2017. */Credits: NASA/* After delivering more than 4,800 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft will depart the orbiting laboratory on Saturday, Jan. 13. NASA will provide live coverage of Dragon's dep ...Continue Reading

January 08, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-007*NASA Invites Media to See NOAA Weather Spacecraft Before March Launch* At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, technicians and engineers move NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) into a clean room for further processing. */Credits: NASA/Leif Heimbold /* Download high-resolution image here. Media are invited to view the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), the second in the National Oceanic and At ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-2 2018 January 7 at 6:46 p.m. MST (2018 January 8 0146 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 1-7 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For January 8-14 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 08 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 8 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2693 N20W78 332 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 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 7 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2693 N19W65 332 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/2 ...Continue Reading

January 06, 2018 RELEASE 18-001*NASA Remembers Agency’s Most Experienced Astronaut * The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the passing of John Young, who died Friday night following complications from pneumonia at the age of 87. Young is the only agency astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs, and the first to fly into space six times: “Today, NASA and the world have lost a pioneer. Astronaut John Young's storied career spanne ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 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 6 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2693 N19W52 332 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/2 ...Continue Reading