:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Oct 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 288 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct 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 Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2682 Issue Time: 2017 Oct 14 0502 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2681 Begin Time: 2017 Oct 12 1350 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4987 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 Oct 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 287 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct 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 Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  October 13, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-117*NASA Johnson Space Center Invites Media to Screening of Documentary on Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer* Media are invited to attend the screening of “AMS: The Fight for Flight,” a NASA documentary about the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and its principal investigator, Nobel laureate Samuel Ting. The one-hour historical documentary, to be shown at 6 p.m. Oct. 17 at Space Center Houston, showcases the capabilities of the Internatio ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2681 Issue Time: 2017 Oct 13 0831 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2680 Begin Time: 2017 Oct 12 1350 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2808 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 Oct 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 286 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Oct 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  October 12, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-123*Facebook Live with Astronauts Kicks Off Year of Education on Space Station * View of astronaut Joe Acaba, Expedition 32 flight engineer, in front of the Microgravity Sciences Glovebox (MSG) in the U.S. Laboratory */Credits: NASA/* The first major event for the Year of Education on Station (YES) will be hosted by NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli on a special Facebook Live broadcast from the Internatio ...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. * Santa Rosa Scarred by Fire (Image from Oct 11, 2017; Posted Oct 13, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91111&src=nha -------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

  October 12, 2017 RELEASE 17-082*NASA Pinpoints Cause of Earth’s Recent Record Carbon Dioxide Spike* The last El Nino in 2015-16 impacted the amount of carbon dioxide that Earth’s tropical regions released into the atmosphere, leading to Earth’s recent record spike in atmospheric carbon dioxide. The effects of the El Nino were different in each region */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regio ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers:             You may be interested in the follow announcement.  Please feel free to forward as appropriate.  Thanks,             Steve * * The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) is pleased to call for applications to the 2018 Fellowship Program. The Museum offers an array of in-residence opportunities, from the early-career pre- and post-doctoral Guggenheim fello ...Continue Reading