November 07, 2017 RELEASE 17-085*NASA Pays Tribute to Early Space Pioneer Richard Gordon* Portrait of Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr. (10 Sept. 1964) */Credits: NASA/* The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the passing of former NASA astronaut Richard Gordon: “NASA and the nation have lost one of our early space pioneers. We send our condolences to the family and loved ones of Gemini and Apollo astronaut Richard Gordon, a hero from NASA’s third class of astronauts. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 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 311 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

November 06, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-132*NASA TV Coverage Set for Next Resupply Mission to International Space Station* Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket for the CRS-8 mission is being integrated in the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. Launch is scheduled for 7:37 a.m. EST , Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. *//* NASA commercial cargo provider Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch its eighth mission to the International Space Station at 7:37 a.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 11 NASA’s Wallops Flight Fac ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TYPHOON DAMREY On November 1, 2017 Typhoon Damrey formed off the coast of Vietnam. * Typhoon Damrey (Image from Nov 3, 2017; Posted Nov 5, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91237&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's E ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TYPHOON DAMREY On November 1, 2017 Typhoon Damrey formed off the coast of Vietnam. * Typhoon Damrey (Image from Nov 3, 2017; Posted Nov 5, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91237&src=nha -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORM IN IRAQ AND SAUDI ARABIA * Dust Blankets the ...Continue Reading

November 06, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-131*Virginia Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station* View of Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, and NASA's Joe Acaba, Mark Vande Hei, and Randy Bresnik, during 52S Arrival, in the Service Module. */Credits: NASA/* Students at Pole Green Elementary School in Mechanicsville, Virginia, will speak with the NASA astronauts living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 9:45 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space c ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-45 2017 November 5 at 9:20 p.m. MST (2017 November 6 0420 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 30-November 5 No significant space weather was observed during the summary period. Outlook For November 6-12 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms are likely on 07-11 November due to recurrent coronal hole high speed stream effects. Data used to provide spac ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 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 310 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Nov 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 Nov Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 05 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 309 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 04 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 308 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo 2686 ...Continue Reading