June 05, 2017 RELEASE 17-053*NASA Selects Three Aeronautics Teams to Explore ‘Ambitious’ Ideas* Principal Investigator Natalia Alexandrov makes the pitch to a group of NASA aeronautics managers for her team’s study, ATTRACTOR, which will explore how to embed reliability into algorithms that are used over time to inform autonomous systems in aviation. */Credits: NASA/Andrew Carlsen /* Three teams of NASA researchers who have dreamed up potential solutions for pie ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-23 2017 June 5 at 12:06 a.m. MDT (2017 June 5 0606 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 29-June 4 No spaceweather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For June 5-11 No spaceweather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jun 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 156 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jun 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2661 N06E26 213 0130 Eao 12 13 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jun 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 155 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jun 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2661 N06E39 213 0180 Eao 12 12 Beta-Gamma IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid ...Continue Reading

  June 03, 2017 RELEASE 17-052*New NASA Experiments, Research Headed to International Space Station* The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:07 p.m. June 3. About 6,000 pounds of research equipment, cargo and supplies are packed into the cargo craft that is now in Earth orbit and headed to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA TV/* Major experiments that will look into the human body and out into the galaxy ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jun 03 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 154 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jun 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2661 N06E54 211 0200 Dao 10 09 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02/ ...Continue Reading

  June 02, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-068*Vice President Pence to Visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center for Astronaut Class Announcement* Vice President Mike Pence will visit NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, June 7, to welcome America’s newest astronaut candidates, chosen from more than 18,000 applicants to carry the torch for future human space exploration. The event will air live at 2 p.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Additionally, th ...Continue Reading

  June 02, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-021*University Students to Evaluate Designs in NASA’s Astronaut Training Pool* Thirty-one student teams from across the country will test their designs in simulated microgravity this year as part of NASA’s Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) activity. The second test session will be June 5-10. Micro-g NExT challenges undergraduate research students to design, build and test a tool that addresses an authentic, curr ...Continue Reading

  June 02, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-066*Media Invited to Demonstrations of NASA Drone Traffic Management Technologies* Pictured is one of the drones being tested at the Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site in New York during NASA’s three-week UAS Traffic Management flight campaign. */Credits: NUAIR Alliance/Eric Miller/* NASA’s three-week national campaign to further test and refine its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management ...Continue Reading

  June 02, 2017 RELEASE J17-006*NASA Names Astronaut Patrick Forrester New Chief of Astronaut Office* NASA’s Director of Flight Operations Brian Kelly has selected Texas native Patrick Forrester as the chief of the Astronaut Office. Forrester replaces U.S. Navy Capt. Christopher Cassidy, who has held the position since July 2015. Cassidy will return to the astronaut corps and resume his candidacy for flight assignment. "Chris is an American hero,” Kelly said. â ...Continue Reading