:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 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 75 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2513 N08W83 103 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2519 N05E08 012 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2521 N19W09 ...Continue Reading

  March 14, 2016 RELEASE 16-032*NASA Selects Proposals to Build Better Solar Technologies for Deep Space Missions* NASA’s Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected four proposals to develop solar array technologies that will aid spacecraft in exploring destinations well beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars. NASA’s future deep space missions will require solar arrays that can operate in high-radiation and low-temperature environments. Developing a new generation o ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- SEDIMENTS BETRAY HIDDEN SHIPWRECKS Plumes on the water surface help researchers detect the location of sunken ships near the coast. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87651&src=nha *** Image from Apr 01, 2014 (Posted on Mar 08, 2016 3:12 PM) SOLAR ECLIPSE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC NASA satellites and senso ...Continue Reading

  March 14, 2016 RELEASE 16-031*Kavandi to Succeed Free as Glenn Research Center Director, Free Joins NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate*  Janet Kavandi, director of NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, and Jim Free, deputy associated administrator for technical in the agency's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate in Washington. */Credits: NASA/* NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named former astronaut Janet Kavandi di ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #16-11 2016 March 13 at 10:43 p.m. MDT (2016 March 14 0443 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 7-13 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 07 March and G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storms were observed on 11 March in response to coronal hole effects. No other space weather storms were observed. Outlook For March 14-20 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic st ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 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 74 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2513 N09W72 105 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2519 N05E26 007 0080 Cso 11 05 Beta 2521 N20E04 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 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 73 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2513 N10W57 103 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2519 N05E39 007 0080 Cso 07 04 Beta 2520 N04E17 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 12 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 72 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2511 N02W79 138 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 2513 N10W44 103 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2518 N04W54 ...Continue Reading

  March 11, 2016 RELEASE 16-030*NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to Astronaut Scott Kelly* Scott Kelly speaks to family, friends and NASA officials after arriving in Houston. Kelly was greeted upon arrival on U.S. soil by Dr. Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States, Mark Kelly, former astronaut and Scott's twin brother, Dr. John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, and Ellen Ochoa, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in ...Continue Reading

  March 11, 2016 RELEASE 16-029*Astronaut Scott Kelly to Retire from NASA in April*  NASA astronaut Scott Kelly inside the cupola of the International Space Station, a special module that provides a 360-degree viewing of the Earth and the station. Kelly will return to Earth on March 1, marking completion of a 340-day mission in space. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut and one-year crew member Scott Kelly will retire from the agency, effective April 1. Kelly joined the astronaut ...Continue Reading