March 11th 2016 PDT
 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
March 10th 2016 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 11 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 71 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2511 N03W66 138 0020 Hrx 01 02 Alpha 2512 N12W83 155 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2513 N10W31 ...Continue Reading
March 10th 2016 PDT
 March 10, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-026*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Record-Breaking U.S. Astronaut* Expedition 47 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, and cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexei Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos pose for a photograph before their Soyuz qualification exams Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls /* On a second American record-breaking mission for 2016, ...Continue Reading
March 10th 2016 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SOLAR ECLIPSE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC NASA satellites and sensors acquired a unique view of a total solar eclipse over tropical Asia and Oceania. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87675&src=nha *** Image from Mar 09, 2016 (Posted on Mar 10, 2016 9:16 AM) ------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading
March 10th 2016 PDT
 March 10, 2016 RELEASE 16-025*NASA Selects Instruments to Study Air Pollution, Tropical Cyclones* The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) investigation, 12 CubeSats about a foot long each, will study the development of tropical cyclones by taking measurements of temperature, precipitation and cloud properties as often as every 21 minutes. */Credits: MIT Lincoln Laboratory/* NASA has selected two proposals ...Continue Reading
March 10th 2016 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2335 Issue Time: 2016 Mar 10 1416 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2334 Begin Time: 2016 Mar 08 1150 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6762 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
March 9th 2016 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 10 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 70 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2511 N03W50 136 0020 Cao 05 02 Beta 2512 N11W70 156 0030 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 2513 N10W17 ...Continue Reading
March 9th 2016 PDT
 March 09, 2016 RELEASE 16-028*NASA Announces Winning Concepts to Further its Journey to Mars* NASA has announced the winners of two challenges to create new concepts for construction and human habitation on future space exploration missions, including the agency’s journey to Mars. The Space Suit Textile Testing and In-Situ Materials Challenges, managed for NASA by NineSigma, launched in October 2015 under the umbrella of the NASA Tournament Lab, yielded innovative concepts for spac ...Continue Reading
March 9th 2016 PDT
 March 09, 2016 RELEASE 16-028*NASA Announces Winning Concepts to Further its Journey to Mars* NASA has announced the winners of two challenges to create new concepts for construction and human habitation on future space exploration missions, including the agency’s journey to Mars. The Space Suit Textile Testing and In-Situ Materials Challenges, managed for NASA by NineSigma, launched in October 2015 under the umbrella of the NASA Tournament Lab, yielded innovative concepts for spac ...Continue Reading
March 9th 2016 PDT
 March 09, 2016 RELEASE 16-026*NASA Targets May 2018 Launch of Mars InSight Mission * NASA has set a new launch opportunity, beginning May 5, 2018, for the InSight mission to Mars. This artist's concept depicts the InSight lander on Mars after the lander's robotic arm has deployed a seismometer and a heat probe directly onto the ground. InSight is the first mission dedicated to investigating the deep interior of Mars. The findings will advance understanding of how all rocky planets, includin ...Continue Reading
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