February 02, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-010*Colorado Students to Speak Live with Space Station Commander* NASA astronaut Scott Kelly arrives aboard the International Space Station on March 28, 2015. Now, 50 years after Gemini V, Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are in the midst of a one-year stay in orbit aboard the space station. By doubling the length of the usual ISS stay, researchers hope to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to longer-duration spaceflight. ...Continue Reading

  February 02, 2016 RELEASE 16-011*NASA Space Launch System’s First Flight to Send Small Sci-Tech Satellites Into Space*  The Lunar Flashlight, flying as secondary payload on the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System, will examine the moon’s surface for ice deposits and identify locations where resources may be extracted. */Credits: NASA/* The first flight of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will carry 13 CubeSats to test i ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Feb 02 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 33 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Feb 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2489 N10W43 256 0250 Cho 06 03 Beta 2490 S21W29 242 0010 Bxo 03 05 Beta 2491 N01E57 1 ...Continue Reading

  February 01, 2016 RELEASE 16-012*Todd May Named Marshall Space Flight Center Director*  Todd May, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. */Credits: NASA/* NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Todd May director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. May was appointed Marshall deputy director in August 2015 and has been serving as acting director since the Nov. 13, 2015 retirement of Patrick Scheuerm ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- 2016 WINTER WEATHER IN ASIA Starting in January 2016, areas across Asia saw plenty of snowfall and frigid temperatures. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87402&src=nha *** Image from Jan 25, 2016 (Posted on Jan 26, 2016 3:29 PM) JANUARY 2016 BLIZZARD The East Coast of the United States was hit by a poten ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #16-5 2016 January 31 at 11:41 p.m. MST (2016 February 1 0641 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 25-31 No geomagnetic storming, solar radio blackouts, or solar radiation storms occurred during the reporting period. Outlook For February 1-7 No geomagnetic storms, solar radio blackouts, or solar radiation storms are expected for the forecast period. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Feb 01 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 32 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Feb 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2489 N10W29 255 0240 Cso 04 04 Beta 2490 S20W16 242 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta 2491 N02E70 1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 31 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 31 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2488 N04W83 322 0130 Cao 07 04 Beta 2489 N10W14 253 0260 Dho 10 06 Beta IA. H-alpha Pla ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 30 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 30 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2488 N04W68 320 0150 Dao 08 08 Beta 2489 N10W01 253 0300 Eko 11 06 Beta 2490 S18E13 2 ...Continue Reading

  January 29, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-007*Media Accreditation Open for Next Commercial Space Station Cargo Mission* A transporter carries the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module, sealed inside a shipping container, to the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The module will soon begin preflight preparations for its upcoming mission to carry hardware and supplies on the company’s Commercial Resupply Services flight to the Internat ...Continue Reading