January 22, 2016 RELEASE 16-002*NASA Remembers Its Fallen Heroes, 30th Anniversary of Challenger Accident* NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and his wife Alexis lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls/* NASA will pay will tribute to the crews of Apo ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2318 Issue Time: 2016 Jan 22 1341 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2016 Jan 22 1325 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 22 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 22 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2486 S20E18 340 0030 Hax 01 02 Alpha 2487 S13E22 336 0100 Dai 06 12 Beta 2488 N04E38 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 21 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 21 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2484 N08W83 094 0030 Dro 05 06 Beta 2486 S20E31 338 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2487 S13E36 ...Continue Reading

  January 20, 2016 RELEASE J16-002*Maine Native and NASA Astronaut Honors Space Shuttle Challenger Astronauts* Maine’s newest NASA astronaut, Jessica Meir, will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the final space shuttle Challenger mission at events scheduled for Jan. 27-28, hosted at the Challenger Learning Center of Maine. Selected in 2013 as part of the 21st astronaut class, Meir recently completed her astronaut candidate training and is now qualified for mission assignment. Meir ...Continue Reading

  January 20, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-005*Media Invited to See NASA’s Orion Crew Module for its Journey to Mars* Orion's pressure vessel was completed Jan. 13, 2016 at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The pressure vessel is the spacecraft’s underlying structure on which all of the spacecraft’s systems and subsystems are built and integrated. */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s Orion crew module will be available to media at two NASA locations J ...Continue Reading

  January 20, 2016 RELEASE 16-008*NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015 * 2015 was the warmest year since modern record-keeping began in 1880, according to a new analysis by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The record-breaking year continues a long-term warming trend — 15 of the 16 warmest years on record have now occurred since 2001. */Credits: Scientific Visualization Studio/Goddard Space Flight Center/* Earth’s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 20 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 20 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2484 N07W84 108 0020 Cro 03 05 Beta 2485 N15W04 028 0010 Axx 02 04 Alpha 2486 S20E43 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 January 2016) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Fresh Plume from Copahue http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87338&src=eoa-iotd * Kavir Desert http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87347&src=eoa-iotd * Measuring the Height of Smoke over Borneo http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87329&src=eoa-iotd * El Niño Fueled R ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 19 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 19 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2480 N03W94 131 0140 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2483 N17W92 129 0070 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2485 N14E07 ...Continue Reading