January 15, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-003*NASA, NOAA Announce 2015 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions* Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss the release of new data on 2015 global temperatures, and the most important weather and climate events of the year, during a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 20. The teleconference panelists are: [*]Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studi ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2314 Issue Time: 2016 Jan 15 0944 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2313 Begin Time: 2016 Jan 13 1420 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2837 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 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 15 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2480 N03W39 128 0140 Hax 04 02 Alpha 2483 N18W35 124 0090 Cao 07 02 Beta 2485 N13E60 ...Continue Reading

  January 14, 2016 RELEASE 16-007*NASA Awards International Space Station Cargo Transport Contracts*  Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo spacecraft */Credits: Orbital ATK/*  Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser spacecraft */Credits: Sierra Nevada Corporation/*   SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft */Credits: NASA/* NASA has awarded three cargo contracts to ensure the critical science, research and technology demonstrations that are informing the agency&ac ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SAN MIGUEL VOLCANO Ash streamed from one of El Salvador's most active volcanos in January 2016. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87318&src=nha *** Image from Jan 12, 2016 (Posted on Jan 13, 2016 4:11 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natur ...Continue Reading

  January 14, 2016 RELEASE 16-005*NASA, Texas Instruments Launch mISSion imaginaTIon* NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (left), Expedition 43/44 flight engineer and Expedition 45/46 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, Expedition 43-46 flight engineer, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a portrait. */Credits: NASA/* Today’s students are the engineers and scientists of the future, so NASA and Texas Instruments (TI) are teaming up and using ...Continue Reading

  January 14, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-002*NASA to Make Major Space Station Cargo Transport Announcement Today * NASA will make a major announcement today at 4 p.m. EST regarding the future of commercial resupply launches to the International Space Station (ISS). The announcement will be made during a news conference from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency’s website at: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv The event will include a ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2313 Issue Time: 2016 Jan 14 0936 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2312 Begin Time: 2016 Jan 13 1420 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3055 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

  January 13, 2016 RELEASE 16-004*UPDATE: NASA Advisory Panel Releases 2015 Safety Report*   *//* View 2015 ASAP Report The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has issued its 2015 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting accomplishments, issues and concerns to agency and government officials.  The report, released Wednesday, is based on the panel's 2015 fact- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 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 14 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2480 N03W23 126 0140 Cso 06 03 Beta 2483 N18W22 125 0140 Dao 08 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Pla ...Continue Reading