December 07, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-170*NASA Television Coverage Set for Next Space Station Crew Launch* In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 46-47 crewmembers Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Tim Kopra of NASA (right) pose for photos Dec. 1 in front of their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft during a crew fit check. The trio will launch Dec. 15 from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the ...Continue Reading

  December 07, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-152*Media Invited to See Progress Toward Space Station Launches from Virginia * Progress is being made toward the resumption of commercial cargo resupply flights to the International Space Station of Orbital’s ATK’s Antares launch vehicle from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. MARS has completed major repair work at Pad-0A following the Antares launch mishap on Oct. 28, 2014. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN BRAZIL AFTER DAM BREACH Brazilian villages and rivers are inundated with mud after mining dams burst. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87083&src=nha *** Image from Nov 30, 2015 (Posted on Dec 01, 2015 1:56 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT MT. ETNA ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2282 Issue Time: 2015 Dec 07 1003 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2015 Dec 07 0945 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

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-49 2015 December 6 at 7:20 p.m. MST (2015 December 7 0220 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 30-December 6 Category G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 30 November and 06 December due to influence of two separate coronal hole high speed stream events. Outlook For December 7-13 Category G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms are expected on 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 07 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2462 N09E29 215 0010 Axx 02 01 Alpha 2463 S11E39 205 0110 Eso 12 06 Beta 2464 S12E53 ...Continue Reading

  December 06, 2015 RELEASE 15-229*NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard Orbital ATK Resupply Mission* New hardware that will support dozens of NASA investigations and other science experiments from around the world is among the more than 7,000 pounds of cargo on the way to the International Space Station aboard Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft. It launched at 4:44:57 p.m. EST Sunday on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 06 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 340 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2462 N09E42 215 0030 Hax 02 03 Alpha 2463 S11E52 205 0130 Dao 10 07 Beta 2464 S12E68 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 05 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 339 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2462 N09E54 216 0040 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2463 S09E62 208 0080 Dao 06 04 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

  December 04, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-169*Boston Area Students to Talk with Space Station Astronaut * Students from seven high schools in Boston will have the opportunity to speak with a NASA astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station at 9:45 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Space station Commander Scott Kelly will answer questions from students in grades 9 through 12 at Bristol ...Continue Reading