December 04, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-168*NASA to Televise Return of Three Space Station Crew Members*  Expedition 45 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will return Dec. 11 from a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA Television will provide complete coverage Friday, Dec. 11 of the departure of three crew members from the ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2281 Issue Time: 2015 Dec 04 1226 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2280 Begin Time: 2015 Dec 02 1610 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1538 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: 2015 Dec 04 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 338 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2458 N09W79 001 0010 Bxo 07 04 Beta 2459 N05W49 332 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2462 N09E68 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT MT. ETNA In December 2015, Europe's largest and most active volcano rumbled with tremors, spewed ash, and spit lava into the Sicilian night. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87097&src=nha *** Image from Dec 03, 2015 (Posted on Dec 03, 2015 11:51 AM) ----------------------------- ...Continue Reading

  December 03, 2015 RELEASE 15-230*Al Condes Named Associate Administrator of NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations* NASA has named Al Condes the agency’s new associate administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR) following the retirement of Michael O’Brien. As associate administrator, Condes will oversee the office that provides executive leadership and coordination for NASA international activities and partnership ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2280 Issue Time: 2015 Dec 03 1406 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2279 Begin Time: 2015 Dec 02 1610 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1421 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: 2015 Dec 03 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 337 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2458 N11W66 002 0050 Cao 05 05 Beta 2459 N05W34 330 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2279 Issue Time: 2015 Dec 02 1627 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2015 Dec 02 1610 UTC Station: GOES-13 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 subscr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 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 336 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2458 N09W51 001 0060 Cao 04 06 Beta 2459 N04W20 330 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (01 December 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Seeing Through the Smoky Pall: Observations from a Grim Indonesian Fire Season http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/IndonesianFires/?src=eoa-features Thick peat, El Niño weather, and economic development came together to produce prodigious fires and planet-warming emissions. -------------------- Latest Im ...Continue Reading