December 1, 2015 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the science data records containing RapidScat’s Normalized Radar Cross Section data (also known as “sigma-0” or “sigma-naught”) for processing levels 1B and 2A (at 25 km and 12.5 km resolutions). All three of these datasets are provided in the legacy HDF-4 format consistent with the QuikSCAT science data records. Data access and more detailed information on these datasets may be obtained at each of the res ...Continue Reading

  December 01, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-167*NASA TV Coverage Set for Orbital ATK Resupply Mission to Space Station* A transporter moves Orbital ATK's enhanced Cygnus spacecraft, fitted inside the payload fairing of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V, from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Space Launch Complex 41. The Cygnus is a cargo-only spacecraft that will take about 7,300 pounds of experiments, equipment and supplies to the International S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 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 335 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W65 028 0020 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2458 N09W36 359 0080 Cao 05 08 Beta 2459 N04W07 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM SANDRA Sandra was a tropical storm before growing into a late-season hurricane. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87067&src=nha *** Image from Nov 24, 2015 (Posted on Nov 25, 2015 2:07 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- A NEW ISLAND FORMS NEAR NISHINOSHIMA ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-48 2015 November 29 at 7:12 p.m. MST (2015 November 30 0212 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 23-29 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For November 30-December 6 Category G1-Minor geomagnetic storms are likely on 01 December due to effects from a recurrent positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream. Data used to provide s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 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 334 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W54 030 0010 Hax 01 02 Alpha 2458 N08W21 357 0040 Cao 06 03 Beta 2459 N04E04 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 29 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 333 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W40 029 0020 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2458 N08W07 356 0080 Cao 06 04 Beta 2459 N04E19 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 719 2015 Nov 28 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 45 is underway under the command of Scott Kelly, with flight engineers Mikhail Kornienko, Oleg Kononenko, Sergey Volkov, Kimiya Yui, and Kjell Lindgren. Progress M-29M carried out a reboost of the station on Nov 25 (delta-V 1.9m/s, burn duration 15m33 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 28 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 332 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N13W27 029 0020 Hax 06 01 Alpha 2458 N08E07 355 0070 Cao 03 03 Beta 2459 N04E33 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 27 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 331 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W17 032 0030 Hax 08 01 Alpha 2458 N08E21 354 0080 Cao 09 08 Beta 2459 N04E45 ...Continue Reading