The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES AND SMOKE IN NORTHWEST INDIA Fires and Smoke in Northwest India * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86909&src=nha *** Image from Oct 30, 2015 (Posted on Oct 30, 2015 12:13 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- CYCLONE CHAPALA After forming in the Arabian Sea, Cyclone Chapala headed for th ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONE CHAPALA After forming in the Arabian Sea, Cyclone Chapala headed for the Arabian Peninsula. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86913&src=nha *** Image from Oct 31, 2015 (Posted on Nov 02, 2015 1:09 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a ser ...Continue Reading

  November 02, 2015 RELEASE 15-215*White House, NASA Administrator Statements on 15 Years of Human Habitation Aboard International Space Station*  NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, an Expedition 24 flight engineer in 2010, took a moment during her space station mission to enjoy an unmatched view of home through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station, the brilliant blue and white part of Earth glowing against the blackness of space. */Credits: NASA/* The f ...Continue Reading

  November 02, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-158*NASA to Announce New Findings on Fate of Mars’ Atmosphere* *//* (Science and Geophysical Research Letters embargoed details until 2 p.m. EST Nov. 5) NASA will provide details of key science findings from the agency’s ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 5 in the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 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 306 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2442 N16W50 035 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 2443 N07E29 316 0650 Fkc 18 28 Beta-Gamma 2445 N1 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-44 2015 November 1 at 5:27 p.m. MST (2015 November 2 0027 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 26-November 1 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 31 October from flare activity from active Region 2443. Outlook For November 2-8 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts are likely through the outlook period due to potential flare activity from active Regio ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 717 2015 Nov 1 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. NanoRacks/PlanetLabs Flock-2b satellite deploys continued until Oct 7. However, two satell ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 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 305 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2440 N18W72 070 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2441 N15W06 004 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 2442 N16W35 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Oct 31 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 304 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Oct 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2440 N19W57 068 0010 Bxo 04 02 Beta 2441 N14E08 003 0020 Cro 04 04 Beta 2442 N16W17 ...Continue Reading

  October 30, 2015 CONTRACT RELEASE C15-047*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Next Tracking, Data Relay Satellite* NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the agency’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M) mission. The mission will launch in October 2017 aboard an Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The total cost for NASA to launch TDRS-M is approxim ...Continue Reading