November 08, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-133*NASA Sets Media Coverage of Rescheduled NOAA Weather Satellite Launch* This illustration depicts the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft designed to provide forecasters with crucial environmental science data to provide a better understanding of changes in the Earth's weather, oceans and climate. */Credits: Ball Aerospace/* The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite, the first in a new series of four highly advanced N ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2698 Issue Time: 2017 Nov 08 1118 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2017 Nov 08 1100 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 08 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 312 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze and fog along the Himalaya range. * Fog and Haze Along the Himalaya (Image from Nov 7, 2017; Posted Nov 7, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91240&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth ...Continue Reading

  November 07, 2017 RELEASE 17-085*NASA Pays Tribute to Early Space Pioneer Richard Gordon* Portrait of Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr. (10 Sept. 1964) */Credits: NASA/* The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the passing of former NASA astronaut Richard Gordon: “NASA and the nation have lost one of our early space pioneers. We send our condolences to the family and loved ones of Gemini and Apollo astronaut Richard Gordon, a hero from NAS ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 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 311 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

November 06, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-132*NASA TV Coverage Set for Next Resupply Mission to International Space Station* Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket for the CRS-8 mission is being integrated in the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. Launch is scheduled for 7:37 a.m. EST , Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. *//* NASA commercial cargo provider Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch its eighth mission to the International Space Station at 7:37 a.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 11 NASA’s Wallops Flight Fac ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TYPHOON DAMREY On November 1, 2017 Typhoon Damrey formed off the coast of Vietnam. * Typhoon Damrey (Image from Nov 3, 2017; Posted Nov 5, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91237&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's E ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TYPHOON DAMREY On November 1, 2017 Typhoon Damrey formed off the coast of Vietnam. * Typhoon Damrey (Image from Nov 3, 2017; Posted Nov 5, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91237&src=nha -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORM IN IRAQ AND SAUDI ARABIA * Dust Blankets the ...Continue Reading

  November 06, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-131*Virginia Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station* View of Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, and NASA's Joe Acaba, Mark Vande Hei, and Randy Bresnik, during 52S Arrival, in the Service Module. */Credits: NASA/* Students at Pole Green Elementary School in Mechanicsville, Virginia, will speak with the NASA astronauts living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 9:45 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The 20-mi ...Continue Reading