September 18, 2015 RELEASE 15-189*NASA Seeks Big Ideas from Students for Inflatable Heat Shield Technology * Artist's rendering of a hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator technology concept. */Credits: NASA/*   *//* NASA is giving university and college students an opportunity to be part of the agency’s journey to Mars with the Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge. NASA’s Game Changing Development Program (GCD), manage ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2252 Issue Time: 2015 Sep 18 0551 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2251 Begin Time: 2015 Sep 10 1020 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6939 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 Sep 18 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 261 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2415 S20W16 235 0230 Eac 11 30 Beta-Gamma 2418 S14E19 200 0210 Cso 07 04 Beta 2419 N12 ...Continue Reading

Listserv readers:             Brian Jirout will be giving a talk related to the early history of Landsat at the National Museum of American History next Tuesday at 4 pm that may well interest those of you in the Washington area.  A flyer for his talk is attached.             Separately, students are encouraged to submit essays for the Sacknoff prize sponsored by /Quest:  The History of Spaceflight Qu ...Continue Reading

  September 17, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-142*News Conference Features Next Space Station Crew, Interview Opportunities*  NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, Expedition 46 flight engineer and Expedition 47 commander, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Timothy Peake, Expedition 46/47 flight engineer, participate in a routine operations training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. */Credits: NASA ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2251 Issue Time: 2015 Sep 17 0948 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2250 Begin Time: 2015 Sep 10 1020 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8046 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 Sep 17 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2414 S12W84 316 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2415 S20W02 234 0190 Dac 10 20 Beta-Gamma 2418 S1 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Several fires charred forests in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in August 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86614&src=nha *** Image from Sep 13, 2015 (Posted on Sep 16, 2015 9:37 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a se ...Continue Reading

  September 16, 2015 RELEASE 15-185*NASA Completes Key Milestone for Orion Spacecraft in Support of Journey to Mars* Spacesuit engineers demonstrate how four crew members would be arranged for launch inside the Orion spacecraft, using a mockup of the vehicle at Johnson Space Center. */Credits: NASA/Robert Markowitz /* NASA’s mission to send astronauts to deep space destinations where no other human has traveled has taken another important step forward with the completion of a cri ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2250 Issue Time: 2015 Sep 16 1044 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2249 Begin Time: 2015 Sep 10 1020 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6438 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