:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 16 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 259 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2414 S10W75 320 0170 Eso 11 04 Beta 2415 S22E14 231 0150 Cai 09 16 Beta-Gamma 2418 S15 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 September 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86607&src=eoa-iotd * The World's Largest Urban Area http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86603&src=eoa-iotd * Center Pivot Systems, Bahia State http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86600&src=eoa-iotd * Partial Ope ...Continue Reading

  September 15, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-138*NASA to Hold Teleconference to Discuss Orion Spacecraft Progress* NASA officials will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 16 to discuss the agency’s progress on the Orion spacecraft, which will carry humans on missions into deep space. Participants in the teleconference will be Robert Lightfoot, NASA associate administrator, and William Gerstenmaier, the agency’s associate administrator for Human Exploration a ...Continue Reading

  September 15, 2015 RELEASE 15-188*Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn's Moon Enceladus* Illustration of the interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus showing a global liquid water ocean between its rocky core and icy crust. Thickness of layers shown here is not to scale. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA's Cassini mission. Researchers found the magnitude of ...Continue Reading

  September 15, 2015 RELEASE 15-187*Arctic Sea Ice Summertime Minimum Is Fourth Lowest on Record* According to a NASA analysis of satellite data, the 2015 Arctic sea ice minimum extent is the fourth lowest on record since observations from space began.  The 2015 Arctic sea ice summertime minimum is 699,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average, shown here as a gold line. */Credits: NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio/* The analysis by NASA and the NASA-supported N ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2249 Issue Time: 2015 Sep 15 1031 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2248 Begin Time: 2015 Sep 10 1020 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7602 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 15 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 258 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2414 S10W61 319 0170 Eso 11 05 Beta 2415 S22E28 230 0150 Cai 09 16 Beta-Gamma 2418 S15 ...Continue Reading

  September 14, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-141*USAID, NASA Officials and Astronauts Discuss Connecting Space to Village* USAID will host a town hall from 10 to 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 17 to discuss its partnership with NASA to use space data to help international development efforts around the world. The event will be held in Washington in the amphitheater of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW. Through the SERVIR partnership, USAID and NAS ...Continue Reading

  September 14, 2015 RELEASE 15-186*NASA, Honeywell Bring Hip-Hop Education Show to 10 Midwest States* NASA and Honeywell are starting the 11th year of their "FMA Live! Forces in Motion" show with a fall 2015 tour designed to ignite students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). FMA Live! is a high-energy, live stage show that features actors, hip-hop dance, music videos, interactive scientific demonstrations and video interviews with NASA scientists to tea ...Continue Reading

  September 14, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-135*NASA, U.S. Senate Welcome Robot Challenge Winners to Washington* West Virginia University robotics team The Mountaineers was the only team to complete level two of NASA's 2015 Sample Return Robot Challenge. During this phase of the competition, teams were required to demonstrate autonomous robots that can locate and collect samples from a wide and varied terrain, operating without human control. */Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky /* The West Virginia ...Continue Reading