July 18, 2017 RELEASE J17-009*Astronaut William McArthur Retires from NASA* After almost three decades of service to the agency, veteran NASA astronaut William McArthur has retired from NASA. His last day with the agency was June 24. “We will greatly miss Bill’s excellent leadership at NASA, and we’ve been the fortunate recipient of his many years of dedicated service to America’s space agency,” said Ellen Ochoa, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. “Bill and I were part of the same astronaut cla ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2613 Issue Time: 2017 Jul 18 0521 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2612 Begin Time: 2017 Jul 17 0325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 12226 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 Su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 199 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2665 S06W86 115 0450 Cho 05 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 17/ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES AT MOUNT VESUVIUS In early July, 2017, wildfires began burning the forests surrounding Italy's Mount Vesuvius. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90578&src=nha *** Image from Jul 09, 2017 (Posted on Jul 16, 2017 12:00 AM) -- SEA AND LAKE ICE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- RIFT AND CALVING AT LARSEN C ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES AT MOUNT VESUVIUS In early July, 2017, wildfires began burning the forests surrounding Italy's Mount Vesuvius. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90578&src=nha *** Image from Jul 09, 2017 (Posted on Jul 16, 2017 12:00 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2612 Issue Time: 2017 Jul 17 0342 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2017 Jul 17 0325 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

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-29 2017 July 16 at 6:33 p.m. MDT (2017 July 17 0033 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 10-16 An R1 (Minor) Radio Blackout was observed on 14 July from active Region 2665. This event produced an Earth-directed CME. An S1 (Minor) Solar Radiation Storm was observed on 14 - 15 July due to the R1 Radio Blackout from 14 July. G1 (Minor) and G2 (Moderate) Ge ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 198 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2665 S06W70 113 0340 Dko 10 05 Beta 2666 N15W56 099 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 197 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2665 S05W57 113 0380 Dki 10 12 Beta 2666 N13W47 103 0010 Axx 02 02 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 196 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2665 S06W43 113 0460 Ekc 11 18 Beta 2666 N12W32 102 0020 Bxo 07 09 Beta 2667 N12W85 ...Continue Reading