November 05, 2015 RELEASE 15-217*NASA Mission Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere * Artist’s rendering of a solar storm hitting Mars and stripping ions from the planet's upper atmosphere. */Credits: NASA/GSFC /* NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment that might have supported surface life to the cold, arid planet Mars i ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 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=86940&src=nha *** Image from Oct 19, 2015 (Posted on Nov 05, 2015 1:22 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a ser ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2267 Issue Time: 2015 Nov 05 0957 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2266 Begin Time: 2015 Nov 04 1405 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4405 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 Nov 05 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 309 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2443 N06W09 314 0370 Fkc 18 40 Beta-Delta 2445 N17W80 025 0140 Eai 12 06 Beta 2447 N03 ...Continue Reading

November 04, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-159*NASA Opens Media Accreditation for Orion Service Module Event *  Testing on the crew module adapter test article for Orion’s service module began in July 2015 at NASA's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. The adapter connects the ESA (European Space Agency) service module to the Orion crew module. A structural representation of the service module also will be tested at Plum Brook’s Space Power Facility, where it will be exposed to simulated launch and ascent acoust ...Continue Reading

November 04, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-160*Astronaut Available Today for Live Interviews to Discuss Recruitment, Training*  NASA Astronaut Anne McClain */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut Anne McClain will be available for live satellite interviews to discuss astronaut recruiting and training from 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST today from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The event will air live on NASA Television. To participate, reporters must contact Seth Marcantel at 281-792-7515 or seth.r.marcantel@nasa.gov ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2266 Issue Time: 2015 Nov 04 1420 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2015 Nov 04 1405 UTC Station: GOES-13 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 subscr ...Continue Reading

November 04, 2015 RELEASE 15-216*Be an Astronaut: NASA Seeks Explorers for Future Space Missions*In anticipation of returning human spaceflight launches to American soil, and in preparation for the agency’s journey to Mars, NASA announced it will soon begin accepting applications for the next class of astronaut candidates. With more human spacecraft in development in the United States today than at any other time in history, future astronauts will launch once again from the Space Coast of Florida on American-made ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 04 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 308 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2443 N06E03 314 0560 Fkc 17 52 Beta-Delta 2445 N16W69 026 0200 Eac 11 10 Beta-Delta 24 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (03 November 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Notes from the Field: North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/naames/?src=eoa-features Scientists are embarking on a five year air and sea investigation to understand key processes that control the ocean system, their influences on atmospheric a ...Continue Reading