Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #16-11 2016 March 13 at 10:43 p.m. MDT (2016 March 14 0443 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 7-13 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 07 March and G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storms were observed on 11 March in response to coronal hole effects. No other space weather storms were observed. Outlook For March 14-20 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic st ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 14 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 74 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2513 N09W72 105 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2519 N05E26 007 0080 Cso 11 05 Beta 2521 N20E04 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 13 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 73 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2513 N10W57 103 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2519 N05E39 007 0080 Cso 07 04 Beta 2520 N04E17 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 12 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 72 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2511 N02W79 138 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 2513 N10W44 103 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2518 N04W54 ...Continue Reading

March 11, 2016 RELEASE 16-030*NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to Astronaut Scott Kelly* Scott Kelly speaks to family, friends and NASA officials after arriving in Houston. Kelly was greeted upon arrival on U.S. soil by Dr. Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States, Mark Kelly, former astronaut and Scott's twin brother, Dr. John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, and Ellen Ochoa, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. */Credits: ...Continue Reading

March 11, 2016 RELEASE 16-029*Astronaut Scott Kelly to Retire from NASA in April*  NASA astronaut Scott Kelly inside the cupola of the International Space Station, a special module that provides a 360-degree viewing of the Earth and the station. Kelly will return to Earth on March 1, marking completion of a 340-day mission in space. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut and one-year crew member Scott Kelly will retire from the agency, effective April 1. Kelly joined the astronaut corps in 1996 and currently ...Continue Reading

March 11, 2016 RELEASE 16-029*Astronaut Scott Kelly to Retire from NASA in April*  NASA astronaut Scott Kelly inside the cupola of the International Space Station, a special module that provides a 360-degree viewing of the Earth and the station. Kelly will return to Earth on March 1, marking completion of a 340-day mission in space. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut and one-year crew member Scott Kelly will retire from the agency, effective April 1. Kelly joined the astronaut corps in 1996 and currently ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Mar 11 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 71 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Mar 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2511 N03W66 138 0020 Hrx 01 02 Alpha 2512 N12W83 155 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2513 N10W31 ...Continue Reading

March 10, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-026*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Record-Breaking U.S. Astronaut* Expedition 47 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, and cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexei Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos pose for a photograph before their Soyuz qualification exams Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls /* On a second American record-breaking mission for 2016, NASA astronaut Jeff W ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SOLAR ECLIPSE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC NASA satellites and sensors acquired a unique view of a total solar eclipse over tropical Asia and Oceania. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87675&src=nha *** Image from Mar 09, 2016 (Posted on Mar 10, 2016 9:16 AM) ------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading