Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2201 Issue Time: 2015 Jun 26 1012 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2015 Jun 26 1005 UTC Station: GOES-13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales 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 subscription or upd ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jun 26 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 177 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Jun 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2371 N12W53 301 0580 Fkc 16 23 Beta-Gamma IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid ...Continue Reading

  June 25, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-098*NASA Invites Media, Social Media to a Space Launch System RS-25 Engine Test* Media and social media followers are invited to watch as NASA tests an RS-25 engine like those that will power the rocket that launches astronauts on missions to an asteroid and to Mars. The test will take place Thursday, August 13, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Four RS-25 engines will power the core stage of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) ...Continue Reading

June 25, 2015 Starting on 25 April 2015 (orbital rev 3333) and continuing to present day, the ISS spacecraft experienced changes in attitude in excess of the nominal spacecraft attitude for RapidScat wind retrieval in comparison to the previous portion of the mission. This presented issues with the quality of the data which prompted the RapidScat Project to issue a quarantine on all data files starting with orbital rev 3333 (25 April 2015) through 4157 (17 June 2015). For a m ...Continue Reading

Readers of this list-serv may be interested in the following upcoming award nomination deadlines next Wednesday, July 1. The AIAA Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award – see: https://www.aiaa.org/HonorsAndAwardsRecipientsList.aspx?awardId=66c8cddf-e309-45c6-bf10-b4d283c1df79  The AIAA History Manuscript Award – see: http://go.nasa.gov/1HhAVsI [*]The AAS Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History – see: http://www.astronautical.org/awards/ordway  I'll be ...Continue Reading

  June 25, 2015 RELEASE 15-139*NASA, Microsoft Collaborate to Bring Science Fiction to Science Fact* */Credits: NASA/* NASA and Microsoft are teaming up to develop Sidekick, a new project using commercial technology to empower astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Sidekick uses Microsoft HoloLens to provide virtual aid to astronauts working off the Earth, for the Earth. A pair of the devices is scheduled to launch on SpaceX’s seventh commercial resupply mission to ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2200 Issue Time: 2015 Jun 25 0835 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2199 Begin Time: 2015 Jun 24 0935 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 26376 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Se ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jun 25 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 176 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Jun 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2371 N11W40 302 0740 Fkc 16 29 Beta-Gamma IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid ...Continue Reading

  June 24, 2015 RELEASE 15-138*NASA Prepares for Future Space Exploration with International Undersea Crew * NEEMO 16 aquanauts Kimiya Yui and Tim Peake pose with their support diver and astronaut Mike Gernhardt in the DeepWorker single-person submarine. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will send an international crew to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean this summer to prepare for future deep space missions during the 14-day NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 20 expedition slated to ...Continue Reading

  June 23, 2015 RELEASE 15-108*NASA-Developed Air Traffic Management Tool Flies Into Use * NASA Future Flight Central is a national Air Traffic Control/Air Traffic Management (ATC/ATM) simulation facility. The two-story facility offers a 360-degree full-scale, real-time simulation of an airport, where controllers, pilots and airport personnel participate to optimize expansion plans, operating procedures, and evaluate new technologies. */Credits: NASA/* A new software tool developed by NAS ...Continue Reading