May 11, 2015 RELEASE 15-089*NASA Unveils Latest Technology Roadmaps for Future Agency Needs * NASA has released the agency’s 2015 technology roadmaps laying out the promising new technologies that will help NASA achieve its aeronautics, science and human exploration missions for the next 20 years, including the agency’s journey to Mars. The agency is seeking public comment on the draft roadmaps to increase awareness, generate innovative solutions for space exploration and s ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- GORKHA EARTHQUAKE A catastrophic earthquake shook Nepal on April 25, 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85838&src=nha *** Image from Apr 30, 2015 (Posted on May 07, 2015 10:28 AM) ERUPTION OF CALBUCO VOLCANO On April 22, Calbuco Volcano in Chile erupted. * http://earthobservatory.nasa. ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-19 2015 May 10 at 11:54 p.m. MDT (2015 May 11 0554 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 4-10 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts occurred on 05-06 May due to flare activity from active sunspot Regions 2335 and 2339. An R3 (Strong) radio blackout occurred on 05 May due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 2339. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storming occurred ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 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 131 Issued at 0030Z on 11 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S15W59 197 0030 Cro 05 04 Beta 2337 S16W37 175 0030 Cso 05 04 Beta 2339 N13E08 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 10 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 130 Issued at 0030Z on 10 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S16W42 193 0040 Cao 11 08 Beta 2337 S17W23 174 0020 Cro 04 04 Beta 2338 N05W24 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 09 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 129 Issued at 0030Z on 09 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S16W31 195 0120 Eai 13 15 Beta 2336 N13W57 221 0010 Bxo 01 02 Beta 2337 S18W11 ...Continue Reading

  May 08, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-074*NASA Invites Media to Preview Day, Launch of Supersonic Vehicle Test*  NASA’s saucer-shaped experimental flight vehicle -- the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator -- is prepared for an April 2014 Range Compatibility Test at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kaua‘i, Hawaii. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* Reporters are invited to a media day Monday, June 1, at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Faci ...Continue Reading

  May 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-087*NASA Selects Advanced Space Technology Concepts for Further Study* This artist's rendering depicts 2015 NIAC Phase I Fellow Mason Peck's soft-robotic rover for planetary environments for missions that cannot be accomplished with conventional power systems. It resembles a squid, with tentacle-like structures that serve as electrodynamic 'power scavengers' to harvest power from locally changing magnetic fields. The goal is to enable amphibious exploration of gas-gi ...Continue Reading

  May 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-085*NASA’s Langley Research Center Named Vertical Flight Heritage Site*  In a ceremony held Friday, May 8, NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, was formally designated a Vertical Flight Heritage Site by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International. From left to right: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Langley Center Director Dave Bowles, AHS International Executive Director Mike Hirschberg and NASA's Aeronautics Research Mi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 08 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 128 Issued at 0030Z on 08 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S16W17 195 0180 Eac 13 27 Beta 2336 N11W44 222 0010 Axx 02 03 Alpha 2337 S18E03 ...Continue Reading