October 22, 2015 RELEASE 15-210*NASA Completes Critical Design Review for Space Launch System * Artist concept of the Block I configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). The SLS Program has completed its critical design review, and the program has concluded that the core stage of the rocket will remain orange along with the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter, which is the natural color of the insulation that will cover those elements. */Credits: NASA/* */Credits: NASA/MSFC /* For the first time in almos ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Oct 22 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 295 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Oct 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2434 S10W36 166 0180 Cao 04 06 Beta 2435 S15E03 127 0020 Cro 01 02 Beta 2436 N08E16 ...Continue Reading

October 21, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-154*Texas Students Talk Space with One-Year Space Station Crew* High school students from Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Early College High School in Austin, Texas, will find out what it’s like to spend a year in space when they talk to the one-year crew currently living and working on the International Space Station at 10:25 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 23. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Space station Commander Scott Kelly ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Oct 21 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 294 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Oct 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2434 S10W22 165 0210 Dai 06 14 Beta 2435 S15E17 126 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2436 N09E30 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (20 October 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/sierra_nevada.php?src=eoa-features Wet and dry years cause the snow cover to fluctuate, but the overall trend has been downward for nearly a decade. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Sierra Nevada ...Continue Reading

October 20, 2015 As of 6 October 2015 15:18 UTC and continuing to present day, there has been recurrence of the previously observed anomalous drop in the echo power signal in the receiver of approximately 20 dB. Both noise and signal power dropped but not by equal amounts. The Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) dropped by 10 dB. Corresponding with this drop in power was an increase of approximately 0.20 mA in current in the Scatterometer Electronics Subsystem (SES). Due to this anomaly ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FOREST FIRES IN SUMATRA Early September brought seasonal agricultural fires to Sumatra. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86847&src=nha *** Image from Oct 19, 2015 (Posted on Oct 19, 2015 2:38 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2265 Issue Time: 2015 Oct 20 1440 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2015 Oct 20 1425 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

October 19, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-153*NASA's First Human Landing Sites/Exploration Zones on Mars Workshop Oct. 27-30 in Houston* *//* NASA's first Landing Sites/Exploration Zones Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars will be held Oct. 27-30 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. The agency is hosting the workshop to collect proposals for locations on Mars that would be of high scientific research value while also providing natural resources to enable human explorers to land, live and wo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Oct 20 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 293 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Oct 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2431 S19W44 200 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2434 S10W08 164 0230 Dac 08 16 Beta 2435 S15E31 ...Continue Reading