:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Mar 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 80 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2303 N19E25 066 0110 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 2304 N16W45 136 0010 Bxo 04 05 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONE NATHAN In March 2015, tropical cyclone Nathan was on a collision course with Queensland, Australia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85560&src=nha *** Image from Mar 20, 2015 (Posted on Mar 20, 2015 11:31 AM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ERUPTION OF VILLARRIC ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2162 Issue Time: 2015 Mar 20 0501 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2161 Begin Time: 2015 Mar 18 1515 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 14939 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 Su ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 710 2015 Mar 20 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- On Mar 11 at 2244 UTC Soyuz TMA-14M undocked from the Poisk module with Expedition 42 crewmembers Aleksandr Samokutyaev, Barry Wilmore and Elena Serova. Expedition 43 then began under the command of Terry Virts, with FE-3 Anton Shkaplerov and FE-4 Samantha ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Mar 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 79 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2297 S17W88 193 0250 Cko 12 06 Beta-Gamma 2299 S04W38 143 0010 Bxo 03 02 Beta 2302 N12W ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 19, 2015 * NASA’s SOFIA Finds Missing Link Between Supernovae and Planet Formation *  SOFIA data reveal warm dust (white) surviving inside a supernova remnant. The SNR Sgr A East cloud is traced in X-rays (blue). Radio emission (red) shows expanding shock waves colliding with surrounding interstellar clouds (green).I ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2161 Issue Time: 2015 Mar 19 0538 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2160 Begin Time: 2015 Mar 18 1515 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5118 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 Mar 19 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 78 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2297 S17W77 193 0290 Ekc 12 06 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2302 N10W79 195 0080 Cai 07 09 Beta-Gamm ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 18, 2015 * NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Solar Probe Plus Mission * NASA has selected United Launch Services, LLC, of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the agency’s Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission. The SPP spacecraft will launch aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at C ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 18, 2015 * One-Year Crew Set for Launch to Space Station; NASA TV to Air Live Coverage *  The prime crew members for International Space Station Expedition 43 take a break in training for a crew portrait. From left are Flight Engineers Scott Kelly of NASA, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos. Kelly and Kornien ...Continue Reading