:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 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 264 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2415 S19W56 235 0240 Eac 13 12 Beta-Gamma 2418 S15W21 200 0210 Cao 06 05 Beta 2419 N12 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 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 263 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2415 S19W41 233 0240 Eac 12 19 Beta-Gamma 2418 S14W07 199 0230 Cho 07 06 Beta 2419 N13 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 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 262 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2415 S19W29 235 0190 Eac 12 19 Beta-Gamma 2418 S14E05 201 0230 Cho 06 05 Beta 2419 N12 ...Continue Reading

September 18, 2015 This week, Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) users received an email invitation from CFI Group on behalf of NASA (surveyhelp@cfigroup.com). This message will ask you to participate in a web-based survey of NASA Earth Science data and services. PO.DAAC is one of twelve NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data centers evaluated by this survey. The purpose of this survey is to help PO.DAAC asses ...Continue Reading

September 18, 2015 RELEASE 15-189*NASA Seeks Big Ideas from Students for Inflatable Heat Shield Technology * Artist's rendering of a hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator technology concept. */Credits: NASA/* *//* NASA is giving university and college students an opportunity to be part of the agency’s journey to Mars with the Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge. NASA’s Game Changing Development Program (GCD), managed by the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorat ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2252 Issue Time: 2015 Sep 18 0551 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2251 Begin Time: 2015 Sep 10 1020 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6939 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 Sep 18 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 261 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2415 S20W16 235 0230 Eac 11 30 Beta-Gamma 2418 S14E19 200 0210 Cso 07 04 Beta 2419 N12 ...Continue Reading

Listserv readers:             Brian Jirout will be giving a talk related to the early history of Landsat at the National Museum of American History next Tuesday at 4 pm that may well interest those of you in the Washington area.  A flyer for his talk is attached.             Separately, students are encouraged to submit essays for the Sacknoff prize sponsored by /Quest:  The History of Spaceflight Qu ...Continue Reading

September 17, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-142*News Conference Features Next Space Station Crew, Interview Opportunities*  NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, Expedition 46 flight engineer and Expedition 47 commander, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Timothy Peake, Expedition 46/47 flight engineer, participate in a routine operations training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. */Credits: NASA/James Blair/* NASA will h ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2251 Issue Time: 2015 Sep 17 0948 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2250 Begin Time: 2015 Sep 10 1020 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8046 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