:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 17 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2414 S12W84 316 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2415 S20W02 234 0190 Dac 10 20 Beta-Gamma 2418 S1 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Several fires charred forests in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in August 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86614&src=nha *** Image from Sep 13, 2015 (Posted on Sep 16, 2015 9:37 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a se ...Continue Reading

September 16, 2015 RELEASE 15-185*NASA Completes Key Milestone for Orion Spacecraft in Support of Journey to Mars* Spacesuit engineers demonstrate how four crew members would be arranged for launch inside the Orion spacecraft, using a mockup of the vehicle at Johnson Space Center. */Credits: NASA/Robert Markowitz /* NASA’s mission to send astronauts to deep space destinations where no other human has traveled has taken another important step forward with the completion of a critical milestone for the Orion ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2250 Issue Time: 2015 Sep 16 1044 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2249 Begin Time: 2015 Sep 10 1020 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6438 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 16 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 259 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2414 S10W75 320 0170 Eso 11 04 Beta 2415 S22E14 231 0150 Cai 09 16 Beta-Gamma 2418 S15 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 September 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86607&src=eoa-iotd * The World's Largest Urban Area http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86603&src=eoa-iotd * Center Pivot Systems, Bahia State http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86600&src=eoa-iotd * Partial Ope ...Continue Reading

September 15, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-138*NASA to Hold Teleconference to Discuss Orion Spacecraft Progress* NASA officials will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 16 to discuss the agency’s progress on the Orion spacecraft, which will carry humans on missions into deep space. Participants in the teleconference will be Robert Lightfoot, NASA associate administrator, and William Gerstenmaier, the agency’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations. To participate, report ...Continue Reading

September 15, 2015 RELEASE 15-188*Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn's Moon Enceladus* Illustration of the interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus showing a global liquid water ocean between its rocky core and icy crust. Thickness of layers shown here is not to scale. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA's Cassini mission. Researchers found the magnitude of the moon's very slight ...Continue Reading

September 15, 2015 RELEASE 15-187*Arctic Sea Ice Summertime Minimum Is Fourth Lowest on Record* According to a NASA analysis of satellite data, the 2015 Arctic sea ice minimum extent is the fourth lowest on record since observations from space began.  The 2015 Arctic sea ice summertime minimum is 699,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average, shown here as a gold line. */Credits: NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio/* The analysis by NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Cen ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2249 Issue Time: 2015 Sep 15 1031 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2248 Begin Time: 2015 Sep 10 1020 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7602 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