July 27, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-115*NASA Astronauts Speak with Ohio Summer Camp Students from Space Station*  NASA astronaut Scott Kelly works with the Space Aging investigation on the International Space Station. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency investigation uses small roundworms raised in space to compare how cells age in microgravity to how they age on Earth. */Credits: NASA/*  Expedition 44 flight engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA (center) waves farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-17M ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- NORTHWEST FIRES IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES In 2015, some forests in North America faced unusually severe outbreaks of fire. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86289&src=nha *** Image from Jul 23, 2015 (Posted on Jul 24, 2015 12:24 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- ACTIVITY ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-30 2015 July 26 at 7:20 p.m. MDT (2015 July 27 0120 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 20-26 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 23 July. No R1 (Minor) or greater radio blackouts were observed. No S1 (Minor) or greater solar radiation storms were observed. Outlook For July 27-August 2 No G1 (Minor) or greater geomagnetic storms ar ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jul 27 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 208 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jul 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2389 S11E35 164 0060 Cai 07 08 Beta-Gamma 2390 S15E01 198 0130 Dac 07 10 Beta-Gamma IA ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2219 Issue Time: 2015 Jul 26 1850 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2015 Jul 26 1835 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jul 26 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 207 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Jul 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2389 S11E48 164 0080 Dai 08 11 Beta-Gamma 2390 S15E13 199 0050 Dai 06 10 Beta IA. H-al ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 714 2015 Jul 25 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 44 began at 1020 UTC Jun 11 with Commander Gennadiy Padalka and flight engineers Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly. Progress M-28M was launched successfully on Jul 3, carrying critical supplies for the ISS. It docked with the Pirs module at 0711 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jul 25 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 206 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Jul 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2386 N09W87 313 0020 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2387 N17W48 274 0010 Bxo 08 05 Beta 2389 S11E62 ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2015 New Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P and Level 3U v2.4 datasets produced by the NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite are now available. The L2P v2.4 dataset has number of improvements over L2P v2.3 including destriping, new capability for handling the terrain-corrected geo-location, de-bias against insitu SST and cloud mask ad ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2015 RELEASE 15-158*NASA’s New Horizons Team Finds Haze, Flowing Ice on Pluto* Pluto sends a breathtaking farewell to New Horizons. Backlit by the sun, Pluto’s atmosphere rings its silhouette like a luminous halo in this image taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft around midnight EDT on July 15. This global portrait of the atmosphere was captured when the spacecraft was about 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers) from Pluto and shows structures as small as 12 miles across. The image, delivered to ...Continue Reading