A solar space weather storm is in progress. This weekends CME has caused NOAA to issue a Strong to extreme…
Month: September 2012
CME headed for Earth from Sunspot 1577, impact 9/30/12
NOAA estimates 50 percent chance of Earth impact. NOAA forecasters estimate a 50 percent chance the coronal mass ejection (CME) solar …
Orion Splashdown Tests Ensure Safe Landings For Astronauts
18,000-pound test article that mimics the size and weight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft crew module NASA. — The Orion program…
Spacex Falcon to launch first commercial re-supply of station October 7th.
NASA – SpaceX and NASA continue to prepare for the company’s first Commercial Resupply Services, or CRS, mission to the…
Mars Rover Opportunity Blueberry Geological Mystery
NASA — The long-lived rover Opportunity has returned an image of the Martian surface that is puzzling researchers. Spherical objects…
High School Students Send Rubber Duck Into Space
A group of middle and high school students know as Earth To Sky Calculus placed a rubber duck on at…
Angry looking sunspots make for a nasty apearing sun set to have flares and CMEs
Looking at this image of the sun from solisHE you can see significant sunspots poised to create CMEs,, and solar…
Space Shuttle Endeavour To Make Historic Final Ferry Flight
NASA — Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA’s modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will make the final ferry flight…
