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NASA Selects Ball Aerospace for ECCCO Mission Concept Study

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Monday, December 18, 2023
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If the mission moves forward, Ball Aerospace will design and build the spacecraft in addition to leading integration and environmental testing.

Key Points: 
  • If the mission moves forward, Ball Aerospace will design and build the spacecraft in addition to leading integration and environmental testing.
  • In addition to ECCCO, Ball Aerospace was also selected to conduct a concept study for NASA's Chromospheric Magnetism Explorer (CMEx) mission, which seeks to determine the influence of the sun's magnetic field on eruption events.
  • If NASA chooses to pursue either project after the studies, they would join the administration's heliophysics mission fleet .
  • Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, Ball Aerospace pioneers discoveries that enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.

NASA Selects Four Small Explorer Mission Concept Studies

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Friday, September 29, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has selected four small explorer missions to conduct concept studies.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has selected four small explorer missions to conduct concept studies.
  • "These four mission concept studies were selected because they address compelling science questions and could greatly impact the field of heliophysics," said Nicky Fox, the associate administrator for science at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
  • The principal investigator for the CINEMA mission concept study is Robyn Millan from Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire.
  • "These mission concept study selections provide so much promise to ongoing heliophysics research," said Peg Luce, acting Heliophysics division director at NASA Headquarters.

World Petroleum Congress Offers NetZero Peak Oil Reality Check on 'Climate Denialism' says Friends of Science

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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CALGARY, Ala., Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As reported by the Calgary Herald, Sept. 18, 2023, opening remarks by Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, pushing for fossil fuel phase out to stop climate change, was met with fierce rejection by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, says Friends of Science.

Key Points: 
  • Lyman's most recent report, " Let's Not Pursue "Peak Oil" – The Risks to Society of a Global Oil Shortfall Due to Climate Fear " addresses another popular topic at the World Petroleum Congress.
  • Only 7% of those polled are concerned about climate change, as discussed in this video explainer by Friends of Science Society.
  • Minister Wilkinson's push for NetZero is "Magical Thinking " that will not stop climate change, says Friends of Science Society.
  • It will cost Canada trillions of dollars, according to a Friends of Science assessment of the under-estimated Royal Bank Transition plan .

NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Coronagraph Instrument Phase A Study

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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GREENBELT, Md., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected five firms for the Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 Series (L1 Series) Coronagraph (COR) Phase A Study.

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  • GREENBELT, Md., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected five firms for the Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 Series (L1 Series) Coronagraph (COR) Phase A Study.
  • The principal purpose of these contracts is to provide a definition-phase study of a L1 Series COR instrument.
  • The COR instrument will provide Coronal imagery of the Sun for detection and characterization of the Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections.
  • NOAA funds, operates, and manages the mission and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the acquisition of the Phase A Formulation contracts.

New Research Suggests that Jets and Coronal Mass Ejections May be the Beginning and End of a Solar Eruption Continuum

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Monday, June 7, 2021
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Solar eruptions are commonly categorized as jets or coronal mass ejections, also known as CMEs.

Key Points: 
  • Solar eruptions are commonly categorized as jets or coronal mass ejections, also known as CMEs.
  • The research, presented at the virtual American Astronomical Society meeting in June 2021, shows that these two eruption types may simply be two ends of an eruption continuum.
  • Often, the seeds of a solar eruption are sown days or weeks in advance, when two oppositely-charged magnetic fields begin moving away from each other.
  • Because this stretching leaves the field lines largely horizontal, they often fill with cool plasma, and become known as solar prominences.

Solar Cycle 25 Is Here. NASA, NOAA Scientists Explain What That Means

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020
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The Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel, an international group of experts co-sponsored by NASA and NOAA, announced that solar minimum occurred in December 2019 , marking the start of a new solar cycle.

Key Points: 
  • The Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel, an international group of experts co-sponsored by NASA and NOAA, announced that solar minimum occurred in December 2019 , marking the start of a new solar cycle.
  • Scientists use sunspots to track solar cycle progress ; the dark blotches on the Sun are associated with solar activity, often as the origins for giant explosions such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections which can spew light, energy, and solar material into space.
  • Doug Biesecker, panel co-chair and solar physicist at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center( SWPC ) in Boulder, Colorado, said Solar Cycle 25 is anticipated to be as strong as the last solar cycle, which was a below-average cycle, but not without risk.
  • "Just because it's a below-average solar cycle, doesn't mean there is no risk of extreme space weather," Biesecker said.

NASA Awards NOAA's Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS)

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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GREENBELT, Md., July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has awarded the Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS) contract to South West Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas.

Key Points: 
  • GREENBELT, Md., July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has awarded the Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS) contract to South West Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas.
  • The principal purpose of this requirement within the Space Weather Follow On (SWFO) Project is to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, calibrate, evaluate, and support launch and on-orbit check-out of the Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS) instrument as part of the SWFO-L1 Observatory.
  • SWFO-L1 will provide NOAA with the continuity of solar wind data and coronal mass ejection imagery, the National Weather Service's highest priority for space weather observations.
  • NASA is the program's flight system procurement agent, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is the lead for this acquisition.

EMP Shield LLC Develops the "World's First Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Whole Home Defence Technology"

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Friday, September 13, 2019
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EMP Shield is an EMP protection technology that has been built to surpass military standards MIL-STD-188-125-1, MIL-STD-464C, and MIL-STD-461G.

Key Points: 
  • EMP Shield is an EMP protection technology that has been built to surpass military standards MIL-STD-188-125-1, MIL-STD-464C, and MIL-STD-461G.
  • EMP Shield has changed this narrative with the introduction of their Home and Vehicle EMP Protection Devices.
  • The EMP Shield is designed to protect an entire home from lightning, solar flares (coronal mass ejection), power surges, and an EMP (electromagnetic pulse).
  • Some best-selling products from EMP Shield include the Vehicle EMP Protection 12 Volt DC model for vehicles of all types, the Home EMP Protection model for homes up to 10,000 square feet, the EMP Shield Portable for RV's, and the Ham Radio EMP Shield.