Space Weather

Kawasan tompok Matahari aktif AR2017 yang telah melepaskan suar Matahari (flare) kelas X1. Aktiviti ini telah menghasilkan gangguan radio (radio blackouts) dengan bacaan R3 (Kuat) pada jam 01:48 (9:48 pagi waktu Malaysia). Aktiviti ini dijangkakan akan berkekalan dan biasanya tidak berkaitan dengan CME (hamburan jisim korona) yang kuat dan ketara. Pihak NOAA sedang menunggu imej koronograf bagi meramalkan ribut geomagnetik akan terjadi.

[Sumber: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center & Spaceweather.com]

NASA's Flight Deck

The flight deck is where the magic happens for a crew of space explorers. It's the command center, the cockpit and the living area for astronauts during their missions. A great deal of research went into creating the flight deck for every spacecraft, from days when switches would only turn on an indicator light to the modern age of touchscreens. The Commercial Crew Program’s partners are designing their spacecraft to maximize the room the crew has in space and to optimize the information and actions they need to take during a flight. See if you can pick out which of these flight decks belong to which spacecraft. Your choices are: Apollo command module, Boeing's CST-100, Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser, SpaceX's Dragon and the space shuttle. Good luck!