Solar Wx

---

• ESA's new Head of Centre: Magali Vaissiere
• Spacewalk ends early
• Heat Wave Building Into the Ohio Valley and Eastern United States
• ESA test opens way to UK spaceplane engine investment
• Be prepared

ESA's new Head of Centre: Magali Vaissiere Posted: 16 Jul 2013 11:25 AM PDT The European Space Agency's UK facility has a new Head of Centre: Magali Vaissiere, ESA Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications. Oxfordshire-based ECSAT, the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications, was officially unveiled on 14 May, 2013, and is active in telecommunications, climate change, technology, science and integrated applications.  Integrated applications use space and terrestrial knowledge, technologies and infrastructures to spawn new, everyday benefits. Original Source

Spacewalk ends early Posted: 16 Jul 2013 11:22 AM PDT Luca Parmitano and Chris Cassidy ended their spacewalk after only 1 h 32 min. NASA's Flight Director terminated the sortie after Luca reported water in his helmet Original Source

Heat Wave Building Into the Ohio Valley and Eastern United States Posted: 16 Jul 2013 11:20 AM PDT A very anomalous weather pattern is in place over the U.S. for mid-July. Trapped between an upper level ridge centered over the Ohio Valley and the closed upper level low over the Texas/Oklahoma border, atypical hot, muggy air is stifling a broad swath of the eastern U.S. The closed low is expected to drift west toward New Mexico bringing heavy, localized rain to some areas and temperatures running 10-20 degrees below mid-July averages. Across the east, temperatures will warm well into the 90's and stay there through the week. This image was taken by the GOES East satellite at 12:45 p.m. EDT on July 15, 2013. Image Credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project Caption Credit: NOAA Original Source

ESA test opens way to UK spaceplane engine investment Posted: 16 Jul 2013 11:17 AM PDT The UK government has announced plans to invest in the development of an air-breathing rocket engine – intended for a single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane – following the ESA-managed feasibility testing of essential technology. Original Source

Be prepared Posted: 16 Jul 2013 11:15 AM PDT Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: embarking on the second EVA  Original Source

You are subscribed to email updates from Solar Wx To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610