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Weather
Earth Weather
Weather conditions on Earth affect the ability to launch and recover space vehicles travelling to and from the International Space Station.
KSC Area Weather, NASA KSC: This site conatins extsnsiev informaiton about weather conditions at the Space Shuttle launch and landing site. Included are weather reports, satellite images, and real time weather data.
current weather , NASA KSC: This site provides a 24 hour summary (form midnight to midnight) of expected weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center.
Weather, NASA Human Spaceflight: This site provides a collection of weather resources covering the launch and landing sites - both those in the US and contingency sites in Spain and Africa.
Shuttle Weather Launch Commit and End of Mission Landing Criteria, NASA KSC: This document was released in January 2000 and describes the launch weather guidelines involving the Space Shuttle and expendable rockets at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
The Spaceflight Meteorology Group Shuttle Weather Information, SMG/NOAA: This NOAA website provides weather forcasts, satellite imagery, and other data for shuttle launch and landing sites - including the transatlantic abort sites.
National Weather Service/NASA Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG), NOAA: SMG provides unique world-class weather support to the US Human Spaceflight effort by: 1) providing weather forecasts and briefings
to NASA personnel; 2) providing pre and post spaceflight weather analyses and documentation; 3) advising the JSC community of adverse weather impacting the JSC complex;
4) serving as meteorological consultants to the JSC community for current and future spaceflight endeavors; 5) developing tools and techniques to enhance SMG's weather
support and to improve the science of meteorology.
USAF 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB): this website provide weather forcasts, imagery, and current weather conditions for Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force station in support of launch operations at both facilities.
Space Weather
Weather conditions in space, such as those resulting from solar flares, affect the ability of spacecraft to operate in space and can pose health risks to astronauts.
Check the SpaceRef Directory for an extensive collection of links to space weather resources.
Space Weather Today, University of Michigan: this site offers a wide array of satellite imagery and space weather forecasts.
Today's Space Weather, NOAA Space Environment Center: This site provides detailed technical data on activity on the sun and the ways in which this affects Earth.
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