NASA Identifies Candidate Regions for Landing Next Americans on Moon

Friday, 19 August 2022

As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon under Artemis, the agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar South Pole.

25.04.2024 at 11:25:04 UTC

Type	Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27
Active	35%	35%	35%
Minor	30%	25%	25%
Moderate	15%	15%	15%
Strong	1%	1%	1%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT	3.00	4.33	3.67
03-06UT	2.67	4.00	3.33
06-09UT	3.67	3.33	2.00
09-12UT	4.33	3.00	3.00
12-15UT	3.67	2.67	2.67
15-18UT	3.33	2.67	3.00
18-21UT	2.67	2.00	3.00
21-00UT	4.00	3.33	3.33
Solar Activity
Solar activity was at high levels. Region 3638 (S17W74, Cai/beta) produced the strongest flare of the period, an M2.0 flare (R1-Minor) at 24/2259 UTC. AR 3638 also produced a C9.4 flare at 24/1410 that had associated Type IV and Type II radio sweeps (est. 800 km/s initially reported, but revised down to 379 km/s in the final report) as well as a faint CME off the SW in C2 coronagraph imagery beginning at 24/1436 UTC. Analysis and modeling of the event determined the CME to be ahead and south of Earths orbit.
Solar Wind
Solar wind conditions reflected nominal conditions. Total magnetic field strength was at or below 5 nT. Solar wind speeds were mostly between ~350-400 km/s. Phi angle transitioned from negative to positive between 24/0615-1530 UTC.
Energetic Particle
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux was peaked near high levels but remained moderate, and the greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at background levels.