Mission Statement

The Moon to Mars Space Weather Analysis Office within the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) carries out human-in-the-loop real-time analysis of space weather for NASA missions and conducts activities to support research to operation to research (R2O2R) to enhance space weather knowledge and predictive capabilities for the benefit of the nation.

Our Goals

M2M-SWAO provides critical support for space exploration through these key objectives:

1

The office provides characterization and modeling of the space weather and space radiation environment to optimize safety for human and robotic space exploration activities.

2

The office generates assessments and validation of models to support their transition to operations.

3

The office engages the scientific community by providing the analysis and data collected during the real time activities.

Collaboration Highlights

The SRAG/CCMC/M2M collaboration brings together expertise across multiple NASA centers.

Integrated Solar Energetic Proton Alert/Warning System (ISEP)

A partnership between CCMC and SRAG that began in 2018 to transition research Solar Energetic Particle models to operations. The project aimed to identify, transition, and evaluate new models (R2O), to develop software tailored for SRAG.

Model Transition Process

CCMC transitions ISEP models/software to the CCMC-SRAG-M2M shared environment. M2M staff then transitions the model/software from the shared environment and maintains them within the M2M environment, serving SRAG as secondary expert support.

Real-time Analysis

The M2M team populates CCMC's DONKI and CME Scoreboard during their real-time analysis of space weather conditions, and sends real-time simulation results to CCMC's iSWA.

Model Validation

SRAG, CCMC, and M2M partner together on model validation. After a space weather event, M2M, in conjunction with SRAG and CCMC, runs an evaluation of the model output to include any forecast delays and the reasons for them.

Partners & Collaborators

M2M-SWAO works with multiple agencies and research centers to advance space weather capabilities.

NASA's Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG)

Located at Johnson Space Center, SRAG works closely with M2M on space weather assessments and the ISEP project.

Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC)

Based at Goddard Space Flight Center, CCMC collaborates with M2M on model validation, incubators, and the ISEP project.

NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

As a sister agency, NOAA SWPC coordinates with M2M through daily tagups and collaborations on scale analysis.

International Collaborators

M2M works with international partners including Air Force, Met Office, Australian Space Weather offices, and SIDC.

Activities

M2M-SWAO engages in diverse activities across agency, operational, and scientific communities.

Agency Activities
  • CCMC: Incubators, Model Validation, ISEP, DONKI
  • SRAG: Space Weather Assessments, ISEP
  • Robotic Missions: Notifications, Anomalies Evaluation & reports
  • Space Operation Center (SOC) support
  • Mars Space Weather Collaboration: implementing routines
  • Communications & Education initiatives
Operational Community
  • NOAA/SWPC: Daily tagup meetings
  • Contribution to scale analysis
  • Background collaborations with Air Force, Met Office, and Australian space weather offices
  • SIDC partnership activities
Scientific Community
  • Documenting real-time analysis of 360° space weather
  • Supporting dedicated scientific investigations
  • Serving as connectors and ambassadors from O2R
  • Contributing to briefings, conferences, and workshops