Real Time Space Weather Analysis Developments at NASA

As we prepare for human missions beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a combination of predictions for solar energetic particle (SEP) events and the overall solar cycle will be critical for mission success. These predictions will help to improve our understanding of the background environment that these missions will encounter outside of the Earth’s protective magnetic field and help us prepare for the quantity/frequency of solar events we could expect. The Moon to Mars (M2M) Space Weather Analysis Office located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center supports NASA’s Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG) at Johnson Space Center by providing novel capabilities to characterize the space radiation environment for the Artemis program. The team monitors space weather activity to develop, execute, and validate SEP models in real time in support of the Integrated Solar Energetic Proton Alert/Warning System (ISEP) project; a collaboration between the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC), SRAG, and M2M. The ISEP project works to identify, transition, and evaluate research solar energetic particle models that can be developed into a software tailored to SRAG operational needs. As M2M serves as a testbed and proving ground for these research models, they can transition to other operational agencies. M2M supported SRAG through the duration of the Artemis I mission with 24/7 real-time space weather analysis and support using the first iteration of these tools in collaboration with NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. We will present our team’s efforts, first round of results, and lessons learned.