The Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG) is a U.S. weather forecasting unit staffed by the National Weather Service (NWS) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which provides pertinent information on the current and expected state of the atmosphere during human spaceflight operations. It is located at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. SMG covers Space Shuttle missions^[1] and, in the future, will cover Orion missions^[2]. Broader meteorological information for the space program is provided by the 45th Weather Squadron of the U.S. Air Force.

References

• Brody, Frank C. (Sep 2000). "Operations of the National Weather Service Spaceflight Meteorology Group". Ninth Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Orlando, FL: American Meteorological Society. 
• Hoeth, Brian (Jan 2007). "Tools used by the spaceflight meteorology group to evaluate the space shuttle weather flight rules for landing forecasts". 23rd Conference on IIPS, San Antonio, TX: American Meteorological Society. 

See also

• Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)
• Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU)

External links

• Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG)
• Human Spaceflight - Weather forecasts (NASA)
• Applied Meteorology Unit (AMU)
• USE OF ARCHIVED WEATHER DATA FROM SPACEPORT FLORIDA IN SUPPORT OF SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION