MAG4 Research-to-Operations Timeline Employees must have significantly contributed to the human space flight program to ensure flight safety and mission success. 2011 MAG4 installed at JSC Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG) as a NRT (Near-Real-Time) forecasting tool, and SRAG began pre-operations testing 2012 NOAA web access to MAG4 NRT forecasts was provided 2013 MAG4 upgraded so that it can use a combination of free-energy proxy and previous flare activity, for better accuracy 2013 Won the Silver Snoopy Award 2015 Transition from HMI line-of-sight magnetogram to vector magnetograms 2016 MSFC Software of the Year Award, Honorable Mention for NASA’s. MAG4 Research-to-Operations Timeline 1973 The MSFC (Marshall Space Flight Center) vector magnetograph was built to support Skylab 2000-present MSFC MAG4 team uses vector magnetograms to study CME correlation with free-energy proxy 2007-12 A DOD/Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative/Neutral Atmosphere Density Interdisciplinary Research helped support funding of the basic research 2008 Partnered with JSC/SRAG (Space Radiation Analysis Group) and won an R20 NASA/Technical Excellence Initiative grant: Began building a database that grew to ~40,000 magnetograms of ~1,300 active region, covering years 1996-2004 with event catalog from SOHO/MDI (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Michelson Doppler Imager) observations 2010-present NASA’s HEOMD (Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate) support 2010 SDO is launched began transitioning from MDI to HMI line-of-sight magnetograms. 2011 MAG4 installed at SRAG a NRT (Near-Real-Time) forecasting tool, and SRAG began pre-operations testing 2012 Provided NOAA web access to MAG4 NRT forecasts 2013 MAG4 upgraded so that it can use a combination of free-energy proxy and previous flare activity 2015 Transition to HMI line-of-sight to vector magnetograms 2016-present Build up of flare and CME histories and improving MAG4 for accurate forecasting from HMI data continues