NASA News   RELEASE 25-018 FEB 24, 2025 NASA Names Acting Associate Administrator, More Leadership Changes   NASA logo. Credit: NASA NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro announced Monday Vanessa Wyche will serve as the acting associate administrator for the agency at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective immediately. Wyche, who had been the director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, is detailed as Petro’s senior advisor leading the agency’s center directors and mission directora ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Feb 24 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 55 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Feb 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3991 S09W85 171 0010 Cro 04 03 Beta 3993 N15W58 144 0180 Hsx 03 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Feb 23 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 54 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Feb 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3990 S09W91 190 0120 Cso 03 02 Beta 3991 S13W78 176 0010 Axx 05 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Feb 22 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 53 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Feb 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3989 N19W93 205 0250 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 3990 S09W78 190 0120 Cso 0 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C25-005 FEB. 21, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract Credit: NASA NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed price launch service task order is being awarded under the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity NASA Launch Se ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-025 FEB. 21, 2025 SCIENCE NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch Caption: The Intuitive Machines lunar lander that will deliver NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign is encapsulated in the fairing of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: Spac ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C25-004 FEB. 21, 2025 EARTH & CLIMATE NASA Awards Delivery Order for NOAA’s Space Weather Program Credit: NASA NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. of Boulder, Colorado, to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. The award made under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract, has ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Feb 21 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 52 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Feb 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3989 N19W79 204 0250 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 3990 S09W64 189 0250 Cko 0 ...Continue Reading

February 20, 2025 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past Dayview archive of natural events River of Fire on Mount Etna Lava coursed down the snowy slopes of Europe's tallest volcano in February 2025. (Feb 19, 2025) NASA | 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771 Unsubscribe nasa_reports@aus-city.com Update Profile | ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-023 FEB. 20, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Invites Media to Simulated Mars Habitat Before Next Mission The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) team hosts a Media Day at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on April 11, 2023. Credit: NASA Media are invited to visit NASA’s simulated Mars habitat on Monday, March 10, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulation will help prepare humanity for future missions to the Red Planet.   ...Continue Reading