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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Feb 20 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 51 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Feb 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3989 N19W65 203 0250 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 3990 S09W50 188 0250 Cko 0 ...Continue Reading

February 19, 2025 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past Dayview archive of natural events Floods Swamp Tennessee A storm system that swept through the U.S. Southeast brought damaging winds, torrential rain, and destructive flash floods to several communities in the region. (Feb 18, 2025) NASA | 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771 Unsubscribe nasa_rep ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-017 FEB 19, 2025 NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free to Retire After 30 Years Service   Official portrait of NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, taken on Nov. 22, 2024, at the agency's headquarters in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announced Wednesday his retirement, effective Saturday, Feb. 22. As associate administrator, Free has been the senior advisor to NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro and leads NASA’s 10 cente ...Continue Reading

*Tomorrow: Peter Soland’s Presentation Exploring Aviators in Latin America* *February 20 at 1pm CST*** Peter Soland* *(University of Houston—Downtown) *“A God’s Eye View: Aviators and the Re-Conquest of Latin America”* * * Brazilian flyer Alberto Santos-Dumont incarnated turn-of-the-century enthusiasm for aviation. The wealthy, stylish, thrill-seeking inventor possessed a maniacal drive to push the limits of human and ...Continue Reading

From: mailto: Jonathan's Space Report No. 842 2025 Feb 19 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Report ------------- The 2024 annual report is available at https://planet4589.org/space/papers/space24.pdf Latest corrected version is v1.4, if you downloaded an earlier version please replace it. JSR Fundraiser --------------- The JSR Fundraiser at https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Feb 19 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 50 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Feb 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3989 N19W53 205 0250 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 3990 S09W37 189 0250 Cko 1 ...Continue Reading

February 18, 2025 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Floods Swamp Tennessee A storm system that swept through the U.S. Southeast brought damaging winds, torrential rain, and destructive flash floods to several communities in the region. A Growth Spurt for Home Reef A small island in Tonga built by an underwater volcano in 2022 has grown larger. ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Briefings for Next International Space Station Crew Missions NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-024 FEB. 18, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Sets Briefings for Next International Space Station Crew Missions Official crew portrait for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. Credit: NASA NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming Expedit ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Missions Studying Cosmic Origins, Sun NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-022 FEB. 18, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Missions Studying Cosmic Origins, Sun NASA’s SPHEREx is situated on a work stand ahead of prelaunch operations at the Astrotech Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The SPHEREx space telescope will share its ride to space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA’s PUNCH mission. Credit: USSF 30th Space Wing ...Continue Reading