:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Feb 09 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 40 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Feb 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3571 S19W28 102 0080 Hax 02 02 Alpha 3572 S12W74 148 0020 Hsx 0 ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Inaugural Grants to Support Emerging Research Institutions *FEB 08, 2024* *RELEASE **24-023* NASA NASA has awarded $3.7 million to 11 teams to support new collaborations between the agency and United States institutions not historically part of the agency’s research enterprise. These are the first awards given through a new program from the agency’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the science and engineering communities, as well as NASA’s w ...Continue Reading

Feb. 8, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-021*** ** *NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere*** * * NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:33 a.m. EST, Feb. 8, 2024, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. From its orbit hundreds of miles above Earth, PACE will study microscopic life in the oceans and microscopic particles in the atmosphere to investigate key mysteries of our planet’s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Feb 08 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 39 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Feb 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3564 S13W83 170 0040 Cao 04 03 Beta 3565 N05W68 155 0010 Bxo 05 ...Continue Reading

Feb 7, 2024 From Feb. 06, 2024, both NOAA N20-VIIRS L2P/L3U SST datasets are paused to delivery due to the L1B error. NOAA SDR team has discovered that the data quality flags at pixel level were erroneously labeled. The investigation is on-going. No new data will be released until the issue is resolved. Comments/Questions? Please contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov or visit the PO.DAAC on Earthdata Forum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- User Services Offic ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX, Intuitive Machines First Moon Mission *FEB 07, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-023* The Nova-C lunar lander is encapsulated within the fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for launch, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. SpaceX As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 12:57 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, for a Falcon 9 launch of Intuitive ...Continue Reading

Feb. 7, 2024 *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-006* *NASA Selects Agencywide Acquisition Support Services Contractor*** * * **** * * NASA has selected 8(a) vendor Seventh Sense Consulting LLC of Woodbridge, Virginia, to provide acquisition support services for non-inherently governmental functions across the agency.   The contractor will provide services agencywide, including document development support, procurement administrative services, acquisition policy support, procurement operations support, procur ...Continue Reading

New Artemis Generation Astronauts to Graduate, NASA Sets Coverage *FEB 07, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-021* NASA’s astronaut candidate class is pictured at an event near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Dec. 7, 2021. NASA will honor the next generation of Artemis astronaut candidates to graduate at 10:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, March 5, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. After completing more than two years of basic training, these candidates will earn their wings and become eligible for spaceflight, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Feb 07 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 38 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Feb 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3564 S13W72 172 0030 Cao 04 03 Beta 3565 N05W57 157 0010 Bxo 05 ...Continue Reading

February 6, 2024 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Solar and Batteries Go Big in the Desert A chart-topping solar-plus-storage project in the Mojave became fully operational in January 2024. Fires Rage in Central Chile Fueled by a summer heatwave, the blazes scorched entire neighborhoods in the city of Viña del Mar. Greenland' ...Continue Reading