Oct 15, 2026 NASA’s Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) is publicly releasing a value-added SWOT Level 2 Near Real Time GPS Nadir Altimeter Operational Geophysical Data Record (NRT GPS OGDR). The dataset produced by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, provides sea surface height, significant wave height and wind speed measurements from the Poseidon-3C nadir altimeter, a Jason-class dual frequency (Ku/C) altimeter. SWOT is a joint mission between NASA and CNES tha ...Continue Reading

Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest   October 15, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest During El Niño, a cascade of fires across the tropics begins in equatorial Asia and continues in the central and eastern Amazon.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NASAEarth ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 15 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 288 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4548 S13W79 189 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 4551 S15E07 103 0500 Eki 13 23 Beta-Gamma-Delta 4553 N06E20 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-082 OCT. 14, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA to Host News Conference Previewing US Spacewalks 100, 101 NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducts a spacewalk on Aug. 6, 2026, to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades to its power system. Credit: NASA NASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation and power augmentation of the Internation ...Continue Reading

Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast   October 14, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast Though it remained offshore, the storm lashed coastal areas with high winds and flooding—and produced remarkable rippling patterns in the upper atmosphere.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-081 OCT. 14, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Discuss Artemis Acceleration, Status of Upcoming Moon Missions As the Artemis II crew members came close to passing behind the Moon and experiencing a planned loss of signal, they captured this image of a crescent Earth setting on the Moon’s limb on April 6, 2026. The edge of the visible surface of the Moon is called the “lunar limb." Credit: NASA ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 14 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 287 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4548 S13W66 189 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 4549 N09W95 218 0180 Dao 10 08 Beta 4551 S15E21 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-088 OCT. 13, 2026 NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer NASA astronaut Christina Koch stands inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building on July 14, 2021, in front of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that ultimately powered the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I mission. Koch later served as a crew member on the Artemis II mission in 2026, and on Oct. ...Continue Reading

Discover the latest from NASA Earth Science   October 13, 2026 Weekly News   Latest Images of the Day View the Image of the Day archive An Impact Structure With Legs If the thought of extraterrestrial objects crashing into Earth weren’t creepy enough, behold Australia’s Spider Crater. Antarctic Sea Ice Grows to Its 2026 Maximum The ice reached its third-lowest maximum extent since satellite observations began. ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-087 OCT. 13, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 35th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida as part of the company’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Credit: NASA NAS ...Continue Reading