July 28, 2023 *NASA Astronaut Andrew Jay (Drew) Feustel to Leave NASA *drew_feustel_retirement_pic.jpgNASA Astronaut Drew Feustel*/Credits: NASA/*RELEASE: J23-004NASA Astronaut Andrew Jay (Drew) Feustel to Leave NASANASA astronaut and geophysicist Drew Feustel, a veteran of three space missions and nine spacewalks, who also held key leadership positions within the Astronaut Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, is retiring from the agency after 23 years. His last da ...Continue Reading

 July 27, 2023 RELEASE 23-083*NASA Welcomes Argentina as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory*microsoftteams-image_8.pngArgentina’s Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister Daniel Filmus signs the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires on July 27, 2023, as Argentina President Alberto Fernández (left), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (middle), and U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Mark Stanley (right) look on. Argentina became the ...Continue Reading

 July 28, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-095*NASA Invites Media to See Recovery Craft for Artemis Moon Mission*ksc-20230725-ph-fmx01_0003orig.jpgAboard the USS John P. Murtha, NASA and Department of Defense personnel practice recovery operations for Artemis II in July. A crew module test article is used to help verify the recovery team will be ready to recovery the Artemis II crew and the Orion spacecraft.*/Credits: NASA/Frank Michaux/*Media are invited to see the new test version of NASAâ€&# ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Jul 28 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 209 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Jul 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3376 N22W96 235 0140 Dao 08 05 Beta 3377 S09W62 201 0220 Dso 0 ...Continue Reading

Thursday, July 27, 2023The S-NPP products (including PO.DAAC VIIRS SST datasets) have been temporarily stopped due to a satellite anomaly starting on 01:56:11 UTC, July 26, 2023. Currently, the satellite is in non-nominal state and the length of outage remains unclear. Unfortunately, all missing data will not be recoverable. Comments/Questions? Please contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov or visit the PO.DAAC on Earthdata Forum. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Thursday, July 27, 2023The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the July 31 release of reprocessed Level 1A (L1A), Level 1B (L1B), and Level 2 (L2) altimetry data from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich/Jason CS radar altimeter mission. This mission aims to provide high-precision measurements of global sea-level that build upon the extensive record of observations from the previous Jason series altimetry missions. Datasets in this release were processed with the latest Sentinel-6 processing baseline (F08), which has been in ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Jul 27 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 208 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jul 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3376 N23W82 234 0120 Dao 06 07 Beta 3377 S09W49 201 0230 Dao 0 ...Continue Reading

July 26, 2023 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past Dayview archive of natural events Fires Ignite on Greek Islands Wildfires broke out on Rhodes and other islands amid record heat, forcing thousands to evacuate. (Jul 25, 2023) NASA | 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771 Unsubscribe nasa_reports@aus-city.com Update Profile | ...Continue Reading

 July 26, 2023 RELEASE 23-081*NASA Awards $14 Million to Universities for Supportive STEM Efforts*52785010548_9b628b9ec6_o.jpgHoward University student Miles Phillips gives NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins a demonstration of his work with lasers during a tour of the Nuclear and Particle Physics Detector Laboratory at Howard University in Washington.*/Credits: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani/*NASA is investing more than $14 million in 19 U.S. colleges and universities to grow their STEM capacity to participat ...Continue Reading

 July 26, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-093*NASA, DARPA Experts to Discuss Nuclear Rocket Program Developments*draco-4-darpa-nasa-ussf-caption_2.jpgArtist concept of Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft, which will demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Nuclear thermal propulsion technology could be used for future NASA crewed missions to Mars.*/Credits: DARPA/*Experts from NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will hold a media telecon ...Continue Reading