Funding Future Tech: NASA Names 2024 Innovative Concept Studies *JAN 04, 2024* *RELEASE 24-001* A collage of illustrations highlighting the novel concepts proposed by the 2024 NIAC Phase I awardees. Credit: clockwise, from upper right: Steven Benner, Beijia Zhang, Matthew McQuinn, Alvaro Romero-Calvo, Thomas M. Eubanks, Kenneth Carpenter, James Bickford, Alvaro Romero-Calvo, Peter Cabauy, Geoffrey Landis, Lynn Rothschild, and Ge-Cheng Zha. NASA NASA selected the 2024 Phase I awardees for its program to fu ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Public to Send Names Aboard Artemis Robotic Moon Rover *JAN 04, 2024* *RELEASE 24-003* An artist’s concept of the completed design of NASA’s VIPER, or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. VIPER will get a close-up view of the location and concentration of ice and other resources at the Moon’s South Pole, bringing us a significant step closer to NASA’s ultimate goal of a long-term presence on the Moon – making it possible to eventually explore Mars and beyond. NASA/Daniel Rutter NASA is invi ...Continue Reading

NASA History Community: We are very pleased to announce the availability of our latest NASA History Series publication, /NASA’s Discovery Program: The First Twenty Years of Competitive Planetary Exploration /(NASA SP-2023-4238).  In it, author Susan M. Niebur drew on interviews with managers, engineers, and scientists from Discovery’s early missions to take an in-depth, yet accessible, look at the management techniques in this innovative Science Mission Directorate program of robotic spacecraft.  Reflecting ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Jan 04 0104 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 4 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jan 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3534 S14W37 225 0010 Bxo 01 02 Beta 3536 N06E37 151 0250 Eko 11 ...Continue Reading

January 3, 2024 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past Dayview archive of natural events Storm Batters the United Kingdom Heavy rain overtopped the banks of the River Severn and caused travel delays. (Jan 3, 2024) NASA | 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771 Unsubscribe nasa_reports@aus-city.com Update Profile | ...Continue Reading

Jan 3, 2024 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the NOAA/STAR GHRSST Level 3S (super-collated) version 2.81 SST datasets, produced from the Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) JPSS (NPP, N20, N21), Metop-FG (Metop-A, B C) and NASA (Aqua, Terra) satellites. The L3S-LEO is a family of global multi-sensor L3S gridded 0.02º resolution SST products. The L3S-LEO-PM (afternoon orbit) SST is derived from VIIRSs flown onboard JPSS satellites (NPP, N20 and N21) and MODIS onboard Aqua, by collating individual sa ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Jan 03 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 3 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jan 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3534 S12W22 222 0010 Bxo 07 04 Beta 3535 S08W79 279 0010 Axx 02 ...Continue Reading

January 2, 2024 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Cloud Streets Over the Sea of Okhotsk Parallel rows of cumulus clouds streamed from icy domains out over open water. Snowshoe Lava Field Features in this northern British Columbia volcanic area draw their names from a few of our favorite wintry things. Sunrise from the Station ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Jan 02 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 2 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Jan 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3531 S19W94 308 0060 Hsx 10 01 Alpha 3534 S14W11 225 0010 Bxo 07 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #24-1 2023 December 31 at 6:55 p.m. MST (2024 January 1 0155 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 25-31 R1 (Minor) and R3 (Strong) solar radiation storms were observed on 31 Dec. No additional significant space weather was observed. Outlook For January 1-7 R1-R2/Minor-Moderate radiation storms are expected during the period. A chance for R ...Continue Reading