Oct. 13, 2023   *RELEASE: 23-114*   *NASA�??s Psyche Spacecraft, Optical Comms Demo En Route to Asteroid*** * * A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA�??s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA�??s Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid by the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study it�??s composition. The spacecraft also carries the agency�??s Deep Space Optical Communicat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Oct 13 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 286 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Oct 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3454 S11W85 287 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 3460 S11W31 233 0120 Dao ...Continue Reading

October 12, 2023 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past Dayview archive of natural events Hurricane Lidia Lidia quickly strengthened from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane before making landfall near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. (Oct 11, 2023) NASA | 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771 Unsubscribe nasa_reports@aus-city.com ...Continue Reading

Oct. 12, 2023   *RELEASE: 23-115* Dozens of Student Teams Worldwide to Compete in NASA Rover Challenge Students from Alabama A&M University near Huntsville, Alabama, pilot their vehicle through the obstacle course at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center during NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge event on April 22, 2023. Credits: NASA NASA has selected 72 student teams to begin an engineering design challenge to build human-powered rovers that will compete next April at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in ...Continue Reading

Pardon me, here’s the corrected version with the Teams link. *From:* GARBER, Steve {he him} (HQ-NA050) *Sent:* Thursday, October 12, 2023 2:00 PM *To:* HQ-DL-History <history@lists.hq.nasa.gov> *Subject:* NASA History talk next week: NASA History Community:              Attached and below is information about an upcoming talk on a very interesting, if not well-known, story.  Please feel free to share with others who may be interested.  Thanks ...Continue Reading

NASA History Community:              Attached and below is information about an upcoming talk on a very interesting, if not well-known, story.  Please feel free to share with others who may be interested.  Thanks,              Steve *NASA History Talk:  *Maurice Zucrow and Purdue University’s Rocket Lab *Time/Date/Location:*  noon – 1 pm ET, Wednesday 18 October, virtual via MS Te ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Oct 12 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 285 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Oct 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3451 N16W86 301 0270 Eki 11 03 Beta-Gamma 3452 N09W94 309 0005 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 11, 2023 *RELEASE: 23-115* * * *NASA�??s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Water, Carbon* * * A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Sample material from asteroid Bennu can be seen on the middle right. Scientists have found evidence of both carbon and water in initial analysis of this material. The bulk of the sample is located inside. Photo: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold * * Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and bro ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2023 Oct 11 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 284 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Oct 2023 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3451 N17W75 304 0270 Eki 11 05 Beta-Gamma 3452 N09W80 308 0005 ...Continue Reading

October 10, 2023 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Warm Autumn Hues on Kodiak Island The Alaskan tundra puts on a fleeting display of color before the snows fall and bears hibernate. Lake Urmia Shrivels Again A few years after a fresh influx of water raised its levels, the large lake has nearly gone dry. Indigenous Communities Protect the Ama ...Continue Reading