July 15, 2022 RELEASE 22-075*Registration Now Open for NASA 2022 International Space Apps Challenge* nasa_space_apps_challenge_registration_image_07142022.png Participant registration for in-person and virtual events is now open for NASA's International Space Apps Challenge. Participants can register through Oct. 2, 2022. */Credits: NASA/* The NASA International Space Apps Challenge – the world’s largest annual hackathon – returns this year with the theme “Make Space,” which emphasizes NASA’s commitment to inclu ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2022 RELEASE 22-074*NASA, SpaceX Launch Climate Science Research, More to Space Station* spacex_crs-25_launch.png A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022, with a Cargo Dragon spacecraft aboard for SpaceX's 25th resupply mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA TV/* A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 5,800 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo is on its way to the International Space Sta ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jul 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 196 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jul 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3053 N16W48 136 0270 Eki 12 14 Beta 3055 S21W30 119 0860 Eki 12 24 Beta 3056 S17E12 ...Continue Reading

Thursday, July 14, 2022 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the GHRSST Level-4 MW-OI and MW-IR-OI Sea Surface Temperature (SST) v5.1 datasets produced by the Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS). This release consists of two datasets: MW_IR_OI-REMSS-L4-GLOB-v5.1 and MW_OI-REMSS-L4-GLOB-v5.1. The v5.1 data is updated from the previous v5.0 (DOI: 10.5067/GHMWI-4FR05 and 10.5067/GHMWO-4FR05) with extensive algorithm improvements and upgrades. The updates include: updating sensor inputs from recent satell ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jul 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 195 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jul 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3053 N15W34 135 0280 Eko 14 19 Beta 3055 S17W21 122 0820 Eki 13 27 Beta 3056 S17E23 ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2022 RELEASE 22-072*NASA Administrator Joins President Biden’s Cancer Cabinet* nelson_columbia_image.jpg U.S. Representative Bill Nelson (now NASA administrator), STS-61C payload specialist, prepares to photograph individual samples in the Handheld Protein Crystal Growth Experiment (HPCG) on space shuttle Columbia's middeck. The operations involve the use of four pieces of equipment to attempt the growth of 60 different types of crystals -- 12 by means of dialysis and 48 via the vapor diffusion metho ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2022 RELEASE 22-073*Decade of Excellence: NASA Named Best Place to Work 10th Year in a Row* best_places_to_work_image.jpeg NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate, Kathy Lueders, accepts the Partnership for Public Service’s award that ranked NASA the Best Place to Work in the Federal Government among large agencies in 2021 during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on July 13, 2022. */Credits: NASA/* For the 10th consecutive year, the Partnership for Public Service ha ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jul 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 194 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jul 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3052 N15W43 157 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 3053 N15W19 133 0250 Eki 13 23 Beta 3055 S16W09 ...Continue Reading

July 12, 2022 Weekly News Latest Images of the Day Lena River Sedimentation Over the last 7,000 years, the Lena River—which moves millions of tons of sediment a year—has constructed the Arctic Ocean's largest delta. Lake Evaporation on the Rise The amount of water evaporating from lakes worldwide is significantly more than previously thought, and reservoirs may play an outsized ro ...Continue Reading

July 12, 2022 RELEASE 22-071*NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe* web_first_images_release.png This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. */Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI/* Learn more about this image. Lee ...Continue Reading