December 21, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-186*NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Commercial Crew Space Station Launch* space_x_crew_6.jpg (Aug. 11, 2022) --- The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-6 mission pose for a photo in their spacesuits during a training session at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg, Commander Stephen Bowen, and Mission Specialist Sultan Al Neyadi. */Credits: SpaceX/* Me ...Continue Reading

December 21, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-187*NASA to Host Media Briefing on Space Station Spacecraft Leak Probe* soyuz_leak_briefing_advisory.jpg (Dec. 3, 2022) --- The International Space Station was orbiting 271 miles above the southern Pacific Ocean when NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada captured this photograph of the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module, the Prichal docking module, and the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship during a spacewalk. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will host a media telec ...Continue Reading

December 21, 2022 RELEASE 22-134*NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science* insight.jpg An image of the final selfie taken by NASA's InSight Mars lander on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander is covered with far more dust than it was in its first selfie, taken in December 2018, not long after landing – or in its second selfie, composed of images taken in March and April 2019. Because InSight's dusty solar panels are producing less power, the team w ...Continue Reading

December 20, 2022 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Snow Day in Delmarva The Mid-Atlantic coast occasionally sees snow, but rain has become increasingly common over time. Malta's Landscape of Limestone The abundant stone has been a construction resource for many millennia, shaping everything from prehistoric temples to modern-day housing. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Dec 21 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 355 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Dec 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3163 S19W66 216 0380 Eki 11 10 Beta 3166 S08W78 228 0120 Dao 07 04 Beta 3167 N20W91 ...Continue Reading

December 20, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-033*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Sentinel-6B Mission * nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6B mission. Sentinel-6B will continue the long-term global sea level data record begun in 1992 by Topex/Poseidon followed by Jason 1, 2, 3, and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. The mission is a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Dec 20 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 354 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Dec 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3162 S14W76 239 0010 Axx 02 03 Alpha 3163 S19W52 215 0350 Eko 12 14 Beta 3166 S07W64 ...Continue Reading

December 19, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-185*NASA to Air Live Coverage of US Spacewalk for Solar Array Installation* cassada_rides_the_robotic_arm.jpg NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada is photographed on Dec. 3, holding a roll-out solar array as he rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm toward the Starboard-4 truss segment installation site. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk on Wednesday, Dec. 21, to install a rollout solar array to ...Continue Reading

December 19, 2022 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past 7 Daysview archive of natural events Sizing up Mauna Loa's Lava Flows Airborne mapping of the thickness of the lava flows helped scientists calculate that 230 million cubic meters of molton rock poured from the volcano during the two-week eruption. (Dec 16, 2022) Winter Sandstorm in China ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #22-49 2022 December 18 at 6:42 p.m. MST (2022 December 19 0142 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 12-18 R2 (Moderate) events were observed on 14-15 Dec. R1 (Minor) events were observed on 14-17 Dec. No other space weather storms were observed. Outlook For December 19-25 G1 (Minor) storms are likely on 21 Dec. No other space weather storms are ...Continue Reading