November 18, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-026*NASA Awards Contract for Liquid Helium Acquisition at Kennedy * nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has selected Air Products and Chemicals, Inc of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply 33 million liters of liquid helium to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The sole source contract includes the lease of six proprietary liquid helium pumps. The indefinite delivery requirements contract with firm-fixed price delivery orders begins Dec. 1. It includes a 23-month ...Continue Reading

November 18, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-174*Maryland, Oklahoma Students to Hear from Space Station Astronauts* mann_and_rubio_iss_image.jpg NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Frank Rubio are pictured inside the seven-window cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," while orbiting 272 miles above the south Atlantic Ocean. */Credits: NASA/* Students from Maryland and Oklahoma will have the opportunity next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The t ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 812 2022 Nov 18 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artemis I --------- The first launch of the SLS (Space Launch System) carried the Artemis I mission into space on Nov 16. The RSRMV solid rocket boosters were jettisoned 48 km in altitude and fell in the Atlantic, followed soon after by the SAJ side panels on the Orion service module and the launch adapte ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 18 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 322 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3145 N23W87 312 0040 Dao 07 03 Beta 3146 N32W21 246 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 3147 S11E57 ...Continue Reading

November 17, 2022 RELEASE 22-118*NASA, Japan Announce Gateway Contributions, Space Station Extension* nhq202211170007.jpg NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, joined by NASA Leadership, poses for photos following the signing of a Gateway implementing agreement during a virtual meeting hosted by Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Keiko Nagaoka Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber/* NASA and the Government of ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 17 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 321 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3140 N23W89 327 0550 Ehc 15 13 Beta-Gamma 3141 N14W82 320 0130 Cso 10 03 Beta 3145 N25 ...Continue Reading

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 PODAAC is pleased to announce that 11 more datasets have completed migration into our new cloud-based archive in NASA’s Earthdata Cloud, which is hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). Information and tutorials describing how to access these datasets can be found on the Cloud Data Migration Page. Users may also find the PO.DAAC Webinar (August 2021) useful as they begin their journey to using cloud-based data. Datasets listed below are now available from their new locations in the ...Continue Reading

November 15, 2022 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Arctic Cyclones to Intensify as Climate Warms Scientists project that sea ice loss and rapidly warming temperatures will cause storms in the far north to intensify by the end of this century. Snow Blankets Yosemite National Park The park and surrounding areas of the Central Sierra Nevada turned white after the ...Continue Reading

November 16, 2022 RELEASE 22-117*Liftoff! NASA’s Artemis I Mega Rocket Launches Orion to Moon* nhq202211160203.jpg NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated flight test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and ground systems. SLS and Orion laun ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 16 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 320 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3140 N25W76 326 0550 Ekc 12 13 Beta-Gamma 3141 N14W69 319 0220 Cso 13 07 Beta 3145 N25 ...Continue Reading