November 15, 2022 RELEASE 22-111*NASA Receives 12th Successive ‘Clean’ Financial Audit Rating* nasa_meatball_large.jpg *//* For the 12th consecutive year, NASA has received an unmodified or “clean” opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2022 financial statements. The rating is the best possible audit opinion, certifying that NASA’s financial statements conform with accepted accounting principles for federal agencies and accurately present the agency’s financial position. “Financial stewardship a ...Continue Reading

November 15, 2022 *NASA Awards SpaceX Second Contract Option for Artemis Moon Landing * spacex_starship_hls_artemis_iii_2_crew.jpg Artist’s rendering of SpaceX Starship human lander design. */Credits: SpaceX/* NASA has awarded a contract modification to SpaceX to further develop its Starship human landing system to meet agency requirements for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis. With this addition, SpaceX will provide a second crewed landing demonstration mission in 2027 as part of NAS ...Continue Reading

November 15, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-172*Experts Available to Discuss NASA Webb Telescope Science Results* 50489833002_218bac543f_k.jpg This illustration depicts NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, fully deployed in space. */Credits: NASA/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez/* Experts from NASA and other institutions will be available by teleconference at 11 a.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 17, to answer media questions about early science results from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. The agency will livestream a ...Continue Reading

November 15, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-173*NASA to Share First Results of Inflatable Heat Shield Technology Test* loftid_results_advisory_photo.jpg The Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, heat shield was recovered from the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 10, shortly after it completed its demonstration and splashed down. */Credits: United Launch Alliance/* NASA will host a media briefing on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. EST to share early results from the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Dear Colleagues, The Submesoscale Ocean Dynamics and Vertical Transport Experiment (S-MODE) is a NASA Earth Venture Suborbital (EVS-3) mission that utilizes research aircraft equipped with state-of-the-art remote sensing instruments, a research vessel, Wave Gliders, Saildrones, and many other in situ assets. These instruments contribute to an unprecedented view of the physics of submesoscale eddies and fronts, and thei ...Continue Reading

November 15, 2022  M22-168*NASA Plans Coverage of Roscosmos Spacewalks at Space Station* eva_advisory_nov_15.jpg Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, Expedition 37 flight engineer, attired in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, is pictured on Nov. 9, 2013, during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in support of assembly and maintenance on the International Space Station. */Credits: JSC/* NASA will provide coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a series of spacewalks in November and December outside t ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the GRACE-FO (GF) Level-2 Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonics RL06.1 datasets from the Project Science Data System teams at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), and Center for Space Research (CSR). This release includes three GRACE-FO Level-2 RL06.1 datasets, which are updated from the previous RL06 datasets (DOI: 10.5067/GFL20-MC060, 10.5067/GFL20-MJ060, and 10.5067/GFL20-MG060). Th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 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 319 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3140 N25W62 326 0550 Ekc 11 14 Beta-Gamma-Delta 3141 N15W55 318 0300 Ehc 12 13 Beta 31 ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-171*NASA Sets Coverage for Next SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station* crs_26_photo_for_advisory.jpg A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo capsule lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the company’s 22nd Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA Kennedy/* NASA and SpaceX are targeting 4:19 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 21, to launch the company’s 26th commercial resupply mission to the Inte ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-024*NASA Awards Commercial Small Satellite Data Acquisition Agreement* NASA has selected GeoOptics Inc. of Pasadena, California, to provide commercial small constellation satellite data products that may augment NASA-collected data in the future. This is a fixed-price blanket purchase agreement and each call issued is not to exceed $7 million over a five-year period. The work will be performed at the contractor’s facilities in Pasadena and other locations as specified in i ...Continue Reading