:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 23 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 54 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2953 N17W05 169 0030 Cro 06 06 Beta 2954 N18E45 118 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2955 N14E56 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (22 February 2022) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Storm-Ravaged Madagascar Faces Another Storm https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149494/storm-ravaged-madagascar-faces-another-storm/?src=eoa-iotd * Monster Waves of Nazare https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149486/monster-waves-of-nazare/?src=eoa-iotd * Cloudscape at Dawn, Northwest Atlantic ht ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the PI-produced Multi-Mission Optimally Interpolated Sea Surface Salinity (OISSS) Monthly Level-4 V1.0 dataset based on the AQUARIUS/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS level-2 mission data gridded on a 0.25 degree spatial grid with a monthly time scale. The optimal interpolation is applied to each mission data set to create a gap free gridded product. The dataset is the monthly averaged product from the OISSS 7-day dataset (https://doi.org/10.5067/SMP1 ...Continue Reading

February 22, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-026*NASA to Provide Media Update on Artemis I Moon Mission* ksc-20220119-ph-csh01_0016_large.jpeg A view of the entrance to low bay of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during sunrise on Jan. 19, 2022 with the Artemis banner above the door. Inside the VAB, NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft are undergoing final testing in preparation for the agency’s Artemis I flight test. */Credits: NASA/Cory Huston/* NASA will ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 2021-22 SUMMER EXTREMES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Climate change has amplified rainfall and floods, heatwaves, drought, and wildfires. * Wildfires Ravage Corrientes, Argentina (Image from Feb 16, 2022; Posted Feb 17, 2022) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149478/wildfires-ravage-corrientes-argentina/?src=nha * Chilean Volcano ...Continue Reading

February 19, 2022  22-019*Northrop Grumman Sends NASA Science, Cargo to International Space Station *  Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket liftoff from pad 0A at 12:40 p.m. EST from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, on Feb. 19, 2022. The Cygnus spacecraft, carrying 8,300 pounds of science investigations and cargo, is scheduled to arrive at the space station on Monday, Feb. 21. */Credits: NASA Wallops/Allison Stancil /* A fresh supply of 8,300 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched f ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 22 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 53 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2952 S23E16 161 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2953 N18E09 167 0010 Bxo 05 05 Beta 2954 N17E58 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 803 2022 Feb 21 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 66 continues. On Jan 19 astronauts Shkaplerov and Dubrov made a spacewalk from the Poisk airlock to work on outfitting the new Prichal module. The airlock wsa depressurized around 1150 UTC and the hatch was open at 1218 UTC. Dubrov, in sui ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #22-8 2022 February 20 at 7:08 p.m. MST (2022 February 21 0208 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 14-20 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 14 and 15 Feb. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 20 Feb due to coronal hole influence. No other space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For February 21-27 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 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 52 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2948 S27W24 215 0030 Cso 06 04 Beta 2952 S24E29 162 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2953 N17E22 ...Continue Reading