:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Dec 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 357 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Dec 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2907 S21W50 311 0230 Eai 11 14 Beta-Gamma 2908 S20W39 300 0100 Dai 07 16 Beta-Gamma 29 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (21 December 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Grazing with Iceland's Reindeer https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149241/grazing-with-icelands-reindeer/?src=eoa-iotd * A Changed Landscape on La Palma https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149231/a-changed-landscape-on-la-palma/?src=eoa-iotd * South Sudan Submerged https://earthobservatory.nasa. ...Continue Reading

December 21, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-035*NASA Awards Contract for Software Engineering Services at Goddard* NASA has awarded a contract to Mitchell Vantage Systems LLC of Oklahoma City for software products, services, and engineering support. The Software Engineering Support III (SES III) contract is an 8(a) small business set-aside, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The total contract value is $359 million, and the total period of performance is five years, beginni ...Continue Reading

December 21, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-037*NASA Awards Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 Contract* NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration LLC of Arlington, Virginia, as the awardee for its Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 (SAS2) contract, in support of the agency’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) program in Fairmont, West Virginia. This is cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with reimbursable task orders. The period of performan ...Continue Reading

December 21, 2021 RELEASE 21-174*NASA’s 2021 Included Mars Landing, First Flight, Artemis, More*  NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. */Credits: NASA/Michael DeMocker /* In 2021, NASA completed its busiest year of development yet in low-Earth orbi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ERUPTION AT LA PALMA Cumbre Vieja, one of two volcanoes on La Palma, is one of the most active volcanoes in the Canaries. * A Changed Landscape on La Palma (Image from Dec 15, 2021; Posted Dec 20, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149231/a-changed-landscape-on-la-palma/?src=nha -------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

December 21, 2021 RELEASE 21-173*Detergent, Skin Bioprinter Launch on NASA’s SpaceX Resupply Mission* crs-24_cropped.jpg A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft launches on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy for the company’s 24th commercial resupply services mission for NASA. */Credits: NASA/* A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 5:07 a.m. EST Tuesda ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 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 2021 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 2906 S29W57 344 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2907 S21W26 313 0150 Dai 10 13 Beta-Gamma 2908 S2 ...Continue Reading

Monday, December 20, 2021 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the (Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System) CYGNSS Science Data Record (SDR) Version 3.1 (V3.1) Level 1 (L1) DDM calibration, Level 2 (L2) wind speed retrieval , and Level 3 (L3) gridded wind speed datasets. Improvements have been made relative to the previous v3.0 L1 and L2 algorithms, as described below. The data are provided in netCDF-4 format and extend from 1 August 2018 to present with an approximate 6 day latency. L1 &acir ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 4 new images) -- EXTREME WINTER WEATHER IN NORTH AMERICA 2021 Winter storms can bring heavy snow and freezing temperatures, though global warming also means there can be more potent rainstorms and heat waves as well. * Derecho Sweeps Across Midwest (Image from Dec 15, 2021; Posted Dec 16, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149221/de ...Continue Reading