November 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-146*Coverage Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Return to Earth* 51332610874_46b98f19e2_k.jpeg NASA SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), left, Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), and Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough of NASA participate in the Space Olympics onboard the International Space Station. */Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet /* NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission now is targeting a return to Earth no earlier than 7:14 ...Continue Reading

November 05, 2021 RELEASE 21-147*Vice President Harris Visits NASA to See Vital Climate Science Work* Vice President Harris and Administrator Nelson at Goddard, November 5, 2021 Vice President Kamala Harris shares her enthusiasm, alongside Goddard Center Director Dennis Andrucyk and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, for the results of current satellite missions using Goddard's Hyperwall on Nov. 5, 2021, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Hyperwall visualizes Earth Science data for b ...Continue Reading

November 05, 2021  21-143*NASA, USGS Release First Landsat 9 Images* l9_australia_large_release_nolabels.jpg Mangroves are prominent along the northwest coast of Australia. The first image collected by Landsat 9, on Oct. 31, 2021, shows mangroves clustered in protected inlets and bays on the edge of the Indian Ocean. Fluffy cumulus clouds and high-altitude cirrus clouds hover nearby. The aqua colors of the shallow near-shore waters give way to the deep, dark blues of the ocean. */Credits: NASA/*  Lan ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SUMMER OF EXTREMES IN AUSTRALIA Drought and extreme heat primed much of the continent for unusually extreme fire activity, which was then followed by dangerous flooding. * Australian Fires Fueled Unprecedented Blooms (Posted Nov 4, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149039/australian-fires-fueled-unprecedented-blooms/?src=nha ...Continue Reading

November 05, 2021 RELEASE 21-145*NASA Selects New Mission to Study Storms, Impacts on Climate Models* ksc-2014-3582_large.jpeg Towering cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds are seen in this photo taken Aug. 15, 2014, looking east toward the Atlantic Ocean from the Space Launch Complex 37 area at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station) in Florida. NASA has selected a new Earth science mission called Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) that will study the behavior of tropi ...Continue Reading

November 05, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-144*NASA Invites Media to Artemis Update* NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 9, to provide an update on the agency’s exploration plans under Artemis. To participate in the teleconference, media must RSVP at least two hours prior to the start of the call to Monica Witt at: monica.j.witt@nasa.gov. NASA’s media accreditation policy is available online. Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the ...Continue Reading

November 05, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-145*Vice President Harris to Visit NASA Goddard Today, Deliver Live Remarks* bluemarble_starfield_hyperwall5x3_v3_1800_print.jpg Composite image captured by NASA's Suomi NPP satellite that portrays how our planet looked from space on October 14, 2015. */Credits: NASA/* Vice President Kamala Harris will visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland today, Nov. 5, to get a firsthand look at the agency’s work to combat the climate crisis and protect vuln ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Nov 05 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 309 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Nov 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2891 N16W40 214 0090 Cao 04 07 Beta-Delta 2893 N17E17 157 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-a ...Continue Reading

Thursday, November 4, 2021 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) trend Version 5.1 dataset from the Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research project. More information about the GMSL dataset is available on the NASA Sea Level website. The GMSL trend is a 1-dimensional time series of globally averaged Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, ...Continue Reading

November 04, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-143 *NASA SpaceX Crew-2 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Splashdown* 51332610874_46b98f19e2_k.jpeg NASA SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), left, Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), and Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough of NASA participate in the Space Olympics onboard the International Space Station. */Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet/* NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts will answer media questions about their time ...Continue Reading