The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 FIRE SEASON IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Whether sparked by lightning, intentional land-clearing, or human-caused accidents, wildfires are burning longer and more often in some northern latitudes as the world warms. * A Record-Breaking Year for Fire in Sakha (Image from Sep 10, 2021; Posted Oct 8, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.g ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Oct 11 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 284 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Oct 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2882 N18W14 157 0260 Dho 07 04 Beta 2883 N27W60 203 0030 Bxo 02 02 Beta 2884 S20W27 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Oct 10 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 283 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Oct 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2882 N17W01 157 0280 Dho 06 04 Beta-Gamma IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- MANMADE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- HUNTINGTON BEACH OIL SPILL In early October, satellites and ground photos began to show evidence of an oil spill near the coast of Huntington Beach, California. * Satellites View California Oil Spill (Image from Oct 3, 2021; Posted Oct 7, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148929/satellites-view-california-oil-spill/?src=nha ...Continue Reading

October 08, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-127*NASA Invites Media to James Webb Space Telescope Launch* webb_for_release.jpg NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful, and most complex space science telescope ever built. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/* Members of the media may now register their interest in attending the launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the premier space science observatory for the next decade. Webb, an international partnership with the ESA (European Space Agency) and Ca ...Continue Reading

October 07, 2021 RELEASE 21-131*NASA Releases Climate Action Plan* nasa_climate_research_graphic.jpg */Credits: NASA/* NASA released a climate action plan Thursday, Oct. 7, aimed at averting mission impacts due to climate change, ensuring the resiliency of facilities and assets, and providing the nation and world unique climate observations, analysis, and modeling through scientific research. The plan is part of President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to confronting the climate crisis. Federal agencies ...Continue Reading

October 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-126 *NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Lucy Launch* final_lucy_high-end-render_pira.jpg Artist’s illustration of the Lucy concept. */Credits: Southwest Research Institute/* NASA will provide coverage of upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for Lucy, the agency’s first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.  Lucy is scheduled to launch no earlier than 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 16, on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 roc ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 FIRE SEASON IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Whether sparked by lightning, intentional land-clearing, or human-caused accidents, wildfires are burning longer and more often in some northern latitudes as the world warms. * A Multi-Dimensional Fire Challenge (Image from Dec 19, 1984; Posted Oct 5, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/imag ...Continue Reading

October 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-123*NASA Invites Media to Webb Telescope Launch Coverage Discussion* webb_closeup.jpg The James Webb Space Telescope. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/* NASA and its mission partners will host a briefing at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 8, for media interested in covering the James Webb Space Telescope launch. Webb, an international partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, is targeted for launch Dec. 18. The briefing will stream live on NASA’s ...Continue Reading

October 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY 21-129*NASA Announces Astronaut Changes for Upcoming Commercial Crew Missions* mann-cassada.jpg NASA crew members of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station. Pictured from left are NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has reassigned astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada to the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station as part of the Commercial Crew Program. Mann and Cassada will serve as spacecraft comm ...Continue Reading