September 30, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-120*NASA to Host Briefings, Interviews for Next Crew Mission with SpaceX * crew-3.jpg The official crew portrait of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission: (from left) Commander Raja Chari and pilot Thomas Mashburn, both NASA astronauts. Mission specialist Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency). Mission specialist Kayla Barron of NASA. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will highlight the next crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space ...Continue Reading

September 30, 2021 RELEASE 21-128*NASA Issues Contracts to Mature Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Technologies * turboprop_concept.png NASA illustration of an advanced subsonic aircraft with an Electrified Aircraft Propulsion system. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has selected two U.S. companies to support its Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) that will rapidly mature Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP) technologies through ground and flight demonstrations. Through the EPFD program, NASA seeks to ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 30 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 273 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2871 S28W65 353 0010 Axx 00 01 Alpha 2877 S16W40 327 0130 Dai 07 14 Beta-Gamma 2880 N2 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (28 September 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Lava Burns a Path Through La Palma https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148880/lava-burns-a-path-through-la-palma/?src=eoa-iotd * NASA and USGS Launch Landsat 9 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148888/nasa-and-usgs-launch-landsat-9/?src=eoa-iotd * Research Shows More People Living in Floodplains ...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. * Lava Burns a Path Through La Palma (Image from Sep 26, 2021; Posted Sep 27, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148880/lava-burns-a-path-through-la-palma/?src=nha -------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

September 28, 2021 RELEASE 21-127*NASA’s Lucy Mission Prepares for Launch to Trojan Asteroids*  The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Centaur stage for NASA’s Lucy mission is lifted by crane into the Vertical Integration Facility near Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. The Lucy spacecraft is scheduled to launch no earlier than Saturday, Oct. 16, on a ULA Atlas V 401 rocket from Pad 41. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center ...Continue Reading

September 28, 2021 RELEASE 21-125*NASA Transfers Air Traffic Management Tool Updates to FAA* iads-display_full.jpg The test subject of Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 is “Integrated Arrivals Departures Scheduling,” a software tool that coordinates schedules between the ramp, tower, terminal and center control facilities, allowing air traffic controllers to better predict where and when to send aircraft in order to reduce congestion. */Credits: NASA/* As part of an effort aimed at making aviation more sustain ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 28 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 271 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2871 S27W40 355 0070 Cso 05 06 Beta-Gamma 2877 S18W13 328 0020 Cro 02 04 Beta IA. H-al ...Continue Reading

September 27, 2021 RELEASE 21-126*NASA Launches New Mission to Monitor Earth’s Landscapes* screen_shot_2021-09-27_at_4.03.00_pm.png The Landsat 9 satellite lifts off Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Landsat 9 mission will measure the changing landscapes of our home planet. */Credits: NASA TV/* Landsat 9, a NASA satellite built to monitor the Earth’s land surface, successfully launched at 2:12 p.m. EDT Monday fr ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 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. * Southern California Under Smoke (Image from Sep 24, 2021; Posted Sep 24, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/image ...Continue Reading