September 10, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-026*NASA Awards Contract for Software Licenses, Maintenance, Support* NASA has awarded Panamerica Computers of Luray, Virginia, an ordering vehicle to provide Box platform licenses, maintenance, and support services when the agency requires. The firm-fixed-price Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurements (SEWP) Catalog began Sept. 1 with a three-year ordering period and a maximum total value of approximately $8.5 million. The contract will be administered at the NASA Sha ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-025*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for GOES-U Mission* NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) mission. GOES-U will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON An average of twenty tropical cyclones form each year amid some of the world's warmest ocean waters. * Rapid Intensification for Typhoon Chanthu (Image from Sep 9, 2021; Posted Sep 9, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148814/rapid-intensification-for-typhoon-chanthu/?src=nha ------- ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2021 RELEASE 21-119*NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces of Mars’ History* 1-pia24840_main_samuels_5_hazcam_flf_0196_0684353735_668cws_n0070000fhaz02008_0a00llj01-stretched.png Two holes are visible in the rock, nicknamed “Rochette,” from which NASA’s Perseverance rover obtained its first core samples. The rover drilled the hole on the left, called “Montagnac,” Sept. 7, and the hole on the right, known as “Montdenier,” Sept. 1. Below it is a round spot the rover abraded. */Credits ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-109*NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Commercial Crew Space Station Launch* Crew-3 astronauts for advisory SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts (from left) Matthias Maurer, Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron are pictured during preflight training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. */Credits: SpaceX /* Media accreditation now is open for the launch of the third SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts to the International Space ...Continue Reading

September 09, 2021 RELEASE 21-118*NASA Innovations Will Help U.S. Meet Sustainable Aviation Goals* ttbw-90-aerial-forest-16x9-2-no-logo.jpg NASA will demonstrate high-risk, high-reward technology advancements critical for U.S. aerospace manufacturers to bring to market innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable products and services demanded by airlines and customers. */Credits: Vehicle image created by Scott Anders, Rich Wahls and Lillian Gipson; Forest Imagery franckreporter, E+, GettyImages/* NASA Adm ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the basin runs from June 1 to November 30, though storms have been starting earlier in recent years. * A Changed Landscape in Southern Louisiana (Image from Sep 3, 2021; Posted Sep 8, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148809/a-changed-landscape-in-southern-louis ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: * * * Please join us *today at 12pm ET* for our NASA History Talk: */Earl Swift, Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings/* *Link to Meeting: *Click here to join the meeting *Abstract: *In his book,/ Across the Airless Wilds/, Swift argues that while they've dimmed in the shadow cast by Apollo 11, it was the final three Apollo missions that marked the zenith of America's crewed space efforts: the astronauts on Apollos 15, 1 ...Continue Reading

September 08, 2021 RELEASE 21-113*NASA Readies James Webb Space Telescope for December Launch * Webb for release After successful completion of its final tests, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is seen here being prepared for shipment to its launch site. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/* NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit Dec. 18, 2021, to serve as the premier deep space observatory for the next decade. The agency set the new target launch date in coordination with Arianespace after Webb ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, September 7, 2021 We are pleased to announce recently-added datasets in the PO.DAAC State of the Ocean (SOTO) visualization tool. [*]Sea Surface Temperature: AVHRR_MetOp-A_L3U_Sea_Surface_Temperature_v2.80_STD (DOI: 10.5067/GHMTA-3US28) [*]Sea Surface Temperature: AVHRR_MetOp-B_L3U_Sea_Surface_Temperature_v2.80_STD (DOI: 10.5067/GHMTB-3US28) [*]Sea Surface Temperature: AVHRR_MetOp-C_L3U_Sea_Surface_Temperature_v2.80_STD (DOI: 10.5067/GHMTC-3US28) [*]Ocean Surface Wind: CYGNSS_L3_Wind_Speed_CDR_Daily_v ...Continue Reading