September 03, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-106*NASA Invites Media to Kennedy for Artemis Activities* orbital.jpg The core stage inter-tank umbilical – one of multiple connections on the mobile launcher that will provide power, communications, and pressurized gases to the rocket – is attached to the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 12, 2021. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett/* NASA is inviting a limited number of media to capture ima ...Continue Reading

Friday, September 3, 2021 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the ancillary data for the (Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean) ECCO Version 4 Release 4 (V4r4) ocean and sea-ice state estimate. ECCO ocean and sea-ice state estimates are dynamically and kinematically-consistent reconstructions of the three-dimensional, time-evolving ocean, sea-ice, and surface atmospheric states (ECCO Consortium, 2021). More information regarding the ECCO project is available from PO.DAAC’s ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3156 Issue Time: 2021 Sep 03 1222 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3155 Begin Time: 2021 Aug 28 0205 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7837 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 03 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 246 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2860 S29W77 002 0220 Dai 10 06 Beta 2863 S16E28 256 0070 Cao 04 07 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: * * * Please join us on *September 8, 2021, 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 ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: * * * Please join us on September 8, 2021, 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 A ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SOUTH AMERICAN FIRES IN 2021 The fire season in South America spans several ecosystems and has far-reaching consequences. * Smoky Skies in the Western Amazon (Image from Aug 31, 2021; Posted Sep 1, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148781/smoky-skies-in-the-western-amazon/?src=nha --------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3155 Issue Time: 2021 Sep 02 0531 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3154 Begin Time: 2021 Aug 28 0205 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3639 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

September 01, 2021 RELEASE 21-114*NASA Invites Students, Educators to Join Artemis I Mission* students_higher_ed.png */Credits: NASA/* As students and educators return to classrooms online and in-person, NASA welcomes the next generation of explorers – the Artemis Generation – to learn more about the mission that will pave the way to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. NASA’s Artemis program will reach new heights this school year with the uncrewed Artemis I mission, the first integrated la ...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. * Arc of Fires in the U.S. West (Image from Aug 30, 2021; Posted Aug 31, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1 ...Continue Reading