* Tournament Earth: The Landsat Games We started with 32, and now there are four. May the image wavelengths be ever in their favor. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth?src=eoa-features 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 North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * ...Continue Reading

August 25, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-101*Georgia, California Students to Hear from Astronauts on Space Station* iss065e081306.jpg Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) pose for a portrait while working on U.S. spacesuits inside the International Space Station's U.S. Quest airlock. */Credits: NASA/* Students in Georgia and California will each have an opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: * * * Please join us today at 12pm ET for our NASA History Talk: *Andy Saunders and George Leopold, /How and why did "Did Static Electricity - And Not Gus Grissom - Blow the Hatch on Liberty Bell 7?"/* */ /* *Link to Meeting: *Click here to join the meeting * * *Abstract: * It's among the most enduring mysteries of the space race: How and why did "Did Static Electricity - And Not Gus Grissom - Blow the Hatch on Liberty Bell 7?" The hatch ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 25 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 237 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2859 N19E32 012 0150 Hsx 05 04 Alpha 2860 S28E41 002 0110 Bxo 06 05 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (24 August 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Tournament Earth: The Landsat Games We started with 32, and now there are four. May the image wavelengths be ever in their favor. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth?src=eoa-features -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Henri Soaks the Northeast https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148742/henri-soaks-the- ...Continue Reading

August 24, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-100*NASA Invites Media to Launch of Lucy Mission to Study Trojan Asteroids* final_lucy_high-end-render_pira.jpg This illustration shows the Lucy spacecraft passing one of the Trojan Asteroids near Jupiter. */Credits: Southwest Research Institute/* Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA’s Lucy mission, which will send the first spacecraft to study the Trojan asteroids. These small bodies are remnants of our early solar system trapped in stable orbits, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 24 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 236 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2859 N19E46 011 0160 Cao 05 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 23/ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 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. * California Burning (Image from Aug 19, 2021; Posted Aug 20, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148731/cal ...Continue Reading

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. * California Burning (Image from Aug 19, 2021; Posted Aug 20, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148731/cali ...Continue Reading

August 18, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-097*Update: NASA Spacewalk Briefing to Highlight New Solar Array Installation* e65_eva77_solar_array_augmentation_plan_4a_irosa_1080.jpg The International Space Station’s solar arrays provide power for the orbiting laboratory. NASA will install a total of six new roll out solar arrays in front of the existing arrays at 1A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, and 4B to augment the power. During the Aug. 24 spacewalk, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospac ...Continue Reading