August 18th 2021 PST
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. * Heat and Flames Scorch Spain (Image from Aug 15, 2021; Posted Aug 17, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/14 ...Continue Reading
August 18th 2021 PST
August 18, 2021 RELEASE 21-103*NASA Seeks Student Tech Ideas for Suborbital Launch* Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA is calling on all sixth through 12th-grade educators and students to submit experiments for possible suborbital flights as a way of gaining firsthand experience with the design and testing process used by NASA researchers. The NASA TechRise Student Challenge invites students to design, build, and launch experiments on suborbital rockets and high-altitude balloons. The chall ...Continue Reading
August 18th 2021 PST
August 18, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-097*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 Aerospace Explor ...Continue Reading
August 17th 2021 PST
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (17 August 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Tournament Earth: The Landsat Games Two rounds done, three to go - only 8 images left! Choose your favorite images of Earth's water, land, ice and snow, and human impacts. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth?src=eoa-features -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Record Low for Great Salt Lake https://earthobse ...Continue Reading
August 17th 2021 PST
August 17, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-099*NASA Helps Celebrate Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry's Centennial* banner02.jpeg Rod Roddenberry, top left, George Takei, Tracy Drain, Jonny Kim, bottom left, Swati Mohan, and Hortense Diggs participate in a panel discussion as part of the program Celebrating Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek's Bridge and NASA. */Credits: NASA/* NASA is helping the legacy of inspiration, hope, and diversity fostered by the creator of Star Trek to live long and prosper. The agency will o ...Continue Reading
August 17th 2021 PST
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- EARTHQUAKES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI On August 14, 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake devastated parts of southeastern Haiti. * Earthquake in Haiti Triggers Landslides (Image from Aug 14, 2021; Posted Aug 16, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148713/earthquake-in-haiti-triggers-landslides/?src=nha ----------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading
August 17th 2021 PST
August 17, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-098*NASA Invites Media to Briefing on Science Launching to Space Station* apex_7.jpg NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei harvests plants growing in petri plates inside the Veggie facility for the APEX-7 (Advanced Plant Experiment-07) space botany study. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will host a media teleconference Monday, Aug. 23, at 1 p.m. EDT to discuss science investigations launching on the next SpaceX commercial resupply flight to the Inte ...Continue Reading
August 16th 2021 PST
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 17 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 229 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2857 N17W27 177 0030 Dro 04 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/ ...Continue Reading
August 16th 2021 PST
The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 3 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. * Fire Outbreak in Algeria (Image from Aug 10, 2021; Posted Aug 11, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1486 ...Continue Reading
August 16th 2021 PST
August 16, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-096*Arkansas, Florida Students to Hear from Space Station Astronauts* iss065e096001.jpg NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough checks on cotton plants growing for the TICTOC space botany study. The investigation looks at gene expression and root growth in microgravity which may improve both space agriculture and cotton cultivation on Earth. */Credits: NASA/* Students in Arkansas and Florida will have opportunities this week to hear from astronau ...Continue Reading
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