June 15, 2022 RELEASE 22-060*NASA, ESA Finalize Agreements on Climate, Artemis Cooperation* 54559.jpg NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and ESA (European Space Agency) Director General Josef Aschbacher pose for a photograph following the signing of two agreements at the ESA Council meeting in Noordwijk, Netherlands, June 15, 2022. The agreements aim to further advance the space agencies’ cooperation on Earth science and Artemis missions. */Credits: ESA/S.Corvaja/* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and E ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jun 15 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 166 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jun 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3030 N20E09 117 0040 Dao 10 07 Beta 3031 S27W04 131 0160 Dai 10 15 Beta-Gamma 3032 N21 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (14 June 2022) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Alaska Ablaze https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149973/?src=eoa-iotd * Losing a Layer of Protection https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149969/?src=eoa-iotd * Spotting the Rise of Swine Lagoons https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149961/?src=eoa-iotd * Half Mountain https://earthobservatory ...Continue Reading

Please pardon the multiple postings back to back:  below is information about a workshop that may interest some of you.  Again, feel free to forward to other interested parties.  Thanks,              Steve Stephen Garber (he/him) NASA History Division Office of Communications NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building, Room 5P25 Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 http://history.nasa.gov *From:* 'Neufeld, Michael' via Albatross SIG <albatross- ...Continue Reading

FYI, please feel free to distribute to other potentially interested people.  Thanks, Steve Stephen Garber (he/him) NASA History Division Office of Communications NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building, Room 5P25 Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 http://history.nasa.gov *From:* 'Neufeld, Michael' via Albatross SIG <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Sent:* Monday, June 13, 2022 2:01 PM *To:* Albatross-SIG <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Cc:* NASM-Space History <NASM-SpaceHistory@si.edu> *Sub ...Continue Reading

June 14, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-084*NASA Invites Media, Public to View Webb Telescope’s First Images* webb_advisory.jpg An image of the James Webb Space Telescope taken on March 5, 2020. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/* NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), will release the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a televised broadcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 12, from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jun 14 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 165 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jun 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3030 N20E21 118 0040 Dao 10 05 Beta 3031 S27E09 129 0020 Cro 09 10 Beta 3032 N21E33 ...Continue Reading

Monday, June 13, 2022 EUMETSAT has announced that the Meteosat 9 will replace the Meteosat 8 on June 23rd, 2022. It will affect the GHRSST L3C OSISAF Indian Ocean SST dataset (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/GHSIO-3CO01). However, the data format and SST L3C process remain unchanged. For more detail, please refer to https://osi-saf.eumetsat.int/community/list-of-service-messages/switch-meteosat-8-meteosat-9-over-indian-ocean-planned-23-june ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DUST STORMS 2022 Strong seasonal winds in spring and fall often loft dust from interior drylands. * A Burst of Saharan Dust (Image from Jun 5, 2022; Posted Jun 6, 2022) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149918/a-burst-of-saharan-dust/?src=nha 2022 PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS AND RED TIDES Floating, plant-like organisms reproduce abundantly when there are suff ...Continue Reading

June 13, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-086*NASA Discoveries Highlighted at American Astronomical Society Meeting* Scientists will discuss new research from NASA missions – on topics ranging from exoplanets to citizen science discoveries – at the 240th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting began Sunday, June 12, and continues through Thursday, June 16, at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California. Agency leaders and researchers will discuss the latest developments in astrophysics du ...Continue Reading