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. * A Summer of Fire-Breathing Smoke Storms (Image from Jul 15, 2021; Posted Jul 29, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.go ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2021 RELEASE 21-102*NASA Statement on GAO Ruling Regarding Human Landing System Protest* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* The following is the NASA statement in response to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision released Friday on the human landing system protest: “NASA was notified Friday, July 30, that the U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied the protests filed by Blue Origin Federation and Dynetics and has upheld the agency’s source selection of SpaceX t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 30 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 211 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo 2846 ...Continue Reading

July 29, 2021 RELEASE 21-100*NASA’s 10th Space Apps Challenge Increases Global Participation* Space Apps logo */Credits: NASA/* To mark the 10th International Space Apps Challenge, the largest annual global hackathon in the world, NASA is collaborating with nine space agency partners to bring the event to even more communities Oct. 2-3, 2021. Each year, NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge, or Space Apps, engages thousands of people around the world to work with the agency’s open source data in a 48-hour spri ...Continue Reading

July 29, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-092*NASA Invites Media to International Space Station Update* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT today, Thursday, July 29, to discuss the status of International Space Station activities. Agency leadership from the International Space Station and Commercial Crew programs will provide an update following the docking of the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module, known as Nauka, and in advance of NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 ( ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 29 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 210 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo 2846 ...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. * Extensive Plumes from Dixie Fire (Image from Jul 24, 2021; Posted Jul 27, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/image ...Continue Reading

July 28, 2021 RELEASE 21-099*NASA Celebrates National Intern Day 2021* glenn_internship_af.jpg Kathryn Oriti of the Science and Space Technology Systems Branch at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, left, oversees 2017 Pathways intern Naia Butler-Craig as she builds hardware for the Advanced Electric Bus CubeSat. */Credits: NASA/Bridget Caswell/* NASA will host a variety of events and interactive opportunities celebrating the agency’s interns and their contributions to its missions in recognition of ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 28 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 209 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2846 N24W33 087 0000 Bxo 05 04 Beta 2847 S28W14 068 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (27 July 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Flooding in Central China https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148623/flooding-in-central-china/?src=eoa-iotd * Heating Up in Tokyo https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148616/heating-up-in-tokyo/?src=eoa-iotd * Fire Island, Cabo Verde https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148613/fire-island-cabo-ve ...Continue Reading