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. * Hazy Skies in the Midwest (Image from Jul 11, 2021; Posted Jul 12, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/14855 ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-081*NASA TV to Air Launch of Space Station Module, Departure of Another* mlm_at_baikonur.jpg The Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module undergoes final processing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in preparation for its launch to the International Space Station on a Proton rocket. */Credits: Roscosmos/* NASA will provide live coverage of a new Russian science module’s launch and automated docking to the International Space Station, and the undocking of another module that ha ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2021 RELEASE 21-094*NASA, ESA Partner in New Effort to Address Global Climate Change* 20210713_esa_announcement_full_cropped.png NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations Karen Feldstein, and NASA Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen (all left side of image) and ESA (European Space Agency) Director General Josef Aschbacher are seen in a screen capture from a signing ceremony for a ne ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2021 RELEASE 21-091*NASA Announces Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Concept Awards* nuclear_thermal_propulsion-concept.jpeg Illustration of a conceptual spacecraft enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion. */Credits: NASA/* NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear thermal propulsion system. The reactor is a critical component of a nuclear thermal engi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 13 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 194 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2841 S18E15 236 0010 Axx 00 01 Alpha 2842 N24E51 201 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...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. * Smoky Summer in the Pacific Northwest (Image from Jul 8, 2021; Posted Jul 9, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ ...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. * Smoky Summer in the Pacific Northwest (Image from Jul 8, 2021; Posted Jul 9, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/i ...Continue Reading

July 12, 2021 RELEASE 21-093*NASA Launches Entrepreneurs Challenge to Identify Innovative Ideas* pia24028.jpeg NASA’s call for innovative technology ideas in the 2021 Entrepreneurs Challenge includes seeking ideas on how to collect samples from ocean worlds, such as Jupiter’s Moon Europa, pictured here in an artist’s rendition. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* NASA is announcing its 2021 Entrepreneurs Challenge to invite fresh ideas and new participants that will lead to new instruments and technologies with ...Continue Reading

Monday, July 12, 2021 With the impending arrival of high-volume data from new missions such as the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT), the need to effectively archive and distribute significantly larger data volumes is critically important for PO.DAAC operations. To meet these needs, PO.DAAC is migrating its data archive to the NASA Earthdata Cloud, hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). As PO.DAAC and other Earth Science data move into the Cloud, end users will be able to do more than ever, enabling multidisci ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-30 2021 July 11 at 8:07 p.m. MDT (2021 July 12 0207 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 5-11 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For July 12-18 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the Inter ...Continue Reading