Monday, May 24, 2021 This is to inform users of the JPL SMAP Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) CAP V5.0 datasets that select L2B and L3 8day running mean and monthly files on the specific dates cited below needed to be reprocessed.  This is due to an error of Antenna Scan Angle (ASA), that required the SMAP project to replace TB files containing the affected orbits. The ASA errors occurred in select Level-1 half-orbits and propagated into the associated higher-level products. ASA errors affected data files between 5 Octo ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-23 2021 May 23 at 9:36 p.m. MDT (2021 May 24 0336 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 17-23 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts occurred on 22-23 May due to flare activity from Region 2824. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels occurred on 20 May due to coronal hole high speed stream activity. Outlook For May 24-30 There is a chance for further R1 (Minor) r ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 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 144 Issued at 0030Z on 24 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2824 N19W00 194 0190 Csi 05 09 Beta-Gamma 2825 N16E53 141 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 23 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 143 Issued at 0030Z on 23 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2824 N21E13 195 0190 Csi 05 09 Beta-Gamma IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 22 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 142 Issued at 0030Z on 22 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2824 N20E27 194 0150 Hsx 03 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21 ...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. * Smoke Replaces Ice at Lake Winnipeg (Image from May 18, 2021; Posted May 21, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-062*Media Invited to NASA’s Laser Communications Demonstration Launch*  Northrop Grumman personnel examine the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STPSat-6) at its facility in Dulles, Virginia, prior to its shipment to Florida for final launch processing. Seen on the front of the spacecraft is NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration instrument, the first long-duration laser communications mission that will validate advance ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-064*NASA Invites Media to Launch of Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2*  Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft undergoes preparations for the company’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) in the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, OFT-2 is a critical developmental milestone on Boeing’s path to fly crew missions for NASA. */Credits: Boeing/* Media accreditation is op ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-061*Pennsylvania, Texas Students to Hear from Astronauts on Space Station* flight_engineers.jpg Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Thomas Pesquet from ESA and Megan McArthur from NASA are pictured inside BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. */Credits: NASA/* Pennsylvania and Texas students have opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the age ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2021 RELEASE 21-068*NASA, ESA, JAXA Host Hackathon to Study COVID-19’s Environmental Effects*  The Earth Observation Dashboard Hackathon will take place from June 23-29. */Credits: Earth Observation Dashboard Hackathon/* The measures countries have taken in response to COVID-19, ranging from large-scale lockdowns to the mass deployment of personal protective equipment, have resulted in environmental effects. To study those, NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...Continue Reading