The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ERUPTION AT MOUNT FAGRADALSFJALL Iceland's Mount Fagradalsfjall erupted after more than 800 years of dormancy. * A Curious Case of Clouds in Iceland (Image from Apr 30, 2021; Posted May 6, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148282/a-curious-case-of-clouds-in-iceland/?src=nha -- DROUGHT (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 11 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 131 Issued at 0030Z on 11 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N18E33 333 0130 Dao 05 10 Beta-Gamma 2823 S21E39 326 0040 Cao 03 06 Beta IA. H-al ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: * Please join us on Wednesday, May 12 at 11am ET for our NASA History Discussion: *Rush Holt,** /Vannevar Bush and Science, the Endless Frontier (1945)/*** Link to Meeting:* **Click here to join the meeting * *Abstract*: Congressional Representative (New Jersey, 1999-2015) Rush Holt discusses the impact of Vannevar Bush’s 1945 report, /Science, the Endless Frontier /on post-WWII era research. In his introduction to the re-released edition (Princeton University ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-21 2021 May 9 at 11:20 p.m. MDT (2021 May 10 0520 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 3-9 An R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 07 May due to flare activity from active Region 2822. Outlook For May 10-16 G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm levels are possible on 16 May due to recurrent coronal hole high speed stream activity. Data used to provide ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 792 2021 May 10 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- On Apr 23 at 0949:02 UTC SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center LC39A with the Dragon SpX Crew-2 mission. Booster B1061, on its 2nd flight, landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You. The second stage reached a 190 x 213 km x 51 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 10 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 130 Issued at 0030Z on 10 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N18E45 335 0180 Dsi 04 08 Beta-Gamma IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 09 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 129 Issued at 0030Z on 09 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N18E57 336 0180 Csi 05 07 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 08 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 128 Issued at 0030Z on 08 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N18E70 335 0130 Cso 04 05 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/ ...Continue Reading

  May 07, 2021 RELEASE 21-057*NASA Selects Contractor for Quiet Supersonic Flight Community Testing* flying_004.jpg This composite image, which includes an illustration of NASA’s X-59 research aircraft, shows the airplane’s final configuration following years of research and design engineering. The single-pilot aircraft is now under construction at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. */Credits: Lockheed Martin/* NASA has awarded a con ...Continue Reading

  May 07, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-056*Texas Students to Hear from Astronauts on International Space Station* iss050e011129.jpg Expedition 66 crewmembers Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) and Shane Kimbrough of NASA, together in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory. Photo was taken during International Space Station Expedition 50 in 2016. */Credits: NASA/* Students from Brownsville, Texas, will hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station during a call at 10:15 a.m. ED ...Continue Reading