The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (4 May 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New issue of EO Kids * Smoky Skies and Satellites Explore how wildfire smoke travels in our sky and find out how NASA satellites track it. Plus, create your own data visualization. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/eokids/2021/04/29/smoky-skies-and-satellites/?src=eoa-blogs -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Widespread Dro ...Continue Reading

  May 04, 2021 RELEASE 21-053*NASA Celebrates Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month* screen_shot_2021-05-04_at_10.56.11_am.png Mosaic of photos showing members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community at NASA. */Credits: NASA/* This May, NASA celebrates the contributions of its Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) employees – past and present – with a variety of internal and external events and products centered around the theme: Advancing Le ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Climate Data Record (CDR) Version 1.1. More information regarding the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission and instrumentation is available from PO.DAAC’s mission webpage. This dataset provides the time-tagged and geolocated ocean surface heat flux parameters with 25 x 25 kilometer footprint resolution from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI) aboard the CYGNS ...Continue Reading

Quick correction – The event will air on nasa.gov/live and not NASA TV. Sorry for the confusion. Brian Brian C. Odom, PhD, MLIS (He/Him)// Acting NASA Chief Historian NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 256-541-8974 (cell) *From: *"Odom, Brian C. (MSFC-CS20)" <brian.c.odom@nasa.gov> *Date: *Monday, May 3, 2021 at 3:31 PM *To: *"history@lists.hq.nasa.gov" <history@lists.hq.nasa.gov> *Subject: *60th Anniversary of Alan Shepard's Flight Panel Discussion - May 5 at 11am - NASA TV N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 04 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 124 Issued at 0030Z on 04 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  May 03, 2021 RELEASE 21-055*Vice President Harris Swears in NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson* Bill Nelson Swearing In, May 3, 2021 From left to right, Pam Melroy, current nominee for NASA deputy administrator, former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Bill Nelson Jr., son of Bill Nelson, Nan Ellen Nelson, daughter of Nelson, former Senator Bill Nelson, his wife, Grace Nelson, and Vice President Kamala Harris pose for a photo after Nelson was ceremonially sworn in as the 14th NASA admi ...Continue Reading

  December 31, 1969 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-055*NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts to Answer Questions after Return to Earth* crew-1_return_collage.jpg Crew-1 astronauts pictured after their return to Earth: NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi. */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts will answer questions at 3:45 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 6, about their historic mission on ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 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. * Wildfires and Smoke in Siberia (Image from Apr 22, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images ...Continue Reading

  May 03, 2021 RELEASE 21-056*Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer Moves To New Role*  Mark Geyer, Senior Advisor to the Associate Administrator */Credits: NASA/Bill Stafford/*  Vanessa E. Wyche, acting director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston */Credits: NASA/* Mark Geyer, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, is stepping down from his position leading the center to focus more time on his health and family in light of a cancer diagnosis. ...Continue Reading

May 03, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-052*NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station* ksc-20201206-ph-awg05_0017_medium.jpeg A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:17 a.m. EST on Dec. 6, 2020, carrying the uncrewed cargo Dragon spacecraft on its journey to the International Space Station for NASA and SpaceX’s 21st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-21) mission. Dragon will deliver more than 6,400 pounds of science investigations and carg ...Continue Reading