December 08, 2022 RELEASE 22-128*NASA Taps Collins Aerospace to Develop New Space Station Spacesuits* xeva_award_release.jpg NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio conducts a spacewalk during EVA-81 on Nov. 15 to prepare for installation of an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array on the Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has awarded a task order to Collins Aerospace to deliver a spacewalking system for potential use outside the International Space Station. This award – the second under NASA’s Explorat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Dec 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 342 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Dec 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3153 S18W05 326 0370 Fko 17 14 Beta 3155 N21W62 023 0120 Hax 03 01 Alpha 3156 N23E02 ...Continue Reading

December 07, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-030*NASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance Support Services Contract* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has selected A-P-T Research, Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide safety and mission assurance support services at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services IV contract is a fixed-price level of effort contract, which includes a 20-month base period beginning Feb. 1, 2023, followed by one 24-month option period and ...Continue Reading

December 07, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-028*NASA Awards Contract for Liquid Hydrogen* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has awarded a contract to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply up to 7.5 million pounds of liquid hydrogen to support operations at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The indefinite delivery requirements contract includes firm-fixed price delivery orders with a maximum value of approximately $75 milli ...Continue Reading

NASA History Community: We just wanted to let you know that the long-delayed /Aeronautics and Space Report of the President: Fiscal Year 2020 Activities / report is now available, along with previous years’ editions, from the http://history.nasa.gov/presrep.html site.  This report contains comprehensive narrative overviews of numerous Federal Agencies and Departments’ aerospace work, as well as useful spaceflight appendices and summary budget figures.  Michele Ostovar has done yeoman’s work getting us caug ...Continue Reading

December 07, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-182*NASA Sets Coverage for SWOT Water Survey Mission Launch* swot_for_advisory.jpg An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft. The SWOT mission will measure the height of the world’s ocean, rivers, and lakes, helping scientists to measure how fresh and saltwater bodies change over time. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission. The mission is targeted fo ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3280 Issue Time: 2022 Dec 07 1027 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3279 Begin Time: 2022 Nov 29 1425 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2254 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Dec 07 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Dec 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3153 S16E08 325 0660 Eko 15 27 Beta 3155 N22W49 023 0080 Cao 05 07 Beta 3156 N25E13 ...Continue Reading

December 6, 2022 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Orion Views Earth from Afar Fifty years after Apollo 17 astronauts photographed the iconic “blue marble” image, cameras in space have again captured distant views of our home planet. A Burst of Activity at Mount Semeru Intense explosions at the summit sent avalanches of ash and mud racing down the southeastern ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 PODAAC is pleased to announce that 179 more datasets have completed migration into our new cloud-based archive in NASA’s Earthdata Cloud, which is hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). Information and tutorials describing how to access these datasets can be found on the Cloud Data Migration Page. Users may also find the PO.DAAC Webinar (August 2021) useful as they begin their journey to using cloud-based data. AQ ...Continue Reading