November 12, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-152*NASA to Air Spacewalk to Swap Communications Antenna on Space Station* s127e007295_large.jpeg Astronaut Tom Marshburn, STS-127 mission specialist, participates in his first spacewalk and the second overall for the crew members of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, July 20, 2009. */Credits: NASA/* Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Nov. 30, for a spacewalk to replace a faulty antenna sys ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Nov 12 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 316 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Nov 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2893 N21W76 157 0110 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2894 S27W09 091 0160 Hax 02 03 Alpha 2895 N22E08 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DUST STORMS 2021 Strong seasonal winds in spring and fall often loft dust from interior drylands. * Dust Blankets Tashkent (Image from Nov 5, 2021; Posted Nov 10, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149067/dust-blankets-tashkent/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

November 11, 2021 RELEASE 21-141*NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 Astronauts Headed to International Space Station* nhq202111100014.jpg A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer onboard, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky /* NASA’s SpaceX ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Nov 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 315 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Nov 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2893 N16W60 154 0130 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2894 S26E01 093 0150 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2895 N24E21 ...Continue Reading

November 10, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-150*NASA to Provide Coverage of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction* melroy_2007.jpg NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy in 2007, when she was serving as an astronaut and mission commander, floating into the Unity node of the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will provide live coverage of the 2021 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 11 a.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 13. The agency's Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, is among the inductees, and t ...Continue Reading

November 10, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-149*NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Astronauts to Discuss Mission, Splashdown* 51665743256_d4113e23c0_k.jpg ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, left, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, right, are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Mon ...Continue Reading

November 10, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-147*NASA to Host Briefing on Laser Communications Demonstration*  The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration undergoes final inspections at Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida. */Credits: NASA/Frank Michaux/* NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 16, to discuss the agency’s upcoming laser communications technology demonstration. Audio of the teleconference will livestream on NASA’s website. The Laser Communi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Nov 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 314 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Nov 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2893 N16W47 155 0130 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2894 S30E14 093 0150 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 2895 N24E36 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (9 November 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * First Light from Landsat 9 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149058/first-light-from-landsat-9/?src=eoa-iotd * An Extra Air Pollution Burden https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149047/an-extra-air-pollution-burden/?src=eoa-iotd * Kjer Glacier, Then and Now https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/image ...Continue Reading