October 20, 2021 RELEASE 21-136*NASA Challenges Students to Design Moon-Digging Robots* challenge2000_x_1334.jpg */Credits: NASA/* NASA seeks young engineers to help design a new robot concept for an excavation mission on the Moon. The Lunabotics Junior Contest is open to K-12 students in U.S. public and private schools, as well as home-schoolers. The competition, which is a collaboration between NASA and Future Engineers, asks students to design a robot that digs and moves lunar soil, called regolith, from a ...Continue Reading

October 20, 2021 RELEASE 21-135*NASA Announces Winners of Deep Space Food Challenge* 01_iss065e092717.jpeg NASA astronaut Megan McArthur enjoys fresh food on the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* Variety, nutrition, and taste are some considerations when developing food for astronauts. For NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, students, chefs, small businesses, and others whipped up novel food technology designs to bring new solutions to the table. NASA has selected 18 U.S. teams to receive a total ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Oct 20 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 293 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Oct 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2886 S19E47 338 0185 Hsx 03 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 19 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 October 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Late Bloomers in the Arctic https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148974/late-bloomers-in-the-arctic/?src=eoa-iotd * Drought in the Northern Great Plains https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148970/drought-in-the-northern-great-plains/?src=eoa-iotd * Shrinking Glaciers and Growing Lakes https://earth ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DROUGHT (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 DROUGHT IN NORTH AMERICA Rising global temperatures and long-term rain and snow deficits have parched many states. * Drought in the Northern Great Plains (Image from Oct 12, 2021; Posted Oct 18, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148970/drought-in-the-northern-great-plains/?src=nha -------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

October 18, 2021 RELEASE 21-134*NASA Selects Gamma-ray Telescope to Chart Milky Way Evolution* main_milkyway-full_nasa_jpl-caltech.jpg NASA has selected a new gamma-ray space telescope, the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), that will chart the evolution of the Milky Way, seen here in this illustration. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC/Caltech)/* NASA has selected a new space telescope proposal that will study the recent history of star birth, star death, and the formation chemical elements i ...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. * Alisal Fire Rages Near Santa Barbara (Image from Oct 12, 2021; Posted Oct 13, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ ...Continue Reading

October 18, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-131*NASA to Provide TV Coverage of Russian Station Cargo Ship Activities* iss065e155190_large.jpeg Russia's ISS Progress 78 resupply ship approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Poisk module on July 2, 2021, two days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will provide coverage as an uncrewed Russian cargo spacecraft arrives to a new port at the International Space Station this week, and as another ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-45 2021 October 17 at 7:34 p.m. MDT (2021 October 18 0134 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 11-17 G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) geomagentic storms were observed on 12 Oct due to CME effects. No other space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For October 18-24 No space weather storms are expected to occur during the outl ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Oct 18 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 291 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Oct 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading