October 16, 2021 RELEASE 21-133*NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to ‘Fossils’ of Planet Formation* nhq202110160003.jpg A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Lucy spacecraft aboard is seen in this 2 minute and 30 second exposure photograph as it launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Lucy will be the first spacecraft to study Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids. Like the mission's namesake – the fossilized human ancestor, "Lucy,&quo ...Continue Reading

October 15, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-132*NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2* nhq202107290019_large.jpeg Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. */Credits: NASA/* NASA and Boeing will hold a joint teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 19, to update media on the company’s CST- ...Continue Reading

October 14, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-130*NASA Invites Media to Briefing on New Water Data Platform* openet_illustration.jpg Nevada farmer Denise Moyle will use OpenET to plan irrigation of her alfalfa fields. */Credits: Photo courtesy of Glow by G Photography/* NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at 1:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 21, to share a powerful, new, web-based platform to help those who rely on water resources across the drought-stricken western U.S. Building on more than two decades of researc ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 798 2021 Oct 14 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: I have added a new set of lists on my website covering various aspects of human spaceflight. See http://planet4589.org/space/astro/web/index.html International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 65 continues under the command of Thomas Pesquet (ESA). Flight engineers are Shane Ki ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Oct 15 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 288 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2882 N15W68 157 0250 Cho 06 03 Beta 2885 N15W80 169 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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/i ...Continue Reading

October 13, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-129*NASA Science Mission Directorate to Hold Town Hall Meeting* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 18. Associate Administrator for Science Thomas H. Zurbuchen and his leadership team will discuss updates to NASA's science programs. Members of the science community, academia, the media, and the public are invited to participate by joining at: https://go.nasa.gov/3j ...Continue Reading

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 As detailed in the 12 July 2021 announcement, the PO.DAAC data archive is being migrated to the NASA Earthdata Cloud, hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). In an effort to best support the users as they begin transitioning their workflows or data access points to a cloud-based process, PO.DAAC is making the existing datasets from its archive available from and within the Earthdata Cloud as soon as they are available. Information and tutorials about how to access these datasets can be found ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Oct 13 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 286 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Oct 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2882 N17W42 159 0270 Dho 07 05 Beta-Gamma 2883 N26W87 204 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-a ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 October 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * A Record-Breaking Year for Fire in Sakha https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148943/a-record-breaking-year-for-fire-in-sakha/?src=eoa-iotd * Superbolts Carry Super Power https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148933/superbolts-carry-super-power/?src=eoa-iotd * Autumn in Sault Ste. Marie https://earth ...Continue Reading