August 09, 2021 RELEASE 21-107*NASA Statement on Departure of JPL Director Michael Watkins* 1-watkins-1280x720-16-300dpi.jpg JPL Director Michael Watkins */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the departure of Michael Watkins, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California:  “Under Mike’s leadership, JPL has accomplished some of NASA’s most inspiring science missions, launching a ...Continue Reading

August 09, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-094*NASA Invites Media to New OSIRIS-REx, Asteroid Bennu Study Briefing* web_around_bennu-orbits_bennu_stars.15100_print.jpg Still depicting the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s trajectory around asteroid Bennu from the initial arrival in Dec 2018 through the final departure in April 2021. The trajectory is presented in a Sun Bennu North reference frame. */Credits: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/* NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 11, to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 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. * California's Dixie Fire Keeps on Growing (Image from Aug 4, 2021; Posted Aug 6, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.g ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 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. * California's Dixie Fire Keeps on Growing (Image from Aug 4, 2021; Posted Aug 6, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.go ...Continue Reading

Monday, August 9, 2021 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was created to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks. As part of this effort, the IPCC surveys and distills the scientific literature and provides consensus projections on future sea levels across the globe under a range of possible future scenarios. T ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-34 2021 August 8 at 9:38 p.m. MDT (2021 August 9 0338 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 2-8 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels were observed on 02 Aug likely due to a glancing blow from the 28 Jul CME. Outlook For August 9-15 No significant space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOA ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 09 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 221 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2851 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 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 220 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2851 ...Continue Reading

Friday, August 6, 2021 The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite has recently experienced an anomaly from August 3, 2021 12:46:45 UTC, resulting in a state in which the spacecraft instrument payload was no longer operating and entered into safe mode. All science data are unrecoverable during this safe mode period. As of August 6, 2021 21:00 UTC, ATMS and VIIRS instruments have resumed operation and their data will resume distribution soon. The PO.DAAC datasets impacted by this outage are shown h ...Continue Reading

August 06, 2021 RELEASE 21-105*NASA’s Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt* 1_-_pia24795a_-_front_left_hazcam_borehole_closeup_-_flf_0164_0681506341_857cws_n0060000fhaz00209_0m00llj01-stretched.png This image taken by one the hazard cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in what the rover’s science team calls a “paver rock” in preparation for the mission’s first attempt to collect a sample from Mars. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* Data sent to Ea ...Continue Reading