:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jan 26 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 26 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Jan 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2797 S18W29 340 0020 Hrx 02 02 Alpha 2799 N22W70 021 0020 Dro 04 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- CYCLONES IN THE SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN Storms in the southern half of the basin tend to form between November and April. * Tropical Cyclone Eloise (Image from Jan 22, 2021; Posted Jan 22, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147828/tropical-cyclone-eloise/?src=nha NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER 2020-21 Cold temperatures, sno ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers: Passing along a reminder and Webex link for Chris Gainor’s talk on Wednesday. * * *Webex meeting invitation:* NASA History Brown Bag with Christopher Gainor: “Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations.” *When:* Wednesday, January 27, 2021 12:00 PM-1:30 PM America/New_York. *Webex Link for event: *https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=m363200ac8d3b65071d35c2adb2c573c7 Please let us know if you have questions. Best, ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 788 2021 Jan 25 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Space Activities in 2020 ------------------------ My annual summary https://planet4589.org/space/papers/space20.pdf is now available. Transporter-1 ------------- I'll cover the SpaceX Transporter-1 launch in the next issue. International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 64 continues und ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- CYCLONES IN THE SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN Storms in the southern half of the basin tend to form between November and April. * Tropical Cyclone Eloise (Image from Jan 22, 2021; Posted Jan 22, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147828/tropical-cyclone-eloise/?src=nha NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER 2020-21 Cold temperatures, snow ...Continue Reading

  January 22, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-012*NASA Invites Media to Next Space Station Cargo Launch With Northrop Grumman* ng-12.jpg The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 15th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver science investigations, supplies and equipment to the orbital laboratory and it ...Continue Reading

Thursday, January 21, 2021 We are pleased to announce that the CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Climate Data Record Version 1.0 dataset is now available in HiTIDE, allowing you to visualize, subset, and download the orbital swath data based on spatial and temporal boundaries of interest. For more information on this dataset, visit the landing page on the PO.DAAC Web Portal: https://doi.org/10.5067/CYGNS-C2H10 Begin exploring by going to https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/hitide and look for this dataset under ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 January 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Brunt Breaking Up with Antarctica this Year? https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147799/brunt-breaking-up-with-antarctica-this-year/?src=eoa-iotd * Curious Clouds in the Transantarctic Mountains https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147772/curious-clouds-in-the-transantarctic-mountains/?src=eoa-iotd * ...Continue Reading

  January 19, 2021 RELEASE 21-004*NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2020 Annual Report*  Cover of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel 2020 Annual Report */Credits: NASA/* The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, issued its 2020 annual report Tuesday examining the agency’s safety performance over the past year and highlighting accomplishments, issues, and concerns.  The report high ...Continue Reading

  January 19, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-011*NASA Invites Media to Update on Rocket Test for Artemis I Moon Mission*  The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a hot fire test Jan. 16, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. */Credits: NASA Television/* NASA will host a media teleconference at 5:30 p.m. EST today, Tuesday, Jan.19, to discuss the engine test conducted ...Continue Reading