The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER 2020-21 Cold temperatures, snowfall, and winter storms mark the 2020-21 winter season. * Mount Fuji's Missing Snow (Image from Jan 1, 2021; Posted Jan 12, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147780/mount-fujis-missing-snow/?src=nha * Heavy Snowfall Blankets Spain (Image from Jan 11, 2020; ...Continue Reading

  January 19, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-010*NASA TV Coverage Set for January Spacewalks, Preview News Conference*  NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy took this epic "space-selfie" during a spacewalk this at the International Space Station on July 21, 2020. */Credits: NASA/* Two NASA astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station Wednesday, Jan. 27, and Monday, Feb. 1, for a pair of spacewalks to finish installing a Eur ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers: Please join us on January 27, 2021 at 12pm ET for our virtual History Brown Bag as historian Dr. Christopher J. Gainor discusses his new book from the NASA History Office, /Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations. /Dr. Gainor’s book is now available as an free eBook: https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/not-yet-imagined.html Hardcopies will be available soon. Unlike our past virtual Brown Bag events, this talk will be hosted via Webex. A link will be posted in o ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers: Please join us on January 27, 2021 at 12pm ET for our virtual History Brown Bag as historian Dr. Christopher J. Gainor discusses his new book from the NASA History Office, /Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations. /Dr. Gainor’s book is now available as an free eBook: https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/not-yet-imagined.html Hardcopies will be available soon. Unlike our past virtual Brown Bag events, this talk will be hosted via Webex. A link will be posted in o ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers: Please see the announcement below from Sean Seyer concerning the Inaugural Albatrosses Aerospace History Seminar. The event is scheduled for 4:00-5:15 p.m. EST on January 28, 2021. Best, Brian Brian C. Odom, Ph.D. /(he/him)/ NASA Chief Historian (Acting) NASA HQ History Program Office 256-541-8974 (cell) http://history.nasa.gov/ *From: *"'Neufeld, Michael' via Albatross SIG" <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Reply-To: *neufeldm <neufeldm@si.edu> *Date: ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-3 2021 January 17 at 8:46 p.m. MST (2021 January 18 0346 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 11-17 No significant space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For January 18-24 No significant space weather storms are expected for the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA ...Continue Reading

  January 17, 2021 RELEASE 21-006*NASA Conducts Test of SLS Rocket Core Stage for Artemis I Moon Mission* green run 3 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/*  The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch S ...Continue Reading

January 13, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-008*NASA Updates Times for TV Coverage, Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions* ssc_photo_4603_large.jpg Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center will perform a hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage on Jan. 16, 2021. This image shows liquid hydrogen being safely vented and burned as it naturally warms and boils off during a rehearsal of a countdown to hot fire of the stage’s engines on Dec 20, 2020. */Credits: NASA/* Editor's note: T ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- TEMPERATURE EXTREMES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ANNUAL GLOBAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS Scientists at NASA report each year on the long-term trend of rising air temperatures over Earth's land and sea surfaces. The team assembles its analysis with publicly available data from roughly 6,300 meteorological stations, ship and buoy-based observations, and Antarctic research stations. * ...Continue Reading

  January 15, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-009*NASA to Host Virtual Briefing on February Perseverance Mars Rover Landing* pia24316_06_parachute_2000.jpg This illustration shows NASA’s Perseverance rover deploying a supersonic parachute from its aeroshell as it slows down before landing on Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely on Feb. 18, 2021. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* NASA is hosting a media briefing on Wednesd ...Continue Reading