The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- EXTREME SUMMER 2020-21 WEATHER IN AUSTRALIA Recent years have brought persistent heat waves and fires in Australia. * Fraser Island Blazes (Image from Dec 7, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147638/fraser-island-blazes/?src=nha -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 NORTH ATLANTIC HURR ...Continue Reading

  December 14, 2020 RELEASE 20-130*NASA, ESA Choose Astronauts for SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station* crew-3_composite.png The members of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station. Pictured from left are NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer. */Credits: NASA/ESA /* NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have selected three astronauts to serve as crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #20-50 2020 December 13 at 6:21 p.m. MST (2020 December 14 0121 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 7-13 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For December 14-20 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Dec 14 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 349 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Dec 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2792 S22E52 105 0010 Bxo 01 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Dec 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 348 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Dec 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2790 S23W82 252 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 2792 S23E67 103 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Dec 12 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Dec 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2790 S23W68 252 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11 ...Continue Reading

  December 11, 2020 CONTRACT RELEASE C20-031*NASA Awards Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 Contract* NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) has awarded multiple Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 (VCLS Demo 2) contracts to launch small satellites (SmallSats) to space, including CubeSats, microsats or nanosatellites. The three companies selected to provide these commercial launch capabilities, and the value of their firm fixed-price contracts, are: [*]Astra Space ...Continue Reading

Friday, December 11, 2020 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the PI-produced JPL V5.0 SMAP Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) and extreme winds data, which includes Level-2B (L2B) and Level 3 (L3) standard datasets based on the JPL Combined Active-Passive (CAP) algorithm applied to data from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory. An associated near real-time L2B dataset is also available as a rolling store with a latency of about 4.3 hours. For science applications, use of the standard pr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Dec 11 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 346 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Dec 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2790 S22W55 252 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10 ...Continue Reading

  December 10, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-137*NASA to Provide Spanish-Language Coverage, Livestream of Solar Eclipse* eclipse2020map-v4.jpg Map of the path of totality of the Dec. 14, 2020 solar eclipse in Argentina and Chile. */Credits: NASA/* Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA will provide live coverage Monday, Dec. 14, of a solar eclipse that will pass over South America, treating parts of Chile and Argentina to views of a total eclipse of the Sun. A ...Continue Reading