:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jun 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 164 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jun 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Jun Nmbr Location Lo 2829 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DROUGHT (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020-21 HEAT AND DROUGHT IN NORTH AMERICA Record-breaking heat and long-term rain and snow shortfalls parched the western United States and Mexico. * Western Soils and Plants are Parched (Image from Jun 5, 2021; Posted Jun 11, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148419/western-soils-and-plants-are-parched/?src=nha -- TEMPERAT ...Continue Reading

Friday, June 11, 2021 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the updated Tellus JPL/GFZ/CSR GRACE and GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Ocean/Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface-Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 (RL06) version 04 (v04) datasets. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission is a joint partnership between NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The GRACE Follow-on (FO) mission is a joint partnership between NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). Both missions us ...Continue Reading

June 10, 2021 RELEASE 21-078*NASA Selects New Science Investigations for Future Moon Deliveries * iss062e137200.jpg */Credits: NASA/* As NASA continues plans for multiple commercial deliveries to the Moon’s surface per year, the agency has selected three new scientific investigation payload suites to advance understanding of Earth’s nearest neighbor. Two of the payload suites will land on the far side of the Moon, a first for NASA. All three investigations will receive rides to the lunar surface as part of NASA’ ...Continue Reading

June 09, 2021 RELEASE 21-076*Teams Engineer Complex Human Tissues, Win Top Prizes in NASA Challenge* Two teams of scientists from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have won first and second place in NASA's Vascular Tissue Challenge. The prize competition aims to accelerate tissue engineering innovations to benefit people on Earth today and space explorers in the future.  Team Winston, the first-place winner of NASA's Vascular Tissue Challenge, used a ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: * * * Just passing along information related to these job opportunities at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Best, Brian Brian C. Odom, PhD, MLIS (He/Him)// Acting NASA Chief Historian NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 256-541-8974 (cell) *From: *"'Neufeld, Michael' via Albatross SIG" <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Reply-To: *neufeldm <neufeldm@si.edu> *Date: *Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 8:26 AM *To: *Albatross-SIG <albatross- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jun 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 160 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Jun 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2829 S17W29 011 0050 Dso 10 12 Beta 2830 S25W86 068 0040 Cao 08 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

June 08, 2021 RELEASE 21-079*NASA Administrator Statement on US Innovation and Competitiveness Act* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released the following statement Tuesday after the Senate passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness Act: “The U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness Act, which includes the NASA authorization bill, is an investment in scientific research and technological innovation that will help ensure the U.S. continues to lead in space and sets us on a path to ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (8 June 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * EO Explorer https://go.nasa.gov/3vnOzFY Since 1999, Earth Observatory has published images and stories from all over our planet. Now you can explore more than 11,000 images in a different way: by location. -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Dual Storms in the Andes Mountains https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148410/du ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DUST STORMS 2021 Strong seasonal winds in spring and fall often loft dust from interior drylands. * North Africa Sheds Some Dust (Image from Jun 4, 2021; Posted Jun 7, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148407/north-africa-sheds-some-dust/?src=nha ---------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading