:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 22 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 142 Issued at 0030Z on 22 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2824 N20E27 194 0150 Hsx 03 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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. * Smoke Replaces Ice at Lake Winnipeg (Image from May 18, 2021; Posted May 21, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-062*Media Invited to NASA’s Laser Communications Demonstration Launch*  Northrop Grumman personnel examine the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STPSat-6) at its facility in Dulles, Virginia, prior to its shipment to Florida for final launch processing. Seen on the front of the spacecraft is NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration instrument, the first long-duration laser communications mission that will validate advance ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-064*NASA Invites Media to Launch of Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2*  Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft undergoes preparations for the company’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) in the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, OFT-2 is a critical developmental milestone on Boeing’s path to fly crew missions for NASA. */Credits: Boeing/* Media accreditation is op ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-061*Pennsylvania, Texas Students to Hear from Astronauts on Space Station* flight_engineers.jpg Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Thomas Pesquet from ESA and Megan McArthur from NASA are pictured inside BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. */Credits: NASA/* Pennsylvania and Texas students have opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the age ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2021 RELEASE 21-068*NASA, ESA, JAXA Host Hackathon to Study COVID-19’s Environmental Effects*  The Earth Observation Dashboard Hackathon will take place from June 23-29. */Credits: Earth Observation Dashboard Hackathon/* The measures countries have taken in response to COVID-19, ranging from large-scale lockdowns to the mass deployment of personal protective equipment, have resulted in environmental effects. To study those, NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2021 *NASA Invites Media to Briefing on Science Launching to Space Station*  A preflight macro shot of SIGMA-7 interface for Pilote experiment, In order to test the ergonomics of a multisensory interface for controlling robotic arms and spacecraft, it is necessary to perform the trials in microgravity. Performing the test on Earth would lead to a design of a work station using terrestrial ergonomic principles that do not correspond to conditions experienced on a spacecraft in orbit. The Pilote inves ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 21 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 141 Issued at 0030Z on 21 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2824 N19E39 194 0150 Hsx 02 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 20 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 140 Issued at 0030Z on 20 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N18W91 338 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2824 N19E52 195 0130 Hsx 02 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

May 19, 2021 RELEASE 21-067*NASA Statement on China’s Zhurong Mars Rover Photos* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson issued the following statement Wednesday after the China National Space Administration’s release of the first photos from the Zhurong Mars rover: “Congratulations to the China National Space Administration on receiving the first images from the Zhurong Mars rover!” Nelson said. “As the international scientific community of robotic explorers on Mars grows, the United S ...Continue Reading