May 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-057*NASA Invites Public, Media to Watch Asteroid Mission Begin Return to Earth* osiris-rex_departure.png This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth. */Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/* NASA invites the public and the media to watch its first asteroid sample return mission begin a two-year cruise home at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, May 10, on NASA Television, the NASA app, an ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 06 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 126 Issued at 0030Z on 06 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  May 05, 2021 RELEASE 21-058*NASA Names New Chief of Staff* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson announced Wednesday that Susie Perez Quinn will serve as the agency’s chief of staff. Quinn joins NASA with extensive experience in government and government relations. As chief of staff, Quinn will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of NASA Headquarters. She will work with Nelson and senior NASA staff to shape the strategic direction of the agency, ...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. * Widespread Drought in Mexico (Image from Apr 30, 2021; Posted May 4, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148270/widespread-drought-in-mexico/?src=nha --------------------------- ...Continue Reading

  May 05, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-054*Media Invited to Virtual Briefing as NASA’s Webb Prepares for Launch* image1377gunn.jpg NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the clean room at Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, California. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/* Media will have the opportunity to see the iconic golden mirror of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope open for the last time on Earth during a virtual briefing Tuesday, May 11, at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT). Officials from ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 05 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 125 Issued at 0030Z on 05 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  May 04, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-053*New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts on Space Station*  From left to right, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (4 May 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New issue of EO Kids * Smoky Skies and Satellites Explore how wildfire smoke travels in our sky and find out how NASA satellites track it. Plus, create your own data visualization. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/eokids/2021/04/29/smoky-skies-and-satellites/?src=eoa-blogs -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Widespread Dro ...Continue Reading

  May 04, 2021 RELEASE 21-053*NASA Celebrates Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month* screen_shot_2021-05-04_at_10.56.11_am.png Mosaic of photos showing members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community at NASA. */Credits: NASA/* This May, NASA celebrates the contributions of its Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) employees – past and present – with a variety of internal and external events and products centered around the theme: Advancing Le ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Climate Data Record (CDR) Version 1.1. More information regarding the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission and instrumentation is available from PO.DAAC’s mission webpage. This dataset provides the time-tagged and geolocated ocean surface heat flux parameters with 25 x 25 kilometer footprint resolution from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI) aboard the CYGNS ...Continue Reading