January 27, 2022 RELEASE 22-012*NASA Statement on New Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Appointment* leshin-1041.jpg Laurie Leshin formally assumes her roles as director of NASA JPL and vice president of Caltech in May. */Credits: Photo Courtesy Worcester Polytechnic Institute/* The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the appointment of Dr. Laurie Leshin as director of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. “NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jan 27 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 27 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jan 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2934 S24W12 171 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2935 N27W21 180 0010 Bxo 06 02 Beta 2936 N15E47 ...Continue Reading

January 26, 2022 RELEASE 22-011*12 Companies to Provide Venture Class Launch Services for NASA* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has selected 12 companies to provide launch services for the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions, providing new opportunities for science and technology payloads and fostering a growing U.S. commercial launch market. Award selections are: [*]ABL Space Systems of El Segundo, California [*]Astra Space Inc. of Alameda, California [*]Blue Origin ...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 2022 Strong seasonal winds in spring and fall often loft dust from interior drylands. * Dust Storm Envelops the Arabian Sea (Image from Jan 22, 2022; Posted Jan 25, 2022) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149378/dust-storm-envelops-the-arabian-sea/?src=nha ------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (25 January 2022) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Dust Storm Envelops the Arabian Sea https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149378/dust-storm-envelops-the-arabian-sea/?src=eoa-iotd * Mapping Methane Emissions from Fossil Fuel Exploitation https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149374/mapping-methane-emissions-from-fossil-fuel-exploitation/?src=eoa-iotd * ...Continue Reading

Monday, January 24, 2022 As detailed in the 12 July 2021 announcement, PO.DAAC has been migrating datasets to the NASA Earthdata Cloud, hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). On January 31, 2022 at 17:00 UTC, PO.DAAC will be removing PO.DAAC Drive access to the following datasets. They will be available ONLY through our Earthdata Cloud end-points: [*]GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua satellite (GDS2) [*]GHRSST Level 2P ...Continue Reading

January 24, 2022 RELEASE 22-008*NASA Pays Tribute to Fallen Heroes with Day of Remembrance* 38997007935_cc38846be2_k.jpg The graves of Apollo 1 crew members Virgil Grissom and Roger Chaffee seen during a wreath laying ceremony as part of NASA's 2018 Day of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls/* NASA will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challeng ...Continue Reading

January 24, 2022 RELEASE 22-010*NASA Spinoffs Help Fight Coronavirus, Clean Pollution, Grow Food, More* vertical_farming_nasa.jpg The interior of the Biomass Production Chamber at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida replicated the closed growing environment astronauts will use in space or on other planets to grow fresh crops. As the first controlled environment vertical farm in the United States, the chamber helped NASA provide critical data for the indoor farming industry. NASA scientists Bill Knott, left ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- UNDERSEA ERUPTION NEAR TONGA For more than a decade, an undersea volcano has been erupting in the South Pacific near Tonga. The eruptions created a new island near Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai; then a potent blast wiped out the island in early 2022. * Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai (Image from Jan 17, 2022; Posted Jan 21, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- UNDERSEA ERUPTION NEAR TONGA For more than a decade, an undersea volcano has been erupting in the South Pacific near Tonga. The eruptions created a new island near Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai; then a potent blast wiped out the island in early 2022. * Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Image from Jan 17, 2022; Posted Jan 21, ...Continue Reading