March 18, 2022 RELEASE 22-026*NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket, Spacecraft Complete First Roll to Launch Pad*  NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen illuminated by spotlights atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Friday, March 18, 2022, after being rollout out to the launch pad for the first time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Ahead of NASA’s Artemis I flight test, the fully stacked and integrated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will undergo a wet dress ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Mar 18 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 77 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Mar 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2965 N24W44 266 0230 Fao 19 08 Beta 2967 N17W09 231 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 2968 S23W20 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Mar 17 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 76 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Mar 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2965 N24W30 265 0270 Fai 19 20 Beta-Gamma 2967 N18E05 230 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-al ...Continue Reading

March 16, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-006*NASA Awards Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 Contract* NASA has awarded the Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 (GSMO-3) contract to KBR Wyle Services LLC of Greenbelt, Maryland. The contract will provide services including systems engineering, facility engineering, launch and early orbit support, flight operations, flight dynamics support, and sustaining engineering for NASA. The total maximum ordering value of the cost-plus-award fee, indefinite-delivery/inde ...Continue Reading

March 16, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-035*California Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station* iss066e137090.jpg NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn configures the Combustion Integrated Rack on Feb. 8, 2022 to begin operations for a pair of studies exploring fire growth in microgravity. */Credits: NASA/* Students from Los Angeles will have an opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The space-to-Earth call will air l ...Continue Reading

March 16, 2022 RELEASE 22-024*NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully* Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Following the completion of critical mirror alignment steps, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team expects that Webb’s optical performance will be able to meet or exceed the science goals the observatory was built to achieve. On March 11, the Webb team completed the stage of alignment known as “fine phasing.” At this key stage in the commissioning of Webb ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Mar 16 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 75 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Mar 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2960 S20W89 337 0150 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2965 N24W17 265 0310 Fai 18 25 Beta-Gamma 2967 N18 ...Continue Reading

Tournament Earth: Elemental Edition: Round 3 The tournament started with 32 elemental images, and now there are eight left. Which ones will advance to represent earth, air, fire, and water in the semifinals? You decide. Vote now! https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 March 2022) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * There GOES Another Weather Watcher ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Mar 15 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 74 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Mar 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2960 S20W75 336 0130 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2965 N24W03 264 0500 Fki 17 25 Beta-Gamma 2967 N17 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WILDFIRES CHAR SOUTH KOREA Large fires raged in coastal South Korea in March 2022. * Wildfires Char South Korea (Image from Mar 5, 2022; Posted Mar 7, 2022) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149551/wildfires-char-south-korea/?src=nha -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORMS IN ASIA Along with Africa and the ...Continue Reading