June 29, 2021 RELEASE 21-087*Public Names ‘Moonikin’ Flying Around Moon on NASA’s Artemis I Mission* campos.jpg Arturo Campos, electrical power subsystem manager for the Apollo 13 lunar module. */Credits: Courtesy of the Campos Family/* Lee este anuncio de prensa en español aqui. “Commander Moonikin Campos” is the official name of the manikin launching on Artemis I, NASA’s uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon later this year. The Mooni ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SEVERE WEATHER IN ILLINOIS There can be as many as 40,000 thunderstorms each day around the world. They are most common in the U.S., where they can produce tornadoes, floods, lightning and damaging winds. * A Cirrus Sign of Tornadoes (Image from Jun 16, 2021; Posted Jun 29, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148515/a-c ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jun 29 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 180 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Jun 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2835 S18E26 052 0240 Dsi 10 12 Beta-Gamma 2836 S28E21 057 0020 Cro 06 07 Beta 2837 N17 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF COVID-19 QUARANTINES As nations and economies shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, pollution levels and human patterns changed in ways that were detectable by satellites. * COVID-19 Lockdowns Cut Pollution, But Not All of It (Image from Feb 0, 2020; Posted Jun 25, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.go ...Continue Reading

Missed last week so here is everything from the past 2 weeks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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. * California Reservoirs Reflect Deepening Drought (Image from Jun 9, 2021; Posted Jun 17, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148447/california-reservoirs-reflect-deepening-dro ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-28 2021 June 27 at 6:32 p.m. MDT (2021 June 28 0032 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For June 21-27 No significant space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For June 28-July 4 No significant space weather storms are expected for the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jun 28 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 179 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Jun 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2835 S18E38 053 0230 Dso 10 07 Beta 2836 S27E34 057 0020 Cro 04 05 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jun 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 178 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jun 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2835 S18E51 053 0130 Dso 09 06 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 26/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jun 25 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 176 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Jun 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2833 N24W76 206 0140 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 24 ...Continue Reading

*From: *"'Neufeld, Michael' via Albatross SIG" <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Reply-To: *neufeldm <neufeldm@si.edu> *Date: *Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 4:02 PM *To: *Albatross-SIG <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Subject: *[EXTERNAL] [Albatross SIG] Fw: NASM History of Rocketry curator position open until June 29 The deadline for this position has been extended to June 29.  Also note that Space History will have two more positions opening in the next few months--one on computi ...Continue Reading