*Tournament Earth - Astronaut Photography Edition* It is time for the final countdown. We started on March 8 with 32 of our favorite photographs of Earth shot from the International Space Station, and now just two are left to compete. Which photo will reign in the 2021 tournament? Will it be a composite of stars in motion over the Americas, shot by astronaut Don Pettit in 2012? Or will it be an alkaline Turkish lake, captured in 2016 by astronaut Kate Rubins? Voting ends April 12… *Vote now* ** ...Continue Reading

*Tournament Earth - Astronaut Photography Edition* It is time for the final countdown. We started on March 8 with 32 of our favorite photographs of Earth shot from the International Space Station, and now just two are left to compete. Which photo will reign in the 2021 tournament? Will it be a composite of stars in motion over the Americas, shot by astronaut Don Pettit in 2012? Or will it be an alkaline Turkish lake, captured in 2016 by astronaut Kate Rubins? Voting ends April 12… *Vote now* ** ...Continue Reading

*Tournament Earth - Astronaut Photography Edition* It is time for the final countdown. We started on March 8 with 32 of our favorite photographs of Earth shot from the International Space Station, and now just two are left to compete. Which photo will reign in the 2021 tournament? Will it be a composite of stars in motion over the Americas, shot by astronaut Don Pettit in 2012? Or will it be an alkaline Turkish lake, captured in 2016 by astronaut Kate Rubins? Voting ends April 12… *Vote now* ** ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- PACAYA VOLCANO The volcano in Guatemala has been producing persistent strombolian eruptions since the 1960s. * Pacaya Heats Up (Image from Mar 29, 2021; Posted Apr 6, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148150/pacaya-heats-up/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on April 14, 2020 at 11:00am-11:45am EDT for our Virtual History Brown Bag talk: *Dr. Jenifer Barton*, /Branding the Earth: A History of the Earth System Concept in the United States, 1983-1988/ * * *Microsoft Teams link for the event: *Click here to join the meeting *Abstract:* The phrase “Earth system” is today used ubiquitously by Earth scientists to describe the planet as a system of interconnections bet ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: *** Upcoming event at the Wilson Center. See details below on how to register. Best,  Brian Brian C. Odom, PhD, MLIS (He/Him)// Acting NASA Chief Historian NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 256-541-8974 (cell) *From: *"'Neufeld, Michael' via Albatross SIG" <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Reply-To: *neufeldm <neufeldm@si.edu> *Date: *Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 3:04 PM *To: *Albatross-SIG <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Subject ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 07 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 97 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2813 N20W65 160 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/ ...Continue Reading

  April 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-041*NASA Invites Public to Take Flight With Ingenuity Mars Helicopter* 1-pia24547-mastcam-z_gives_ingenuity_a_close-up.jpg NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. This image was taken on April 5, 2021, the 45th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/* NASA is targeting no earlier than Sunday, April 11, for Ingenuity Mars ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 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 96 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2813 N20W50 158 0005 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/ ...Continue Reading

  April 05, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-038*Rice Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts on Space Station* Kate Rubins in the Zvezda Service Module Transfer compartement. Flight Engineer Kate Rubins is photographed in the Zvezda Service Module Transfer compartment during preparations for Russian Extravehicular Activity 47 (EVA 47). */Credits: NASA/* Students from the Rice Space Institute will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. T ...Continue Reading