:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 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 242 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  August 28, 2020 RELEASE 20-083 *NASA Selects Proposals for New Space Environment Missions* The Sun sends out a constant stream of particles and energy, which drives a complex space weather system near Earth and can affect spacecraft and astronauts. NASA has chosen five new mission concept studies for further development to study various aspects of this dynamic system. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has selected five proposals for concept studies of missions to help improve understanding of the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U.S. Fire season in the West can stretch from late spring until seasonal winter rains and snow arrive. Climate change has made recent warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles. * August Fires Leave Vast Burn Scars in California (Image from Aug 26, 2020; Posted Aug 27, 2020) https://earthobserv ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 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 241 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

August 27, 2020 RELEASE 20-084 *NASA Names Robyn Gatens Acting Director for International Space Station*  Robyn Gatens */Credits: NASA/* Kathy Lueders, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has named Robyn Gatens as acting director of the International Space Station at NASA Headquarters. The appointment was effective Aug. 25. Sam Scimemi, the former director, has assumed new responsibilities as a special assistant for the agency’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directo ...Continue Reading

  August 27, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-095 *NASA to Highlight Artemis Booster Test with Live Broadcast, Media Teleconference* Teams have installed the flight support booster (FSB) for later versions of the solid rocket boosters on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket into the test stand in Promontory, Utah. NASA and Northrop Grumman, the SLS booster lead contractor, will conduct a two-minute, full-duration test with the booster on Sept. 2. Engineers will use data from the test to eva ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Laura Makes Landfall (Image from Aug 27, 2020; Posted Aug 27, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147180/laura-makes-landfall/?src=nha -------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 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 240 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Level 2 (L2) Version 1 dataset. More information regarding OMG is available from the project website and PO.DAAC’s mission webpage. This dataset provides temperature and salinity measurements collected during OMG field campaigns off the coast of Greenland between July 2015 and April 2020. Research vessels deployed CTD instruments measuring conductivi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- 2020 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Hurricane Laura Takes Aim at the Gulf Coast (Image from Aug 26, 2020; Posted Aug 26, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147169/hurricane-laura-takes-aim-at-the-gulf-coast/?src=nha 2 ...Continue Reading