December 13, 2021 RELEASE 21-171*NASA Selects Second Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station* 51710869257_e57bca45a6_k.jpg The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has selected Axiom Space for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. NASA will negotiate with Axiom on a ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- U.S. FALL AND WINTER MONSOON 2021-22 Late autumn and winter months usually bring rain and snow to western locations that are mostly dry for the rest of the year. * Soggy Autumn in the Pacific Northwest (Image from Dec 6, 2021; Posted Dec 9, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149195/soggy-autumn-in-the-pacific-northw ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-53 2021 December 12 at 6:39 p.m. MST (2021 December 13 0139 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 6-12 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For December 13-19 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Dec 10 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 344 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Dec 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2901 ...Continue Reading

Thursday, December 9, 2021 As detailed in the 12 July 2021 announcement, the PO.DAAC data archive is being migrated to the NASA Earthdata Cloud, hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). In an effort to best support the users as they begin transitioning their workflows or data access points to a cloud-based process, PO.DAAC is making the existing datasets from its archive available from and within the Earthdata Cloud as soon as they are available. Information and tutorials about how to access these datasets can be found o ...Continue Reading

December 09, 2021 RELEASE 21-170*NASA Selects Education Projects to Help Broaden STEM Participation * nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has selected a diverse group of projects from museums, science centers, library systems, and other informal education organizations across the country as NASA Informal Education Community Anchors. The projects all received Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) Community Anchor Awards. Designation as a community anchor recognizes an institution as ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- U.S. FALL AND WINTER MONSOON 2021-22 Late autumn and winter months usually bring rain and snow to western locations that are mostly dry for the rest of the year. * Soggy Autumn in the Pacific Northwest (Image from Dec 6, 2021; Posted Dec 9, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149195/soggy-autumn-in-the-pacific-northwe ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3176 Issue Time: 2021 Dec 09 1403 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2021 Dec 09 1345 UTC Station: GOES16 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

December 09, 2021 RELEASE 21-168*NASA Launches New Mission to Explore Universe’s Most Dramatic Objects* nhq202112090001.jpg A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The IXPE spacecraft is the first satellite dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays from a variety of cosmic sources, such as black holes and neutron stars. Launch occurred at 1 a.m. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Dec 09 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 343 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Dec 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2901 ...Continue Reading