:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 26 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 239 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (25 August 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Typhoon Bavi Approaches Korean Peninsula https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147166/typhoon-bavi-approaches-korean-peninsula/?src=eoa-iotd * Mapping the Roots of Mangrove Loss https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147142/mapping-the-roots-of-mangrove-loss/?src=eoa-iotd * Beguiling Bloom in The Baltic S ...Continue Reading

  August 25, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-094 *NASA Administrator to Open Space Station Research and Development Conference* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is set to open the ninth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 27, as the microgravity laboratory celebrates the 20th anniversary of continuous human presence in space. The theme of this year's conference is "From Vision to Discovery," focusing on how the pas ...Continue Reading

Just a reminder of tomorrow’s “Brown Bag” Talk Regards, Brian Brian C. Odom, PhD NASA Chief Historian (Acting) NASA HQ History Program Office 256-541-8974 (cell) http://history.nasa.gov/ *From: *"Odom, Brian C. (MSFC-CS20)" <brian.c.odom@nasa.gov> *Date: *Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 8:32 AM *To: *HQ-DL-History <history@lists.hq.nasa.gov> *Subject: *Upcoming NASA History Virtual Brown Bag Talk - August 26, 12pm EDT *NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on  ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 On Aug 16, 2020 the NASA Aqua satellite experienced an anomaly with the onboard Formatter-Multiplexer Unit (FMU) that has affected the real time processing streams for all Aqua instruments including for MODIS and the L2/L3 Sea Surface Temperature datasets distributed by the PO.DAAC. The health/telemetry is being monitored by the Instrument Operations Team and a reset of the FMU is tentatively planned for Aug 26. For additional details refer to:https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ ...Continue Reading

  August 25, 2020 RELEASE 20-082 *NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Joins First Operational Boeing Crew Mission to Space Station*  NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps */Credits: NASA/* NASA has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Epps will join NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada for a six-month exped ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 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 238 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  August 24, 2020 RELEASE 20-081 *NASA Awards Grants to Minority Serving Institutions to Improve Participation in Engineering* NASA has awarded 14 planning grants to Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) through its Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), part of the agency’s Office of STEM Engagement. The grants, totaling more than $587,000, are part of a phased partnership effort with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grants will encourage the developmen ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 5 new images) -- 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. * Smoke Continues to Spread Across the U.S. West (Image from Aug 21, 2020; Posted Aug 21, 2020) https://earthobserv ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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. * Smoke Continues to Spread Across the U.S. West (Image from Aug 21, 2020; Posted Aug 21, 2020) https://earthobserva ...Continue Reading