December 02, 2021 RELEASE 21-160*NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Future Mega Moon Rocket Boosters*  Technicians at Northrop Grumman’s factory in Promontory, Utah, lift one of the first booster motors cast for the Artemis IV mission. All 10 Artemis II booster motors are complete and ready for transportation by train to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where they will be stacked with other booster components being outfitted at Kennedy. All 10 segments for Artemis III have been cast with propellant. * ...Continue Reading

December 02, 2021 RELEASE 21-164*NASA Selects Companies to Develop Commercial Destinations in Space*  The Blue Origin and Sierra Space Orbital Reef baseline configuration (second half of the 2020s): Core Module, Energy Mast, LIFE, Node, and Science Module. Payload operations commence with the second launch. */Credits: Orbital Reef/*  Starlab, from Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin, is a continuously crewed, free-flying, commercial space station dedicated to conducting advanced research, foste ...Continue Reading

December 02, 2021 RELEASE 21-144*Public Provides NASA Ideas for Engaging Untapped Communities* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA is currently reviewing 195 comments it received from the public aimed at addressing the barriers that potentially limit underserved communities’ participation in the agency’s mission. On June 15, NASA issued a request for information (RFI) entitled, “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities in NASA Programs, Contracts and Grants.” The agency described the purpose and ...Continue Reading

December 02, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-160*NASA to Announce America’s Next Class of Astronaut Candidates* 50058615887_84954cd40f_k.jpeg A spacewalker's spacesuit gloves and camera are reflected in the helmet visor during a six-hour and seven-minute spacewalk. */Credits: NASA/* After evaluating more than 12,000 applications, NASA will introduce its 2021 astronaut candidates at 12:30 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 6, from Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. After completing training, these ind ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3171 Issue Time: 2021 Dec 02 1137 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2021 Dec 02 1130 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 01, 2021 RELEASE 21-165*Vice President Highlights STEM in First National Space Council Meeting* 51718386733_19346e4180_k.jpeg Vice President Kamala Harris delivers opening remarks at the first meeting of the National Space Council, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington. Chaired by Vice President Harris, the council's role is to advise the President regarding national space policy and strategy, and ensuring the United States capitalizes on the opportunities present ...Continue Reading

December 01, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-163*NASA to Air VP Harris’ First National Space Council Meeting* Vice President Harris Speaks at Goddard November 5, 2021 Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks in front of the Space Environment Simulator (SES) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Nov. 5, 2021. */Credits: NASA/Taylor Mickal/* NASA will air live coverage of the first National Space Council Meeting held under the Biden-Harris Administration at 1:30 p.m. EST today, Wednesday, Dec. ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 November 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Tidal Vortices in the Sea of Okhotsk https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149148/tidal-vortices-in-the-sea-of-okhotsk/?src=eoa-iotd * Leaf Hunting in Japan https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149145/leaf-hunting-in-japan/?src=eoa-iotd * Silting the Cold Sea https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of datasets from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich/Jason CS radar altimeter mission, which aims to provide high-precision measurements of global sea-level that build upon the extensive record of observation from the previous Jason series altimetry missions. Several datasets are available to users for the first time with this release: [*]High resolution Altimetry products (Level 1A, Level 1B and Level 2) [*]Low resolution Altimetry products - ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Dec 01 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 335 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Dec 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2898 S25W52 242 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2900 S27W64 254 0240 Dao 07 03 Beta 2901 N15E37 ...Continue Reading