The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- A NEW ISLAND FORMS NEAR NISHINOSHIMA VOLCANO Volcanic activity along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” gave rise to a tiny island in November 2013, and it has been expanding since then. Located in the Ogasawara Islands, part of the Volcano Islands arc, the new islet sits about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Tokyo. * Nis ...Continue Reading

  July 13, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-079 *NASA, ESA to Release First Images from Solar Orbiter Mission* ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter is returning its first science data, including images of the Sun taken from closer than any spacecraft in history. */Credits: ESA/ATG Medialab/* Scientists from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) will release the first data captured by Solar Orbiter, the joint ESA/NASA mission to study the Sun, during an online news briefing at 8 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 16. The ...Continue Reading

  July 13, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-080 *NASA Broadcasts Final Spacewalks to Upgrade Space Station Power System* NASA astronaut Bob Behnken (at left) is pictured during a spacewalk to swap batteries and upgrade power systems on the International Space Station's Starboard-6 truss structure. Pictured at lower right, is an external pallet, gripped by the Canadarm2 robotic arm, that housed the batteries replaced on the orbiting lab. Behnken was joined during the six-hour and seven-minute excursion ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #20-28 2020 July 12 at 8:44 p.m. MDT (2020 July 13 0244 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 6-12 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For July 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, USGS, the Inter ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 13 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 195 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo 2766 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 12 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 194 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo 2766 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 11 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 193 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2766 N05W65 122 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/ ...Continue Reading

  July 10, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-078 *Aviation Scholars to Speak with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station* NASA astronaut Doug Hurley prepares NASA astronaut Bob Behnken for Extravehicular Activity 65 in the Airlock. */Credits: NASA/* Aviation scholars from across the nation will pose questions next week to NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The educational downlink event will air live at 1:10 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 14, on NASA Television and the agency’s w ...Continue Reading

  July 10, 2020 RELEASE 20-071 *NASA Awards SETI Institute Contract for Planetary Protection Support* Amy Baker, SETI Project Manager, instructs proper sampling technique during the 2019 course ‘Planetary Protection: Policies and Practices’ at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on May 1, 2019. */Credits: NASA/Elaine Seasly/* NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future planetary protection mission ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 780 2020 Jul 9 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 63 continues. The DARPA REDEYE-2 satellite was deployed at 1750:00 Jun 17. Deployment was by the Dextre SPDM, not the JRMS. The SPDM extracted the Nanoracks Kaber deployer from the Kibo airlock slide table, and the satellite was ejected from ...Continue Reading