October 04, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-125 *NASA Invites Media to Launch of Double Asteroid Redirection Test* dart_header.jpg Illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system. */Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins, APL/Steve Gribben/* Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, an evaluation of technologies for preventing a hazardous asteroid from striking Earth. DART is ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the basin runs from June 1 to November 30, though storms have been starting earlier in recent years. * Hurricane Sam (Image from Sep 30, 2021; Posted Oct 1, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148904/hurricane-sam/?src=nha -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new ima ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the basin runs from June 1 to November 30, though storms have been starting earlier in recent years. * Hurricane Sam (Image from Sep 30, 2021; Posted Oct 1, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148904/hurricane-sam/?src=nha ---------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Oct 03 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 276 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Oct 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2877 S20W78 327 0150 Dao 10 02 Beta 2880 N32E04 245 0230 Eso 11 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

October 01, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-121*NASA TV Coverage Set for Russian Film Production Launch* soyuz_launch.jpg The Soyuz MS-18 rocket is launched April 9, 2021 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls/* NASA will provide coverage of a Tuesday, Oct. 5 launch that will carry a Russian cosmonaut, actress, and film producer to the International Space Station, where they will film segments for a movie. The launch will mark the expansion of commercial space opportunities to include fea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Oct 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 274 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Oct 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2877 S18W52 327 0200 Dao 09 13 Beta-Gamma 2880 N32E30 245 0210 Dao 08 13 Beta IA. H-al ...Continue Reading

September 30, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-120*NASA to Host Briefings, Interviews for Next Crew Mission with SpaceX * crew-3.jpg The official crew portrait of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission: (from left) Commander Raja Chari and pilot Thomas Mashburn, both NASA astronauts. Mission specialist Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency). Mission specialist Kayla Barron of NASA. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will highlight the next crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space ...Continue Reading

September 30, 2021 RELEASE 21-128*NASA Issues Contracts to Mature Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Technologies * turboprop_concept.png NASA illustration of an advanced subsonic aircraft with an Electrified Aircraft Propulsion system. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has selected two U.S. companies to support its Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) that will rapidly mature Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP) technologies through ground and flight demonstrations. Through the EPFD program, NASA seeks to ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 30 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 273 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2871 S28W65 353 0010 Axx 00 01 Alpha 2877 S16W40 327 0130 Dai 07 14 Beta-Gamma 2880 N2 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (28 September 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Lava Burns a Path Through La Palma https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148880/lava-burns-a-path-through-la-palma/?src=eoa-iotd * NASA and USGS Launch Landsat 9 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148888/nasa-and-usgs-launch-landsat-9/?src=eoa-iotd * Research Shows More People Living in Floodplains ...Continue Reading