September 14, 2021 RELEASE 21-115 *NASA Selects Five U.S. Companies to Mature Artemis Lander Concepts * hls-eva-steps-apr2020_0.jpg Artist concept of Artemis astronaut stepping onto the Moon. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has selected five U.S. companies to help the agency enable a steady pace of crewed trips to the lunar surface under the agency’s Artemis program. These companies will make advancements toward sustainable human landing system concepts, conduct risk-reduction activities, and provide feedback on N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 14 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 257 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2866 S19W60 199 0100 Dao 04 07 Beta 2868 S20W77 216 0100 Cao 06 05 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- 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 Ida Leaves a Trail of Oil (Image from Sep 3, 2021; Posted Sep 10, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148820/hurricane-ida-leaves-a-trail-of-oil/?sr ...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 Ida Leaves a Trail of Oil (Image from Sep 3, 2021; Posted Sep 10, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148820/hurricane-ida-leaves-a-trail-of-oil/?src= ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 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 255 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2863 S17W92 258 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2864 N24W90 256 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2866 S18W33 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 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 254 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2863 S15W81 260 0070 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2864 N24W76 255 0080 Cso 02 02 Beta 2866 S18W19 ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-026*NASA Awards Contract for Software Licenses, Maintenance, Support* NASA has awarded Panamerica Computers of Luray, Virginia, an ordering vehicle to provide Box platform licenses, maintenance, and support services when the agency requires. The firm-fixed-price Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurements (SEWP) Catalog began Sept. 1 with a three-year ordering period and a maximum total value of approximately $8.5 million. The contract will be administered at the NASA Sha ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-025*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for GOES-U Mission* NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) mission. GOES-U will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON An average of twenty tropical cyclones form each year amid some of the world's warmest ocean waters. * Rapid Intensification for Typhoon Chanthu (Image from Sep 9, 2021; Posted Sep 9, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148814/rapid-intensification-for-typhoon-chanthu/?src=nha ------- ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2021 RELEASE 21-119*NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces of Mars’ History* 1-pia24840_main_samuels_5_hazcam_flf_0196_0684353735_668cws_n0070000fhaz02008_0a00llj01-stretched.png Two holes are visible in the rock, nicknamed “Rochette,” from which NASA’s Perseverance rover obtained its first core samples. The rover drilled the hole on the left, called “Montagnac,” Sept. 7, and the hole on the right, known as “Montdenier,” Sept. 1. Below it is a round spot the rover abraded. */Credits ...Continue Reading