The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (10 November 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Gravimetry https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147437/taking-a-measure-of-sea-level-rise-gravimetry/?src=eoa-iotd * Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Land Motion https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147436/taking-a-measure-of-sea-level-rise-land-motion/?src=eoa-i ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Nov 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 316 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Nov 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2781 S23W23 255 0230 Eso 12 17 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/ ...Continue Reading

  November 10, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-123 *NASA Science to Host Community Town Hall Meeting* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 17, to discuss updates to NASA’s science programs, share the current status of activities, and roll out the agency’s 2021 NASA Science Planning Guide. Members of th ...Continue Reading

  November 09, 2020 RELEASE 20-113 *New NASA Partnerships to Mature Commercial Space Technologies, Capabilities* 47771899291_db5382652c_o.jpeg During the final, demonstration level of NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, AI SpaceFactory autonomously printed a habitat and tested technology for building structures on the Moon and Mars */Credits: NASA/Emmett Given/* NASA has selected 17 U.S. companies for 20 partnerships to mature industry-developed space technologies for the ...Continue Reading

  November 10, 2020 RELEASE 20-111 *Independent Review Indicates NASA Prepared for Mars Sample Return Campaign* pia23496_-_mav_launch.jpg This illustration shows a concept of how the NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle, carrying tubes containing rock and soil samples, could be launched from the surface of Mars in one step of the Mars sample return mission. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* NASA released an independent review report Tuesday indicating the agency is now ready to undertake its Mars Samp ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Nov 10 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 315 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Nov 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2781 S23W09 254 0230 Esi 12 17 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 09/ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- 2020 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Eta Heads to Central America (Image from Nov 3, 2020; Posted Nov 3, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147485/eta-heads-to-central-america/?src=nha 2020 WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEA ...Continue Reading

  November 09, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-122 *NASA Invites Media to Briefing on Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board Report * mars2020-sample-tubes.jpg NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will store rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on the planet's surface for future missions to retrieve, as seen in this illustration. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 10, to discuss the findings and recommendations of the report by ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: * * * Please join us November 18 at 12:00pm ET for our Virtual History Brown Bag talk: Roland Miller, “Interior Space: Preserving the History and Culture of the International Space Station through Photographic Interpretation” *Abstract:* To historically preserve and artistically interpret the International Space Station, Astronaut Paolo Nespoli and photographer Roland Miller collaboratively photographed the interior of the ISS during Expeditions 52 and 53 ...Continue Reading

  November 09, 2020 RELEASE 20-113 *New NASA Partnerships to Mature Commercial Space Technologies, Capabilities* 47771899291_db5382652c_o.jpeg During the final, demonstration level of NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, AI SpaceFactory autonomously printed a habitat and tested technology for building structures on the Moon and Mars */Credits: NASA/Emmett Given/* NASA has selected 17 U.S. companies for 20 partnerships to mature industry-developed space technologies for the ...Continue Reading