:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 09 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 129 Issued at 0030Z on 09 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N18E57 336 0180 Csi 05 07 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 08 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 128 Issued at 0030Z on 08 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N18E70 335 0130 Cso 04 05 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/ ...Continue Reading

May 07, 2021 RELEASE 21-057*NASA Selects Contractor for Quiet Supersonic Flight Community Testing* flying_004.jpg This composite image, which includes an illustration of NASA’s X-59 research aircraft, shows the airplane’s final configuration following years of research and design engineering. The single-pilot aircraft is now under construction at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. */Credits: Lockheed Martin/* NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc ...Continue Reading

May 07, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-056*Texas Students to Hear from Astronauts on International Space Station* iss050e011129.jpg Expedition 66 crewmembers Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) and Shane Kimbrough of NASA, together in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory. Photo was taken during International Space Station Expedition 50 in 2016. */Credits: NASA/* Students from Brownsville, Texas, will hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station during a call at 10:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 11, tha ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ERUPTION AT MOUNT FAGRADALSFJALL Iceland's Mount Fagradalsfjall erupted after more than 800 years of dormancy. * A Curious Case of Clouds in Iceland (Image from Apr 30, 2021; Posted May 6, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148282/a-curious-case-of-clouds-in-iceland/?src=nha ------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

May 07, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-058*NASA, Axiom Space to Host Media Briefing on Private Astronaut Mission* 45585656432_277f158027_k.jpeg The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking on Oct. 4, 2018. NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev executed a fly around of the orbiting laboratory to take pictures of the station before returning home after spending 197 days in space. */Credits: NASA/Rosco ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 07 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 127 Issued at 0030Z on 07 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

May 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-057*NASA Invites Public, Media to Watch Asteroid Mission Begin Return to Earth* osiris-rex_departure.png This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth. */Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/* NASA invites the public and the media to watch its first asteroid sample return mission begin a two-year cruise home at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, May 10, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 06 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 126 Issued at 0030Z on 06 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

May 05, 2021 RELEASE 21-058*NASA Names New Chief of Staff* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson announced Wednesday that Susie Perez Quinn will serve as the agency’s chief of staff. Quinn joins NASA with extensive experience in government and government relations. As chief of staff, Quinn will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of NASA Headquarters. She will work with Nelson and senior NASA staff to shape the strategic direction of the agency, while overseeing and articulat ...Continue Reading