December 31, 1969 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-055*NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts to Answer Questions after Return to Earth* crew-1_return_collage.jpg Crew-1 astronauts pictured after their return to Earth: NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi. */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts will answer questions at 3:45 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 6, about their historic mission on the International Space Station and re ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 FIRE SEASON IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Whether sparked by lightning, intentional land-clearing, or human-caused accidents, wildfires are burning longer and more often in some northern latitudes as the world warms. * Wildfires and Smoke in Siberia (Image from Apr 22, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images ...Continue Reading

May 03, 2021 RELEASE 21-056*Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer Moves To New Role*  Mark Geyer, Senior Advisor to the Associate Administrator */Credits: NASA/Bill Stafford/*  Vanessa E. Wyche, acting director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston */Credits: NASA/* Mark Geyer, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, is stepping down from his position leading the center to focus more time on his health and family in light of a cancer diagnosis. “Mark has had an except ...Continue Reading

May 03, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-052*NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station* ksc-20201206-ph-awg05_0017_medium.jpeg A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:17 a.m. EST on Dec. 6, 2020, carrying the uncrewed cargo Dragon spacecraft on its journey to the International Space Station for NASA and SpaceX’s 21st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-21) mission. Dragon will deliver more than 6,400 pounds of science investigations and carg ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-20 2021 May 2 at 8:34 p.m. MDT (2021 May 3 0234 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 26-May 2 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions were observed on 26 Apr due to CME effects. No other space weather storms were obsereved. Outlook For May 3-9 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 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 123 Issued at 0030Z on 03 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

May 02, 2021 RELEASE 21-049*Crew-1 Astronauts Safely Splash Down After Space Station Mission* NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after landing in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, at 2:56 a.m. EDT May 2, 2021. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls/* F ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 02 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 122 Issued at 0030Z on 02 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2818 S16W80 205 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01 ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2021 RELEASE 21-054*Sen. Bill Nelson Statement on National Space Council* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* The following is a statement from Sen. Bill Nelson, who the U.S. Senate confirmed as the 14th NASA administrator on April 29, regarding the announcement Saturday that Vice President Kamala Harris will chair the National Space Council: “The Vice President is the perfect person to lead the federal government’s space policy, which is increasingly complex, with many nations in space. “Vice President Lyndo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 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 121 Issued at 0030Z on 01 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2818 S16W67 205 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2820 S22W71 209 0020 Bxo 10 03 Beta 2821 S21W89 ...Continue Reading