September 01, 2020 RELEASE 20-085 *NASA Seeks Next Class of Flight Directors for Human Spaceflight Missions* Expedition 61 Flight Directors Marcos Flores and Pooja Jesrani along with their team of flight controllers monitor operations on the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/Robert Markowitz /* NASA is looking for leaders for one of the best jobs on Earth for human spaceflight – including missions to the Moon – the position of flight director in mission contr ...Continue Reading

  September 01, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-096 *NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s September Antares Launch from Virginia* The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 14th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital labo ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3043 Issue Time: 2020 Sep 01 0652 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3042 Begin Time: 2020 Aug 30 1325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3505 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3042 Issue Time: 2020 Sep 01 0342 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3041 Begin Time: 2020 Aug 30 1325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3505 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Sep 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 245 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U.S. Fire season in the West can stretch from late spring until seasonal winter rains and snow arrive. Climate change has made recent warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles. * August Fires Leave Vast Burn Scars in California (Image from Aug 26, 2020; Posted Aug 27, 2020) https://earthobser ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on Wednesday September 9, 2020, 12:00pm Eastern time for our History Brown Bag talk: *Dr. Lisa Ruth Rand, *"A Limited Natural Resource: Environmental Sovereignty in GEO" * * *Abstract: *The first satellite to reach geostationary orbit (GEO) shrank the planet in space and time, facilitating instantaneous, uninterrupted broadcasts across unprecedented distances. Twelve years later, a coalition of equatorial nations cla ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- * Flooding in the Wake of Laura (Image from Aug 29, 2020; Posted Aug 31, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147204/flooding-in-the-wake-of-laura/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA Earth Observatory. https://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ https://ea ...Continue Reading

  August 31, 2020 RELEASE 20-080 *Global Survey Using NASA Data Shows Dramatic Growth of Glacial Lakes* Lake Imja near Mount Everest in the Himalaya is a glacier lake that has grown to three times its length since 1990. */Credits: Planetary Science Institute/Jeffrey S. Kargel /* In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3041 Issue Time: 2020 Aug 31 1212 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3040 Begin Time: 2020 Aug 30 1325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2801 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading