August 27, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-095 *NASA to Highlight Artemis Booster Test with Live Broadcast, Media Teleconference* Teams have installed the flight support booster (FSB) for later versions of the solid rocket boosters on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket into the test stand in Promontory, Utah. NASA and Northrop Grumman, the SLS booster lead contractor, will conduct a two-minute, full-duration test with the booster on Sept. 2. Engineers will use data from the test to eva ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Laura Makes Landfall (Image from Aug 27, 2020; Posted Aug 27, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147180/laura-makes-landfall/?src=nha -------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 27 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 240 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Level 2 (L2) Version 1 dataset. More information regarding OMG is available from the project website and PO.DAAC’s mission webpage. This dataset provides temperature and salinity measurements collected during OMG field campaigns off the coast of Greenland between July 2015 and April 2020. Research vessels deployed CTD instruments measuring conductivi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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. * Hurricane Laura Takes Aim at the Gulf Coast (Image from Aug 26, 2020; Posted Aug 26, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147169/hurricane-laura-takes-aim-at-the-gulf-coast/?src=nha 2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 26 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 239 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (25 August 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Typhoon Bavi Approaches Korean Peninsula https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147166/typhoon-bavi-approaches-korean-peninsula/?src=eoa-iotd * Mapping the Roots of Mangrove Loss https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147142/mapping-the-roots-of-mangrove-loss/?src=eoa-iotd * Beguiling Bloom in The Baltic S ...Continue Reading

  August 25, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-094 *NASA Administrator to Open Space Station Research and Development Conference* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is set to open the ninth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 27, as the microgravity laboratory celebrates the 20th anniversary of continuous human presence in space. The theme of this year's conference is "From Vision to Discovery," focusing on how the pas ...Continue Reading

Just a reminder of tomorrow’s “Brown Bag” Talk Regards, Brian Brian C. Odom, PhD NASA Chief Historian (Acting) NASA HQ History Program Office 256-541-8974 (cell) http://history.nasa.gov/ *From: *"Odom, Brian C. (MSFC-CS20)" <brian.c.odom@nasa.gov> *Date: *Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 8:32 AM *To: *HQ-DL-History <history@lists.hq.nasa.gov> *Subject: *Upcoming NASA History Virtual Brown Bag Talk - August 26, 12pm EDT *NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on  ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 On Aug 16, 2020 the NASA Aqua satellite experienced an anomaly with the onboard Formatter-Multiplexer Unit (FMU) that has affected the real time processing streams for all Aqua instruments including for MODIS and the L2/L3 Sea Surface Temperature datasets distributed by the PO.DAAC. The health/telemetry is being monitored by the Instrument Operations Team and a reset of the FMU is tentatively planned for Aug 26. For additional details refer to:https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ ...Continue Reading