The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- MANMADE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SUEZ CANAL In March 2021, ships backed up around the Suez Canal while a grounded container ship blocked the key shipping route. * Traffic Jam on the Suez Canal (Image from Mar 27, 2021; Posted Mar 29, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148114/traffic-jam-on-the-suez-canal/?src=nha ------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

April 05, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-039*Watch Next Space Station Crew Launch Live on NASA TV, NASA App* nhq202103200018_large.jpeg Expedition 65 crew members Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, pose for a photo during qualification exams, Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of their scheduled launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kaza ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers: Just a reminder about this upcoming event. Please contact Sean Seyer for more information. Best, Brian Brian C. Odom, PhD, MLIS (He/Him)// Acting NASA Chief Historian NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 256-541-8974 (cell) *From: *"'Neufeld, Michael' via Albatross SIG" <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Reply-To: *neufeldm <neufeldm@si.edu> *Date: *Monday, April 5, 2021 at 10:08 AM *To: *Albatross-SIG <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Subject: *[EXTE ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-16 2021 April 4 at 8:37 p.m. MDT (2021 April 5 0237 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 29-April 4 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For April 5-11 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 05 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 95 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2813 N21W37 159 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 04 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 94 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2812 N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 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 93 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Apr 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 Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2812 N ...Continue Reading

April 02, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-040*NASA To Host Virtual Viewing of Orion Spacecraft Drop Test * lrc20210323h1porion000101.jpg Engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia begin a new series of four water impact drop tests with a test version of the capsule for NASA’s Orion spacecraft to better understand what Orion and its crew may experience when landing in the Pacific Ocean after Artemis missions to the Moon. */Credits: NASA/* Engineers will drop an 14,000-pounds test version of t ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3130 Issue Time: 2021 Apr 02 1741 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2021 Apr 02 1715 UTC Station: GOES-16 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 Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 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 92 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2811 N ...Continue Reading