July 22, 2020 RELEASE 20-075*NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Passes Flight Readiness Review*  The nose cone containing NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is maneuvered into place atop its Atlas V rocket. The image was taken at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020. */Credits: NASA/KSC /* NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission cleared its Flight Readiness Review Wednesday, an important milestone on its way to the launch pad. The meeting was an oppo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 23 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 205 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2767 S22E58 200 0120 Hsx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 22 ...Continue Reading

  July 22, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-081*NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to First Operational Commercial Crew Launch* Mission specialist Shannon Walker, left, pilot Victor Glover, Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins – all of NASA – and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, right, will launch to the International Space Station on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 22 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 204 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2767 S22E72 197 0080 Hsx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (21 July 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features * Of Mosquitoes and Models: Tracking Disease by Satellite https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/disease-vector/?src=eoa-features A few decades ago, the idea of predicting a disease outbreak via satellite was science fiction. But today, researchers can use environmental data to predict when and where some diseases are likely to ...Continue Reading

  July 21, 2020 RELEASE 20-073*NASA Awards Fellowships to Advance Exploration, Increase Minority STEM Opportunities * NASA has awarded 17 fellowships to minority-serving institutions, through its Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), and an additional five fellowships to other universities through mission directorate project funds. The awards begin in the 2020 academic year and total more than $3 million to support innovative graduate student research. The selected proj ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 21 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 203 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Jul 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 Western United States can stretch from late spring until the winter rains arrive near the end of the calendar year. Climate change has made the past few years warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles. * Mineral Fire (Image from Jul 17, 2020; Posted Jul 20, 2020) https ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U.S. Fire season in the Western United States can stretch from late spring until the winter rains arrive near the end of the calendar year. Climate change has made the past few years warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles. * Mineral Fire (Image from Jul 17, 2020; Posted Jul 20, 2020) http ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #20-29 2020 July 19 at 8:40 p.m. MDT (2020 July 20 0240 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 13-19 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For July 20-26 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, the Inte ...Continue Reading