*NASA History Listserv Readers: * * * Register soon for an in-depth, behind the scenes look at the Apollo 13 mission with our own NASA Chief Historian, Dr. Bill Barry. Details from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Spirit of Aviation Week regarding schedule and registration are included below.  * * *Apollo 13: A Deep Dive* *Date: *Wednesday, Jul 22, 2020  *Time: *6:00 PM - 7:15 PM CDT *Presenter: Dr. William P. Barry* Join NASA's Chi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 16 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 198 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  July 15, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-083 *NASA to Provide Update on James Webb Space Telescope* The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope with its sunshield and unitized pallet structures that will fold up around the telescope for launch. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s&Aci ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 15 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 197 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (14 July 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features * Could COVID-19 Have Seasons? Searching for Signals in Earth Data https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/covid-seasonality/?src=eoa-features A race is on to figure out whether COVID-19 will wax and wane with the seasons. Atmospheric and hydrologic models produced by NASA and other institutions may be key to that research. ---- ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers: Please join us tomorrow, *Wednesday July 15, 2020, 12:00pm Eastern time*, for our History Brown Bag talk entitled “NASA, the Search for Life and Missions to Europa” by Dr. Michael Neufeld (Senior Curator, NASM)—bio and full abstract below.  Click the link below to join the meeting: *Join Microsoft Teams Meeting* Please contact *Nadine Andreassen (202) 358-0087* or *Catherine Baldwin at (202) 358-4397* if you experience any technical issues.   * ...Continue Reading

  July 14, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-082 *NASA to Highlight Comet NEOWISE with Public Broadcast, Media Teleconference * NASA experts will discuss and answer public questions about Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE during a broadcast of NASA Science Live and follow up media teleconference on Wednesday, July 15. The comet is visible with the naked-eye in the early morning sky and starting this week, after sunset. The NASA Science Live episode will air live at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday on NASA Television and th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 14 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 196 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- A NEW ISLAND FORMS NEAR NISHINOSHIMA VOLCANO Volcanic activity along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” gave rise to a tiny island in November 2013, and it has been expanding since then. Located in the Ogasawara Islands, part of the Volcano Islands arc, the new islet sits about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Tokyo. * Nis ...Continue Reading

  July 13, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-079 *NASA, ESA to Release First Images from Solar Orbiter Mission* ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter is returning its first science data, including images of the Sun taken from closer than any spacecraft in history. */Credits: ESA/ATG Medialab/* Scientists from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) will release the first data captured by Solar Orbiter, the joint ESA/NASA mission to study the Sun, during an online news briefing at 8 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 16. The ...Continue Reading