June 18, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-073 *NASA, Partner Space Agencies to Release Global View of COVID-19 Impacts* A unique collection of data from Earth-observing spacecraft managed by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will track the environmental and socioeconomic impacts caused by the global response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. */Credits: NASA/* NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will unveil ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jun 18 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 170 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Jun 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Jun Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers:           Please join us on Wednesday June 24, 2020, Noon Eastern time, for a brown bag talk entitled “Gateway to the Stars: Fundamentalism, Space Tourism, and the Cape Canaveral Bible Conference” by Kari Edwards, a Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Mississippi—bio and full abstract below.  This brown bag talk will take place via Microsoft Teams. Please contact Nadine Andreassen with any logistical ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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. * Bush Fire Scorches Lands Near Phoenix (Image from Jun 14, 2020; Posted ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jun 17 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 169 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jun 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Jun Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2020 RELEASE 20-066 *NASA Names Acting International Space Station Program Manager*  Kirk Shireman */Credits: NASA/*  Joel Montalbano */Credits: NASA/* Kathy Lueders, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has named Joel Montalbano as acting manager of the International Space Station Program. The appointment is effective Friday, June 26, the date Kirk Shireman, who has been in the position since 2015, is retiring from the agency to take a position in private industr ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 June 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Bush Fire Scorches Lands Near Phoenix https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146851/bush-fire-scorches-lands-near-phoenix/?src=eoa-iotd * Mediterranean Sunglint https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146848/mediterranean-sunglint/?src=eoa-iotd * Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise https://earthobservatory.nasa. ...Continue Reading

  June 16, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-068 *Students from Across US to Speak with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station*  NASA astronauts (from left) Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley and Chris Cassidy are the U.S. members of the International Space Station Expedition 63 crew. */Credits: NASA/* Students from across the nation will have an opportunity this week to ask questions of NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 1:10 p.m. EDT Fri ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- BLOOMS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE 2020 As hours of sunlight increase in the northern hemisphere, the oceans come alive with blooms of phytoplankton, algae, and seaweed. * Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise (Image from May 30, 2020; Posted Jun 10, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146843/norwegian-fjord-turns-turquoise/?sr ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2020 RELEASE 20-064 *Rocket Motors for First NASA Artemis Moon Mission Arrive at Spaceport* A train transporting the 10 booster segments for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket travels across the Indian River just outside NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 15, 2020. NASA received transfer of the segments at a train yard in Titusville, Florida after departing June 5 from Northrop Grumman’s manufacturing facility in Utah. The Shuttle Wagon that once brought the space shuttle boosters onto Kennedy ...Continue Reading