January 13, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-008*NASA Updates Times for TV Coverage, Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions* ssc_photo_4603_large.jpg Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center will perform a hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage on Jan. 16, 2021. This image shows liquid hydrogen being safely vented and burned as it naturally warms and boils off during a rehearsal of a countdown to hot fire of the stage’s engines on Dec 20, 2020. */Credits: NASA/* Editor's note: T ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- TEMPERATURE EXTREMES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ANNUAL GLOBAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS Scientists at NASA report each year on the long-term trend of rising air temperatures over Earth's land and sea surfaces. The team assembles its analysis with publicly available data from roughly 6,300 meteorological stations, ship and buoy-based observations, and Antarctic research stations. * ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-009*NASA to Host Virtual Briefing on February Perseverance Mars Rover Landing* pia24316_06_parachute_2000.jpg This illustration shows NASA’s Perseverance rover deploying a supersonic parachute from its aeroshell as it slows down before landing on Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely on Feb. 18, 2021. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* NASA is hosting a media briefing on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 4:30 p.m. EST ...Continue Reading

January 14, 2021 *NASA Science to Host Community Town Hall* NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Thomas Zurbuchen, the agency’s associate administrator for science, and his leadership team at 2 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 25, to discuss updates to NASA’s science programs, the current status of activities, and the science portion of the recently passed FY21 NASA appropriation. Members of the science community, academia, media, and public are invited to participate by joi ...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. * 2020 Hurricanes Damage Vulnerable Mangroves (Image from Jan 26, 2020; Posted Jan 13, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147787/2020-hurricanes-damage-vulnerable-mangroves/?src=nha -- S ...Continue Reading

January 14, 2021 RELEASE 21-005*2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows* NASA Finds 2020 Tied for Hottest Year on Record Globally, 2020 was the hottest year on record, effectively tying 2016, the previous record. Overall, Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1880s. Temperatures are increasing due to human activities, specifically emissions of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane. */Credits: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio/Lori Pe ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER 2020-21 Cold temperatures, snowfall, and winter storms mark the 2020-21 winter season. * Mount Fuji's Missing Snow (Image from Jan 1, 2021; Posted Jan 12, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147780/mount-fujis-missing-snow/?src=nha -------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

January 13, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-008*NASA TV to Air Hot Fire Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions* ssc_photo_4603_large.jpg Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center will perform a hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage on Jan. 16, 2021. This image shows liquid hydrogen being safely vented and burned as it naturally warms and boils off during a rehearsal of a countdown to hot fire of the stage’s engines on Dec 20, 2020. */Credits: NASA/* NASA is targeting a two-hour ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 January 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Mount Fuji's Missing Snow https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147780/mount-fujis-missing-snow/?src=eoa-iotd * Heavy Snowfall Blankets Spain https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147768/heavy-snowfall-blankets-spain/?src=eoa-iotd * Rising Seas in Charleston https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/14 ...Continue Reading

January 13, 2021 RELEASE 21-003*NASA, Government of Japan Formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis Program * gateway_hero_angles_000.png Illustration of Gateway in lunar orbit with contributions from international partners. */Credits: NASA/* NASA and the Government of Japan have finalized an agreement for the lunar Gateway, an orbiting outpost that commercial and international partners will build together. This agreement strengthens the broad effort by the United States to engage international pa ...Continue Reading