The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- CYCLONES IN THE SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN Storms in the southern half of the basin tend to form between November and April. * Tropical Cyclone Eloise (Image from Jan 22, 2021; Posted Jan 22, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147828/tropical-cyclone-eloise/?src=nha NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER 2020-21 Cold temperatures, snow ...Continue Reading

January 22, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-012*NASA Invites Media to Next Space Station Cargo Launch With Northrop Grumman* ng-12.jpg The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 15th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver science investigations, supplies and equipment to the orbital laboratory and its crew. */Credits: ...Continue Reading

Thursday, January 21, 2021 We are pleased to announce that the CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Climate Data Record Version 1.0 dataset is now available in HiTIDE, allowing you to visualize, subset, and download the orbital swath data based on spatial and temporal boundaries of interest. For more information on this dataset, visit the landing page on the PO.DAAC Web Portal: https://doi.org/10.5067/CYGNS-C2H10 Begin exploring by going to https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/hitide and look for this dataset under ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 January 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Brunt Breaking Up with Antarctica this Year? https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147799/brunt-breaking-up-with-antarctica-this-year/?src=eoa-iotd * Curious Clouds in the Transantarctic Mountains https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147772/curious-clouds-in-the-transantarctic-mountains/?src=eoa-iotd * ...Continue Reading

January 19, 2021 RELEASE 21-004*NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2020 Annual Report*  Cover of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel 2020 Annual Report */Credits: NASA/* The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, issued its 2020 annual report Tuesday examining the agency’s safety performance over the past year and highlighting accomplishments, issues, and concerns.  The report highlights 2020 activities and includes observat ...Continue Reading

January 19, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-011*NASA Invites Media to Update on Rocket Test for Artemis I Moon Mission*  The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a hot fire test Jan. 16, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. */Credits: NASA Television/* NASA will host a media teleconference at 5:30 p.m. EST today, Tuesday, Jan.19, to discuss the engine test conducted Saturday, Jan. 16, for the Space Launch Syste ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- 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 * Heavy Snowfall Blankets Spain (Image from Jan 11, 2020; ...Continue Reading

January 19, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-010*NASA TV Coverage Set for January Spacewalks, Preview News Conference*  NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy took this epic "space-selfie" during a spacewalk this at the International Space Station on July 21, 2020. */Credits: NASA/* Two NASA astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station Wednesday, Jan. 27, and Monday, Feb. 1, for a pair of spacewalks to finish installing a European science platform and co ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers: Please join us on January 27, 2021 at 12pm ET for our virtual History Brown Bag as historian Dr. Christopher J. Gainor discusses his new book from the NASA History Office, /Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations. /Dr. Gainor’s book is now available as an free eBook: https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/not-yet-imagined.html Hardcopies will be available soon. Unlike our past virtual Brown Bag events, this talk will be hosted via Webex. A link will be posted in o ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers: Please join us on January 27, 2021 at 12pm ET for our virtual History Brown Bag as historian Dr. Christopher J. Gainor discusses his new book from the NASA History Office, /Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations. /Dr. Gainor’s book is now available as an free eBook: https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/not-yet-imagined.html Hardcopies will be available soon. Unlike our past virtual Brown Bag events, this talk will be hosted via Webex. A link will be posted in o ...Continue Reading