NASA History Listserv Readers:            Below is some information that may interest you or other colleagues so please feel free to forward.  If you have questions about this, please contact Ms. Tracy Grimm below.  Thanks very much.            -Steve   Stephen Garber NASA History Division Office of Communications NASA Headquarters Room 5P25 Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 http://history.nasa.gov ______ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WILDFIRES IN AUSTRALIA Drought conditions have primed many regions for unusually high and intense fire activity. * Fires Take a Toll on Australian Forests (Image from Dec 9, 2019; Posted Dec 12, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145998/fires-take-a-toll-on-australian-forests/?src=nha -- DROUGHT (0 updated event, 1 new image) ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Dec 13 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Dec 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

December 12, 2019 RELEASE 19-097 *X Marks the Spot: NASA Selects Site for Asteroid Sample Collection* This image shows sample site Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. The image is overlaid with a graphic of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to illustrate the scale of the site. */Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/* After a year scoping out asteroid Bennu’s boulder-scattered surface, the team leading NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission has officially selected a samp ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Dec 12 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 346 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Dec 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

December 11, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-137*Texas Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station* NASA astronaut Christina Koch collects and packs Mizuna mustard greens grown and harvested inside the International Space Station's Vegetable Production System located in the Columbus laboratory module. */Credits: NASA/* Students from Texas will have an opportunity this week to talk with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air liv ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Dec 11 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 345 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Dec 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (10 December 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * The Expansion of Shanghai https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145968/the-expansion-of-shanghai/?src=eoa-iotd * Erebus Casts a Mighty Shadow https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145965/erebus-casts-a-mighty-shadow/?src=eoa-iotd * Patchwork of Corn in the Snow https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images ...Continue Reading

December 10, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-138*NASA, Boeing to Hold Media Teleconference on Orbital Flight Test Mission* A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, topped by the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, stand on Space Launch Complex 41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 4, 2019. The vehicle was in place on the launch pad for Boeing's wet dress rehearsal ahead of the upcoming Orbital Flight Test, an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. */Cre ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WINTER WEATHER IN NORTH AMERICA 2019-20 Early winter brought unusually heavy and widespread snow to much of the United States and parts of Canada. * Cloud Streets Stream Over the Great Lakes (Image from Dec 10, 2019; Posted Dec 10, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145973/cloud-streets-stream-over-the-great-lakes/?src ...Continue Reading