:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 31 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 213 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2767 S20W46 197 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2768 N26E40 111 0020 Hsx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

Thursday, July 30, 2020 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the NASA-funded Saildrone data as part of the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC). The ATOMIC campaign involved the deployment of a fleet of Saildrones in the Atlantic waters offshore of Barbados over a 45 day period from 17 January to 2 March 2020. The goal was to understand the ocean-atmosphere interaction particularly over mesoscale ocean eddies in that region. The Saildrone ATOMIC dataset hosted at ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-088*NASA Astronauts in Space to Discuss Upcoming SpaceX Crew Dragon Return* NASA astronauts (from left) Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley and Chris Cassidy are the U.S. members of the Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will address their upcoming SpaceX Crew Dragon departure and splashdown in a news conference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Friday, July 31, from the International Space Station. Fellow NASA ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- AURORA AUSTRALIS The Austral Winter brings dazzling aurae to the southern hemisphere. * Winter Light for Antarctica (Image from Jul 14, 2020; Posted Jul 29, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147038/winter-light-for-antarctica/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Haz ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2020 RELEASE 20-077*NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet * A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Perseverance rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. */Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky/* NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its w ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 30 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 212 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2767 S16W35 200 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2768 N20E54 110 0005 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the GHRSST NAVO MetOp-A/B/C Level-2P version 2.0 (v2.0) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) datasets based on the AVHRR sensor. The MetOp satellite program is a European multi-satellite program to provide weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. MetOp-A,  MetOp-B and Metop-C were respectively launched on 19 Oct. 2006, 17 Sept. 2012 and 7 Nov. 2018. The program was jointly established by the European S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Jul 29 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 211 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Jul 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2767 S20W21 198 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2768 N25E65 113 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (28 July 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * The Parched Parana River https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147031/the-parched-parana-river/?src=eoa-iotd * Checking on Chikungunya https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147017/checking-on-chikungunya/?src=eoa-iotd * Alaska's Vegetation is Changing Dramatically https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/image ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on *Wednesday August 5, 2020, 12:00pm Eastern time* for our History Brown Bag talk from *W. Patrick McCray *entitled*, “**Frank Malina: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of Art”*—bio and abstract are included below.   On the date and time of the meeting, please click the link below to join:  *Join Microsoft Teams Meeting * * * +1 256-715-9946   United States, Huntsville (Toll) Conference ID: 424 205 345# Local numbers ...Continue Reading