Jonathan's Space Report No. 767 2019 Aug 2 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 60 continues. Soyuz MS-13 was launched on Jul 20 and docked with the Zvezda module 6h 19 min after launch. Crew were Aleksandr Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano and Drew Morgan. They joined Aleksey Ovchinin, Nick Hague and Christina Koch aboard the ISS. ...Continue Reading

  August 01, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-078*NASA Television to Broadcast Space Station Departure of Cygnus Cargo Ship * The Canadarm2 robotic arm is positioned to grapple the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft as it approaches its capture point with the International Space Station orbiting 255 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. Highlighting the foreground is the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module. */Credits: NASA/* More than three months after delivering several tons of supplie ...Continue Reading

  August 01, 2019 RELEASE 19-057*GOES-17 Mishap Investigation Board Study Completed*  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-17 satellite, which launched March 1, 2018 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, is pictured with its large solar array deployed in a clean room at Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado. */Credits: Lockheed Martin/* A Mishap Investigation Board appointed by NASA and the ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Aug 01 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 01 Aug 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  July 31, 2019 RELEASE 19-062*NASA Administrator Names Acting Director for Goddard Space Flight Center* Goddard Acting Center Director George Morrow */Credits: NASA/Bill Hrybyk/* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has named George Morrow to serve as acting director of the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, effective Thursday, Aug. 1. Morrow will replace Chris Scolese, who is departing NASA to be the director of the National Reconnaissance Office. Morrow ...Continue Reading

July 25, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-077*NASA TV to Air Launch, Docking of Russian Space Station Cargo Ship* Earth's atmospheric glow is back-dropped by a starry Milky Way as the International Space Station orbits 258 miles above Myanmar during a nighttime pass on July 11, 2019. The ISS Progress 72 resupply ship and the Pirs docking compartment, with its lit airlock window, silhouette the background. */Credits: NASA/* A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station Wednes ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 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 212 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Jul 2019 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 None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 July 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Getting Saltier https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145373/getting-saltier/?src=eoa-iotd * South Africa's Largest Open-Pit Mine https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145366/south-africas-largest-open-pit-mine/?src=eoa-iotd * The Ups and Downs of Crater Lake https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145 ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-011*NASA Invites Media to Orion Propulsion Test for Artemis Moon and Mars Missions*  Engineers perform work at NASA’s White Sand Test Facility ahead of testing of the Orion propulsion system. *//* Media are invited to a test of the Orion service module’s propulsion system Monday, Aug. 5, at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Orion’s service module is an essential part of the spacecraft for Artemis missions to the Moon. Known as Orion’s “powerhouse,” ...Continue Reading

  July 30, 2019 RELEASE 19-064*NASA Announces Call for Next Phase of Commercial Lunar Payload Services* Commercial landers will carry NASA-provided science and technology payloads to the lunar surface, paving the way for NASA astronauts to land on the Moon by 2024. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has announced the latest opportunity for industry to participate in its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) efforts to deliver science and technology payloads to and near the Moon. The newest announ ...Continue Reading