September 25, 2019 RELEASE 19-077 *NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir, Crewmates Arrive Safely at International Space Station* The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft carrying Expedition 61 crew members Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates launches Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls /* NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and two fellow crew members arrive ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 CYCLONE SEASON IN THE NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN Cyclones tend to form between April and December, fueled by changing seasons (in the west) and the monsoon (in the east). * Cyclone Hikaa Hits Oman (Image from Sep 24, 2019; Posted Sep 24, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145645/cyclone-hikaa-hits-oman/?src=nha ------ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Sep 25 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 268 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Sep 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (24 September 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Cyclone Hikaa Hits Oman https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145645/cyclone-hikaa-hits-oman/?src=eoa-iotd * 2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Is Second Lowest https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145641/2019-arctic-sea-ice-minimum-is-second-lowest/?src=eoa-iotd * Late Bloomers https://earthobservatory.na ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Sep 24 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 267 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Sep 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  September 23, 2019 RELEASE 19-074 *NASA Commits to Long-term Artemis Missions with Orion Production Contract* NASA completed building and outfitting the Orion crew capsule for the first Artemis lunar mission in June 2019. The spacecraft is being prepared for its uncrewed test flight atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Artemis 1 is the first test flight of the SLS and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system and will send Orion thousands of miles beyond the Moon and back to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRES IN INDONESIA Dry weather and agricultural burning can fuel extreme outbreaks of smoke in Indonesia. * Smoke Blankets Borneo (Image from Sep 17, 2019; Posted Sep 17, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145614/smoke-blankets-borneo/?src=nha -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE S ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Downpours Flood Southeast Texas (Image from Sep 20, 2019; Posted Sep 20, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145631/downpours-flood-southeast-texas/?src=nha -------------------- EO O ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #19-38 2019 September 22 at 8:01 p.m. MDT (2019 September 23 0201 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 16-22 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For September 23-29 G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on 28 Sep due to coronal hole influence. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on 29 S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Sep 23 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 266 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Sep 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading