Fighting Drought in Texas Cotton Country   October 8, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Fighting Drought in Texas Cotton Country Drought and an ailing aquifer were major topics of conversation when NASA scientists visited with farmers in the Texas High Plains.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NASAEarth ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 08 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 281 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4545 N18W19 221 0050 Dao 06 08 Beta 4547 N15W73 275 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 4548 S12E13 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-078 OCT. 7, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 35th Station Resupply Launch, Arrival  A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs from the International Space Station on June 16 after undocking from the Harmony module’s forward port. Dragon, packed with completed science experiments and cargo for retrieval and analysis on Earth, parachuted to a splashdown off the coast of southern California ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3752 Issue Time: 2026 Oct 07 0504 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1,000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3752 Begin Time: 2026 Oct 05 1830 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 10956 pfu CORRECTEDThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for correspondence, as ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 07 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 280 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4545 N19W06 221 0050 Dao 04 12 Beta 4547 N15W59 274 0030 Cri 06 08 Beta 4548 S12E25 ...Continue Reading

Discover the latest from NASA Earth Science   October 6, 2026 Weekly News   Latest Images of the Day View the Image of the Day archive The Beaver Brown Waters of Rupert Bay Dissolved organic matter and suspended sediment mingle in the southernmost extent of James Bay. Moon-Like Madagascar A bright lens of anorthosite, a rock type prevalent on the lunar surface, is cradled within sheared rocks in the country’s south. ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-076 OCT. 6, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Spacecraft Departure  Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft rests at its capture point on April 13, 2026, 12 meters from the International Space Station, as the Canadarm2 robotic arm prepares to grapple the resupply ship. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplie ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3752 Issue Time: 2026 Oct 06 0507 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1,000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3751 Begin Time: 2026 Oct 05 1830 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2358 pfu Max time: 2026 Oct 05 2010 UTCThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address fo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 06 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 279 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4545 N20E07 221 0020 Dro 03 06 Beta-Gamma 4547 N15W46 274 0010 Bxi 05 07 Beta 4548 S12 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-075 OCT. 5, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown Live NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 members gather for a portrait in the pressure suits they will wear when they depart the International Space Station inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, Crew-12 pilot and commande ...Continue Reading