April 02, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-043 *NASA TV to Air U.S. Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station* SpaceX's Dragon resupply ship slowly approaches the orbiting lab as both spacecraft were orbiting 258 miles above the Mediterranean Sea Dec. 9, 2019. Filled with more than 4,000 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, Dragon is now set to leave the International Space Station Monday, April 6. */Credits: NASA/* Filled with more than 4,000 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other ca ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Apr 02 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 93 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Apr 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2759 N28E38 261 0020 Hrx 02 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01/ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERSHED FLOODING IN 2020 Melting snow and ice, along with spring rains, often lead to flooding along parts of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. * Relentless Floods (Image from Mar 23, 2020; Posted Mar 31, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146515/relentless-floods/?src=nha ----------------------- ...Continue Reading

April 01, 2020 RELEASE 20-037 *Thousands Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation, #BeAnAstronaut* Thousands of Americans apply to be the next Artemis generation astronauts. */Credits: NASA/* Download a high-resolution version here. More than 12,000 people have applied to join NASA’s next class of astronauts, demonstrating strong national interest to take part in America’s plans to explore the Moon and take humanity’s next giant leap – human missions to Mars. Applications were received from every U.S. ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 We are pleased to announce that the following datasets are now available in the PO.DAAC High-Level Tool for Interactive Data Extraction (HiTIDE) tool, allowing you to visualize, subset, and download the orbital swath data based on spatial and temporal boundaries of interest: [*]GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO. [*]For more information on this dataset, visit the landing page on ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Apr 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 92 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Apr 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2759 N28E51 261 0010 Axx 02 02 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 31/ ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (31 March 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Tournament Earth - Best of EO: Round 2 ** Round 1 was full of upsets and surprises. Now it is time to pick your favorites from the "Neat 16" competitors in another week of voting. Round 2 ends on April 6 at 9 a.m. Eastern (U.S.) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/videos/tournament-earth-2020?src=eoa-features -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory ...Continue Reading

March 31, 2020  *Veteran Astronaut Karen Nyberg Retires from NASA* MEDIA ADVISORY: M20-006 Veteran Astronaut Karen Nyberg Retires from NASA After nearly 30 years at NASA’s Johnson Space Center supporting human spaceflight, including 20 years as an astronaut and two spaceflights totaling 180 days in space, Astronaut Karen Nyberg is retiring from NASA. Her last day is March 31.   Nyberg is from Vining, Minnesota. She received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of North D ...Continue Reading

March 31, 2020 RELEASE 20-034 *#NASAatHome – Let NASA Bring the Universe to Your Home* *//* NASA’s new Internet and social media special, NASA at Home, will show and engage you in the agency’s discoveries, research, and exploration from around the world and across the universe – all from the comfort of your own home. NASA at Home offers something for the whole family. It brings together a repository of binge-worthy videos and podcasts, engaging E-books on a variety of topics, do-it-yourself projects, and vir ...Continue Reading

March 31, 2020 RELEASE 20-035 *NASA Adds Shannon Walker to First Operational Crewed SpaceX Mission* Shannon Walker looking out of the international space station's cupola at the Caribbean view beneath on November 25, 2010. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has assigned astronaut Shannon Walker to the first operational crewed flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Walker will join NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover Jr., as well as Soichi Noguchi of th ...Continue Reading