April 18, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-031*NASA Hosts University Students to Discuss Future of Space Exploration* As part of an agency-wide session with students for National Intern Day on July 26, 2018, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine spoke at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Interns from Goddard and other NASA centers were able to ask Bridenstine questions about the space agency’s programs and projects. Here, an intern at Goddard poses a question to B ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 18 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 108 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2738 N06W62 301 0400 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 2739 N05W17 256 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

  April 18, 2019 RELEASE 19-031*Northrop Grumman Heads to Space Station with New NASA Science, Cargo * The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 11th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,600 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory a ...Continue Reading

  April 17, 2019 RELEASE 19-021*NASA, Blue Origin Agreement Signals Rocketing Growth of Commercial Space*  Under a Commercial Space Launch Act agreement, Blue Origin will upgrade and refurbish Test Stand 4670, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to support testing of their BE-3U and BE-4 rocket engines. Constructed in 1965, Test Stand 4670 served as the backbone for Saturn V propulsion testing for the Apollo program, which celebrates its 50th ann ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 17 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 107 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2738 N06W48 300 0330 Hhx 03 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 April 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Melting on Lake Balkhash https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144833/melting-on-lake-balkhash/?src=eoa-iotd * Another Blizzard Wallops the Upper Midwest https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144829/another-blizzard-wallops-the-upper-midwest/?src=eoa-iotd * Return of the GEDI's First Data https://eartho ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2018-19 WINTER IN THE UNITED STATES A gallery of notable cold snaps and snow and ice storms for the season. * Another Blizzard Wallops the Upper Midwest (Image from Apr 13, 2019; Posted Apr 15, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144829/another-blizzard-wallops-the-upper-midwest/?src=nha -------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

April 16, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-006*NASA Astronaut, Researchers Visit Austin to Highlight International Space Station* ADVISORY: M19-006 NASA Astronaut, Researchers Visit Austin to Highlight International Space Station Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, along with representatives from NASA and the U.S. International Space Station (ISS) National Lab, will visit Austin from April 23 to 25 as part of NASA’s efforts to share research opportunities aboard the station. Destination Station is an effort dedicated to sharing ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 16 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 106 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2738 N06W34 299 0300 Hhx 04 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15 ...Continue Reading

April 15, 2019 RELEASE J19-005*Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut Owen Garriott Dies at 88* MEDIA ADVISORY: J19-005 Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut Owen Garriott Dies at 88 Former astronaut and long-duration spaceflight pioneer Owen Garriott, 88, died today, April 15, at his home in Huntsville, Alabama. Garriott flew aboard the Skylab space station during the Skylab 3 mission and on the Space Shuttle Columbia for the STS-9/Spacelab-1 mission. He spent a total of 70 days in space. “The astronauts, scientists and ...Continue Reading