December 05, 2019 RELEASE 19-092 *SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo* SpaceX launches its 19th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station at 12:29 p.m. EST Dec. 5, 2019, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. */Credits: NASA TV/* A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 12:29 p.m. EST Wednesday. Dragon will deliver more than 5,700 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigatio ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Dec 05 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 339 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Dec 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WILDFIRES IN AUSTRALIA Drought conditions have primed many regions for unusually high and intense fire activity. * Australian Fires Still Burning (Image from Dec 4, 2019; Posted Dec 4, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145951/australian-fires-still-burning/?src=nha ------------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

December 04, 2019 RELEASE 19-093 *First NASA Parker Solar Probe Results Reveal Surprising Details About Our Sun* The WISPR image on NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured imagery of the constant outflow of material from the Sun during its close approach to the Sun in April 2019. */Credits: NASA/NRL/APL/* The Sun is revealing itself in dramatic detail and shedding light on how other stars may form and behave throughout the universe – all thanks to NASA's Parker Solar Probe. The spacecraft is enduring scorching tempera ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Dec 04 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 338 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Dec 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (3 December 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Satellite Observes Massive Ocean Migration https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145941/satellite-observes-massive-ocean-migration/?src=eoa-iotd * Typhoon Kammuri Approaches the Philippines https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145945/typhoon-kammuri-approaches-the-philippines/?src=eoa-iotd * Great Fox i ...Continue Reading

December 03, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-131 *NASA Television to Air Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking* The Russian Progress 72 cargo craft is pictured shortly before undocking from the Pirs docking compartment of the International Space Station on July 29, 2019. The Progress 74 spacecraft is scheduled to launch Dec. 6, 2019, and dock at the same compartment two days later. */Credits: NASA/* NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering almost thr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Dec 03 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 337 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Dec 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

December 02, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-134 *NASA to Present First Findings of Solar Mission in Media Teleconference* NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission has traveled closer to the Sun than any human-made object before it. */Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/* NASA will announce the first results from the Parker Solar Probe mission, the agency's revolutionary mission to "touch" the Sun, during a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 4. During the teleconference, mission experts will discuss res ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON 2019 The Western Pacific sees more tropical storms and typhoons each year than any other ocean basin. * Typhoon Kammuri Approaches the Philippines (Image from Dec 2, 2019; Posted Dec 2, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145945/typhoon-kammuri-approaches-the-philippines/?src=nha -- VOLCA ...Continue Reading