June 07, 2019 RELEASE 19-044*NASA Opens International Space Station to New Commercial Opportunities, Private Astronauts * *//* NASA is opening the International Space Station for commercial business so U.S. industry innovation and ingenuity can accelerate a thriving commercial economy in low-Earth orbit. This move comes as NASA focuses full speed ahead on its goal of landing the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, where American companies also will play an essential role in establishing a sustainable p ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Jun 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 158 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Jun 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Jun Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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. * Tropical Cyclones are Stalling More (Image from Sep 2, 2017; Posted Jun 6, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145139/tropical-cyclones-are-stalling-more/?src=nha --------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Jun 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 157 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jun 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Jun Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

June 05, 2019 RELEASE J19-006*Astronaut Michael Good Retires from NASA * Veteran NASA astronaut Michael Good is retiring from NASA after flying two space shuttle missions and helping the Commercial Crew Program get off the ground. After 35 years of government service in the U.S. Air Force and at NASA, May 31 is his last day with the agency. “Mike’s vision and execution for the Commercial Crew Program’s Joint Test Team has been critical to the maturing of each of the providers’ crew cabins,” Kathy Lueders, Commerci ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Jun 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 156 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jun 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jun 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 Jun Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (4 June 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features * Earth: A Photo e-Book from NASA https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/videos/earth-photo-ebook?src=eoa-features Swirling white clouds, deep blue oceans, and multicolored landscapes come to life on the pages of NASA’s new photo essay 'Earth,' a collection of dramatic images captured by satellites. -------------------- Latest ...Continue Reading

  June 04, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-051*NASA Invites Media to 18th SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo module lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in the early morning May 4, 2019. Liftoff was at 2:48 a.m. EDT, carrying the 17th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* Media accreditation is open for the launch of the next SpaceX delivery of NASA su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Jun 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 155 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jun 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jun 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 Jun Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 FIRE SEASON IN ALASKA AND CANADA Warming global climate has brought longer and sometimes more dramatic fire seasons to the forests of Alaska and Canada. * An EPIC View of Smoke Over Canada (Image from May 30, 2019; Posted May 31, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145119/an-epic-view-of-smoke-over-canada/?src=nha -- FLOO ...Continue Reading