February 22, 2019 RELEASE 19-012*NASA Administrator Statement on Israeli Moon Mission* The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday’s launch of Israel’s first mission beyond Earth’s orbit. SpaceIL’s lander blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, and now is on its way to becoming the first commercial lander to reach the Moon’s surface. “Congratulations to SpaceIL and the Israel Space Ag ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Feb 22 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 53 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Feb 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Feb Nmbr Location Lo None I ...Continue Reading

  February 21, 2019 RELEASE 19-010*NASA Selects Experiments for Possible Lunar Flights in 2019* NASA has selected 12 science and technology demonstration payloads to fly to the Moon as early as the end of this year, dependent upon the availability of commercial landers. These selections represent an early step toward the agency’s long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and, later, Mars. “The Moon has unique scientific value and the potential to yield re ...Continue Reading

  February 21, 2019 RELEASE 19-009*NASA-Funded Research Creates DNA-like Molecule to Aid Search for Alien Life*  This illustration shows the structure of a new synthetic DNA molecule, dubbed hachimoji DNA, which uses the four informational ingredients of regular DNA (green, red, blue, yellow) in addition to four new ones (cyan, pink, purple, orange). */Credits: Indiana University School of Medicine/* In a research breakthrough funded by NASA, scientists have synthesized a mole ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Feb 21 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 52 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Feb 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Feb Nmbr Location Lo None I ...Continue Reading

  February 20, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-010*NASA to Provide Coverage of SpaceX Commercial Crew Flight Test* This illustration depicts SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: SpaceX/* NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the SpaceX Demo-1 flight test to the International Space Station for the agency’s Commercial Crew ...Continue Reading

  February 20, 2019  19-008*New NASA Book Shares Beauty of Earth from Space* The rivers that flow into Rupert Bay in northern Quebec carry water stained brown with natural chemicals found in plants, as shown in this satellite view captured by Landsat 8 on July 30, 2016. This is one of the 69 images from space in the new book, “Earth.” */Credits: NASA/*  NASA’s new 168-page book “Earth,” a collection of dramatic images captured ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Feb 20 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 51 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Feb 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Feb Nmbr Location Lo None I ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Unexpected errors have been discovered recently in the VIIRS_NPP-JPL-L2P-v2016.0 dataset since September 15th, 2018. We advise the users to use the post Sept. data with extra caution. Immediate efforts have been made by the data producer (NASA OB.DAAC) to resolve the issues.  The corrected data granules will be available in a couple of weeks. For more information, please see the announcement by NASA OB.DAAC.   Important Information for Users: NASA is in the proces ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 February 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * The Ozone Hole: Closing the Gap https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/videos/the-ozone-hole?src=eoa-features After thinning at alarming rates in the 1980s and 90s, the ozone layer over Antarctica is starting to recover. Watch how ozone concentrations in the stratosphere have changed from 1979 through 2018. ------------ ...Continue Reading