April 17, 2024 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past Dayview archive of natural events Spring Floods Sweep Across Central Asia Rivers overtopped their banks and submerged thousands of homes in Russia and Kazakhstan. (Apr 16, 2024) NASA | 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771 Unsubscribe nasa_reports@aus-city.com Update Profile | ...Continue Reading

April 17, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-057*   *NASA Announces Winners of Power to Explore Challenge* * * The winners of NASA’s 2024 Power to Explore Student Challenge are: 9-year-old Raine Lin, left, 12-year-old Aadya Karthik, and 18-year-old Thomas Liu. Credit: NASA/Dave Lam   NASA announced the winners on Wednesday of the third annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the power of radioisotopes for space exploration.   The competition asked s ...Continue Reading

*NASA Invites Media for Climate Update, New Earth Missions*   April 17, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-057 For a media briefing in advance of Earth Day, NASA will share info about next steps for its Earth research program, as well as highlight our newest Earth-observing satellite PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem). This image from PACE shows two different communities of phytoplankton in the ocean off the coast of South Africa on Feb. 28, 2024. Credit: NASA * * In anticipation of Earth Day, NASA invit ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 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 108 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Apr 2024 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 3633 S09W65 323 0080 Cso 03 03 Beta 3634 N26W56 314 0310 Dhi 0 ...Continue Reading

April 16, 2024 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Spring Floods Sweep Across Central Asia Rivers overtopped their banks and submerged thousands of homes in Russia and Kazakhstan. How Deep Was Death Valley's Temporary Lake? Researchers used satellite data to calculate the depth of water in this transient freshwater body. Antelope Valley Abloom ...Continue Reading

NASA to Host a Pair of Briefings for Starliner Crew Flight *APR 16, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-052* NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare for their mission in the company’s Starliner spacecraft simulator at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA will host two media opportunities on Thursday, April 25, in preparation for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. The mission is targeting launch at 10:3 ...Continue Reading

NASA Leadership to Visit Mexico, Strengthen Cooperation *APR 16, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-056* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson discusses the agency’s goals during the annual State of NASA address, Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Continuing their significant engagement with key government officials around the world to deepen ties and strengthen space collaboratio ...Continue Reading

*New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station* * * April 16, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-054* * * **** NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission specialist Jeanette Epps is pictured training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX * * Students from Syracuse City School District and Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from alumna and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the Internatio ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 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 107 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Apr 2024 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 3628 N05W91 001 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 3633 S10W51 322 0080 Hsx ...Continue Reading

*“The Legacy of Pearl Young**” * A NASA History presentation by Dr. Caitlin Milera * * *Time/Date:*  12:30–1:30 pm ET on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 *Link:* Join us virtually via Ustream: https://video.ibm.com/channel/nasa-lrc. Pre-registration is not required.  Join us live from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, where keynote speaker Dr. Caitlin Milera, director of the N ...Continue Reading