April 04, 2019 CONTRACT RELEASE C19-008*NASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance Engineering Contract* NASA has awarded the Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract (SMAEC) II to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in Reston, Virginia. SMAEC II is a single award, cost-plus-award-fee contract that includes core, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, and level of effort elements. The contract begins June 1 with a two-year base pe ...Continue Reading

  April 04, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-023*NASA Invites Media to International Planetary Defense Conference * Media are invited to attend the sixth International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference in College Park, Maryland, April 29 – May 3. The conference, which is co-sponsored by NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, brings together experts from around the world to present the la ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 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 94 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2737 N13E02 061 0010 Bxo 06 07 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2 ...Continue Reading

April 03, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-005*Second Lady Karen Pence to Visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center* Second Lady Karen Pence to Visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center Second Lady Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, will visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Friday, April 5, to complete a Sister Cities International gift exchange with representatives from Houston and its Sister City, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). News media are invited to attend the gift exchange ceremony at 12:30 p.m. CDT Frida ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- AUSTRALIA BLOOM Tropical cyclone Veronica appears to have stirred up swirls of phytoplankton. * A Bloom after the Storm? (Image from Mar 29, 2019; Posted Apr 3, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144774/a-bloom-after-the-storm/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading

  April 03, 2019 RELEASE 19-019*New Spinoff Publication Highlights NASA Technology Everywhere* The latest issue of NASA’s Spinoff publication features dozens of NASA innovations improving life on Earth. */Credits: NASA/* For a free print copy, or to access digital editions of Spinoff, click here. From precision GPS to batteries for one of the world’s first commercial all-electric airplanes, NASA technology turns up in nearly every corner of modern life. The latest editi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 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 93 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2737 N12E14 063 0040 Cao 08 08 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02/2 ...Continue Reading

A bit longer this week since we missed last week... The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (2 April 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * A Surge of Blue and Green in Australia https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144771/a-surge-of-blue-and-green-in-australia/?src=eoa-iotd * History on a Hill https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144736/history-on-a-hill/?src=eoa-iotd * Lanta Glacier: Smal ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 02 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 92 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2737 N12E29 061 0030 Cro 06 07 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01/2 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN Most tropical cyclone activity in this basin tends to occur between late October and May. * Darkness in the Wake of Idai (Image from Mar 24, 2019; Posted Mar 26, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144743/darkness-in-the-wake-of-idai/?src=nha * Floods and Landslides i ...Continue Reading