October 18, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-114*In-Space News Conference to Review First All-Woman Spacewalk * NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir conduct the first all-women spacewalk. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will participate in a news conference from orbit at noon EDT, Monday, Oct. 21, following their Friday spacewalk – the first to be conducted by two women. The news conference will air live on NASA Television and on the agency’s website. The 30-minute news confere ...Continue Reading

Friday, October 18, 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/GHM25-4FJ42 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the GHRSST Level 4 Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) 0.25deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.2) Dataset (MUR25). This blended Level 4 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) dataset uses the same analysis method as found in the daily 1 km global MUR dataset (https://doi.org/10.5067/GHGMR-4FJ04), but at a new 0.25 degree spatial resolution. The global time series spans a period from ...Continue Reading

October 18, 2019 RELEASE 19-084*NASA’s Planetary Protection Review Addresses Changing Reality of Space Exploration* The bit carousel, which lies at the heart of Sample Caching System of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, is attached to the front end of the rover in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The carousel contains all of the tools the coring drill uses to sample the Martian surface and is the gateway for the samples to move into the rover for asses ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Oct 18 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 291 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Oct 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

October 17, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-112*NASA to Televise First All-Female Spacewalk, Host Media Teleconference* NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch prepare on the International Space Station for the first all-female spacewalk, scheduled for Oct. 18, 2019. */Credits: NASA/* On the first ever all-female spacewalk, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will venture outside the International Space Station about 7:50 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 18, to replace faulty equipment on the station’s exte ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Oct 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 290 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Oct 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

October 16, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-111*NASA Invites Media to Launch of Solar Orbiter Spacecraft* Scheduled to launch in February 2020, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Solar Orbiter spacecraft is shown in an illustration against the backdrop of an image of the Sun captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Solar Orbiter will capture the very first images of the Sun’s polar regions. These images will provide key insights into the poorly-understood magnetic environment there, which helps drive the Sun’s 11-yea ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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. * Hagibis Floods Japan (Image from Oct 13, 2019; Posted Oct 15, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145736/hagibis-floods-japan/?src=nha -------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

October 16, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-110*NASA to Discuss Planetary Protection Review’s Findings and Recommendations* *//* NASA will host a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 18, to discuss recommendations presented by the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB), established in June 2019 by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA’s website. The PPIRB, comprised of a high-level ...Continue Reading

October 16, 2019 RELEASE 19-083*NASA Administrator Selects Douglas Loverro as Next Human Spaceflight Head*  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine named Douglas Loverro as the agency’s new associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate on Oct. 16, 2019. */Credits: Department of Defense/* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Wednesday named Douglas Loverro as the agency’s new associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. Loverro succ ...Continue Reading