December 06, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-184*Coverage Set for Russian Spacewalk at International Space Station* Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev lays cable for the installation of the Icarus animal-tracking experiment on the Zvezda service module during a spacewalk that lasted 7 hours 46 minutes. Fellow cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev (out of frame) joined Prokopyev during the spacewalk which also saw the deployment of four nano-satellites and the retrieval of a materials exposure experiment on the Russian segment of the ...Continue Reading

  December 06, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-182*NASA Highlights Asteroid Bennu, Earth’s Polar Ice at AGU Meeting* New results from NASA’s ICESat-2 Earth-observing mission (above), the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu and Voyager 2 as it approaches the edge of the solar system are featured in media events at the AGU meeting in Washington. */Credits: NASA/* NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Dec 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 340 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2729 S05W38 228 0030 Cro 04 06 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/ ...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 2018 The Western Pacific sees more tropical storms and typhoons each year than any other ocean basin. * Cyclone Effects Run Deep (Image from Oct 24, 2018; Posted Dec 4, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144221/cyclone-effects-run-deep/?src=nha -------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (4 December 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Cyclone Effects Run Deep https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144221/cyclone-effects-run-deep/?src=eoa-iotd * Winter Arrives in the Sierra Nevada https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144337/winter-arrives-in-the-sierra-nevada/?src=eoa-iotd * The Smoking Terror https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images ...Continue Reading

  December 05, 2018 RELEASE 18-111*NASA Sends New Research, Hardware to Space Station on SpaceX Mission* A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launches to the International Space Station at 1:16 p.m. EST Dec. 5, 2018, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft, on its 16th mission for NASA under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, carries more than 5,600 pounds of research equipment, cargo and supplies. */Cr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Dec 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 339 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Dec 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 Dec 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) -- 2018-19 WINTER IN THE UNITED STATES A gallery of notable snow and ice storms for the season. * Winter Arrives in the Sierra Nevada (Image from Dec 2, 2018; Posted Dec 3, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144337/winter-arrives-in-the-sierra-nevada/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

  December 04, 2018 RELEASE 18-112*NASA, National Science Foundation Announce Support for White House STEM Engagement Plan* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, co-chair for the Committee on STEM Education, speaks about NASA's commitments to the White House-led strategic plan that focuses on strengthening education in STEM. */Credits: NASA/* NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with other federal agencies, have committed to a White House-led effort to strengthen e ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Dec 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 338 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Dec 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 Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading