November 29, 2018 RELEASE 18-105*NASA Announces New Partnerships for Commercial Lunar Payload Delivery Services* *//* Nine U.S. companies now are eligible to bid on NASA delivery services to the lunar surface through Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts, as one of the first steps toward long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and eventually Mars. These companies will be able to bid on delivering science and technology payloads for NASA, including payload ...Continue Reading

  November 29, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-176*NASA TV to Air Next International Space Station Crew Launch, Docking* In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 crew members Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Nov. 20 in front of their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft. */Credits: NASA/Victor Zelentsov /* Three space travelers, including two astronauts on ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Nov 29 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 333 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Nov 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo 2728 ...Continue Reading

  November 28, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-180*NASA Provides Live Coverage of Spacecraft Arrival at Asteroid That May Have Answers to the Origin of our Solar System* This "super-resolution” view of asteroid Bennu was created using eight images obtained by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Oct. 29, 2018, from a distance of about 205 miles (330 kilometers). */Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/* Larger view NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Res ...Continue Reading

November 28, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-179*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission* A two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on June 29, 2018. SpaceX is targeting 1:38 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 4, for the launch of its 16th resupply mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 1:38 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 4, for the launch of its 16th ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ERUPTION AT VENIAMINOF The periodically active Veniaminof volcano is one of the highest and largest volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula. * Ash Over the Gulf of Alaska (Image from Nov 21, 2018; Posted Nov 28, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144316/ash-over-the-gulf-of-alaska/?src=nha --------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Nov 28 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 332 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Nov 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo 2728 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (27 November 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Camp Fire Adds Another Scar to 2018 Fire Season https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144300/camp-fire-adds-another-scar-to-2018-fire-season/?src=eoa-iotd * Volcanic Plateaus in Argentina https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144304/volcanic-plateaus-in-argentina/?src=eoa-iotd * Watching a Glacier Die ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN AUSTRALIA 2018 This dry season, a bushfire in western Australia wiped out an area six times the size of Los Angeles. * Fires Rage in Queensland (Image from Nov 26, 2018; Posted Nov 27, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144312/fires-rage-in-queensland/?src=nha 2018 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Fire seas ...Continue Reading

  November 27, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-177*NASA Administrator to Announce New Moon to Mars Partnerships with US Companies * NASA administrator announces new Moon partnerships with American companies on Thursday, Nov. 29. */Credits: NASA Goddard/* NASA invites media to its headquarters in Washington for the announcement of new Moonpartnerships with American companies at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 29. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will make the announcement, which will air l ...Continue Reading