The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WILDFIRES ACROSS CALIFORNIA The 2018 wildfire season in North America is well under way, with blazes having burned more acres than average through the end of July. * Smoke Plumes Tower Over California (Image from Aug 6, 2018; Posted Aug 10, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92570/smoke-plumes-tower-over-california/?src=nha - ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-33 2018 August 12 at 7:31 p.m. MDT (2018 August 13 0131 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 6-12 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For August 13-19 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 13 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 225 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  August 12, 2018 RELEASE 18-072*NASA, ULA Launch Parker Solar Probe on Historic Journey to Touch Sun *  The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Parker Solar Probe is humanity’s first-ever mission into a part of the Sun’s atmosphere called the corona. Here it will directly explore solar processes that are key to u ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 12 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 224 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 11 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 223 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  August 10, 2018 RELEASE 18-068*NASA Awards $2.3 Million in Grants to Minority Serving Institutions to Expand STEM Education * NASA's Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP) Aerospace Academy (MAA) has selected seven Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) for cooperative agreement awards totaling nearly $2.3 million. The grants will be used to build the interest, skills and knowledge necessary for K-12 students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math ...Continue Reading

  August 10, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-121*NASA Astronaut to Speak with Students, Parents, Teachers at * NASA Astronaut Ricky Arnold conducts a microgravity investigation of cement solidification aboard the International Space Station on July 30, 2018. Also pictured: ESA (European Space Agency) Astronaut and flight engineer Alex Gerst. *//* Students attending Microsoft’s YouthSpark event will have the opportunity to speak with NASA astronauts aboard the International Spa ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 10 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 222 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2717 ...Continue Reading

  August 09, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-008*Veteran Astronaut and Aviator Retires from NASA* August 9, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY: M18-008 Veteran Astronaut and Aviator Retires from NASA Gregory C. “Ray J” Johnson, who piloted the space shuttle and more than 50 different aircraft, has retired after 28 years of service to the agency. Johnson came to NASA in 1990 as a research and instructor pilot in the Aircraft Operations division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He was ...Continue Reading