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

  August 09, 2018 RELEASE J18-007*NASA Research Could Reshape Understanding of How Planets Form* August 9, 2018 J18-007 NASA Research Could Reshape Understanding of How Planets Form Researchers have identified a new type of meteorite with the potential to reshape our understanding of planetary formation. A new paper from scientists at the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division (ARES) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, show that the meteorite has an ...Continue Reading

  August 08, 2018 RELEASE J18-006*NASA Announces New Deputy Director of Johnson Space Center* NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Director Mark Geyer announced Wednesday the selection of Vanessa Wyche as the next deputy director of JSC in Houston. Wyche will assist Geyer in leading one of NASA’s largest installations, which has nearly 10,000 civil service and contractor employees – including those at White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico – and a broad range ...Continue Reading

  August 09, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-120*NASA Television to Air Russian Spacewalk at International Space Station* Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka deploys a small ball-shaped science satellite during a spacewalk at the International Space Station Aug. 20, 2012, during Expedition 32. */Credits: NASA/* Russian cosmonauts living and working on the International Space Station will venture outside Wednesday, Aug. 15, for a spacewalk expected to last about six hours. Live coverage of the excur ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 09 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 221 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2717 ...Continue Reading

  August 08, 2018 RELEASE 18-071*NASA Invests in Concepts for a Vibrant Future Commercial Space Economy* NASA announced on Aug. 8, 2018, the selection of 13 U.S. companies to study the future of commercial human spaceflight in low-Earth orbit, including long-range opportunities for the International Space Station, seen here orbiting over the International Date Line on July 20, 2018. */Credits: NASA/* In an ongoing effort to foster commercial activity in space, NASA has selected 13 compani ...Continue Reading

  August 08, 2018 RELEASE 18-070*NASA Announces New Partnerships to Develop Space Exploration Technologies* Blue Origin is one of six companies selected for NASA’s Tipping Point solicitation. Pictured here, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifted off July 18 carrying five NASA-supported technologies to flight test in space. */Credits: Courtesy of Blue Origin/* NASA is partnering with six U.S. companies to develop 10 “tipping point” technologies that ha ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 08 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 220 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2717 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SUMMERTIME MOROCCAN DUST REACHES SPAIN Lofting dust to altitudes above the clouds, a high-pressure system carried dust from Morocco to Spain. * Summertime Moroccan Dust Reaches Spain (Image from Aug 2, 2018; Posted Aug 7, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92567/summertime-moroccan-dust-reaches-spain/?src=nha -- TEMPER ...Continue Reading