:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 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 217 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Aug 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 Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2717 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 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 216 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Aug 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 Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2717 ...Continue Reading

  August 03, 2018 RELEASE 18-067*NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft* NASA introduced to the world on Aug. 3, 2018, the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station – an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011. The agency assigned nine astronauts to crew the first test flight and miss ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 03 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 215 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2717 S08E14 027 0010 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02 ...Continue Reading

  August 02, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-117*Challenger Center, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Centers Call Astronaut in Space* *//* The Challenger Center and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center will participate in live calls with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboard the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station (YES) next week. Each Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Following introduct ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 02 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 214 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2717 S07E29 025 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORM IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA Summer brings persistent winds from the northwest to the Arabian Peninsula--and often a sky full of dust and sand. * Sandy Shamal Season (Image from Jul 30, 2018; Posted Aug 1, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92522/sandy-shamal-season/?src=nha ------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 01 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 213 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (31 July 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * World of Change: Padma River https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/WorldOfChange/PadmaRiver?src=eoa-features One of the major rivers of Bangladesh has been growing in size, transforming in shape, and changing in location for decades. Each twist and zigzag of the river tells a different geologic story about the power of erosion. --- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES As temperatures became warmer and drier with the arrival of summer, fire season picks up in the southwestern United States. * Wildfires Blanket Western States With Smoke (Image from Jul 29, 2018; Posted Jul 31, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92517/wildfires-blanket-western-states-w ...Continue Reading