Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Topic/ImageoftheDay * Volcanic Hell Makes for Bathing Heaven https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92802/volcanic-hell-makes-for-bathing-heaven/?src=eoa-iotd * Activity at Krakatau https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92806/activity-at-krakatau/?src=eoa-iotd * Dirty Ice in Foxe Basin https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92764/dirty-ice-in-foxe-basin/?src=eoa-iotd * Bou Craa Phosphate Mine, Western Sahara https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/9279 ...Continue Reading

  September 25, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-143*NASA Administrator Talks Training, Future Missions with Newest Astronaut Class* */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s newest class of astronaut trainees will join agency Administrator Jim Bridenstine Thursday, Sept. 27, to talk about their experiences in the training program, hopes for future missions, and more, in a live episode of Watch This Space. The one-hour program will air at 10 a.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s&Aci ...Continue Reading

  September 25, 2018 CONTRACT RELEASE C18-029*NASA Extends Chandra Operations, Science Support Contract* NASA has awarded a contract extension to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to continue operations and science support for the agency's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The contract extends the agreement between NASA and SAO through Sept. 30, 2024, followed by two three-year options that would extend the contract through Sept. 30, 2030. The total potent ...Continue Reading

  September 25, 2018 RELEASE 18-080*New Airborne Campaigns to Explore Snowstorms, River Deltas, Climate* Scientists will fill NASA research aircraft, such as the B-200 King Air shown here, with advanced instruments to probe five important research questions starting in 2020 as part of the Earth Venture Suborbital program. */Credits: NASA/David C. Bowman/* Five new NASA Earth science campaigns will take to the field starting in 2020 to investigate a range of pressing research questions, fr ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2853 Issue Time: 2018 Sep 25 1556 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2852 Begin Time: 2018 Sep 12 1730 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6202 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Sep 25 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 268 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Sep 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Monday, September 24, 2018 Last Friday, on 21 September 2018, we had announced the public release of the  CYGNSS Version 2.1 dataset. More information on that release is available here: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/announcements/2018-09-21_CYGNSS_Public_Science_Data_Release_Version_2.1 As the Version 2.1 release represents a direct replacement for Version 2.0, this brief announcement is to inform users that the forward-stream Version 2.0 data production has officially been terminated. The last available d ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES As temperatures became warmer and drier with the arrival of summer, fire season picks up in the Western United States. * Fires ablaze in northeastern Utah (Image from Sep 19, 2018; Posted Sep 21, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92800/fires-ablaze-in-northeastern-utah/?src=nha -- SEV ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES As temperatures became warmer and drier with the arrival of summer, fire season picks up in the Western United States. * Fires ablaze in northeastern Utah (Image from Sep 19, 2018; Posted Sep 21, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92800/fires-ablaze-in-northeastern-utah/?src=nha -- VOL ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2852 Issue Time: 2018 Sep 24 1316 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2851 Begin Time: 2018 Sep 12 1730 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8045 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading