May 23, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-040*NASA Invites Media to Orion Abort Test Before Moon Missions with Crew* On May 22, 2019, engineers move a test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Ascent Abort-2 flight test from the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Space Launch Complex 46 at neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for its launch this summer. The 21.5 mile trek began around 6 p.m. EDT and finished at 3:18 a.m. ...Continue Reading

  May 23, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-044*NASA to Land in Mars, Pennsylvania to Celebrate Red Planet with STEAM * Flying saucer sculpture located at 100 Pittsburgh Street in Mars, Pennsylvania. */Credits: NASA/* NASA returns to Mars, Pennsylvania Friday, May 31 to celebrate Mars exploration and share the agency’s excitement about landing astronauts on the Moon in five years. Returning to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis program will play an important role in preparing for future c ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 May 23 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 143 Issued at 0030Z on 23 May 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  May 22, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-043*NASA Administrator to Make Artemis Moon Program Announcement, Media Teleconference Set* This illustration depicts the power and propulsion element, a high-power 50-kilowatt solar electric propulsion spacecraft that will constitute the foundation of the Gateway, NASA’s lunar orbiting staging point to send astronauts to the Moon’s surface in five years. */Credits: NASA/* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will make a significant announce ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 May 22 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 142 Issued at 0030Z on 22 May 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (21 May 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Dust Storm in Hokkaido https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145091/dust-storm-in-hokkaido/?src=eoa-iotd * Wildfires Threaten Northern Alberta https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145086/wildfires-threaten-northern-alberta/?src=eoa-iotd * How Glaciers Turn Lakes Turquoise https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov ...Continue Reading

  May 21, 2019 RELEASE 19-041*NASA Invites Public to Submit Names to Fly Aboard Next Mars Rover* Members of the public who want to send their name to Mars on NASA's next rover mission to the Red Planet (Mars 2020) can get a souvenir boarding pass and their names etched on microchips to be affixed to the rover. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* go.nasa.gov/Mars2020Pass Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, NASA is giving the public an opportunity to send thei ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 FIRE SEASON IN ALASKA AND CANADA Warming global climate has brought longer and sometimes more dramatic fire seasons to the forests of Alaska and Canada. * Wildfires Threaten Northern Alberta (Image from May 19, 2019; Posted May 20, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145086/wildfires-threaten-northern-alberta/?src=nha -- D ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 May 21 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 141 Issued at 0030Z on 21 May 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Monday, May 20, 2019 DOI:  10.5067/GHV20-2PO61        10.5067/GHVRS-2PO61        10.5067/GHVRS-3UO61        10.5067/GHV20-3UO61 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the NOAA GHRSST VIIRS L2P/L3U v2.61 Datasets onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) and the NOAA-20 (N20); designated pre-launch as “Joint Polar Satellite System-1”, or JPSS-1 (i.e., J1) satellites. The v2.61 is an updated ...Continue Reading