May 23rd 2018 PDT
 May 23, 2018 CONTRACT RELEASE C18-017*NASA Awards Contract for Space Telescope Mission* NASA has awarded a contract to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, for the primary instrument components for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). Called the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) Opto-Mechanical Assembly, the cost-plus-award-fee contract has a value of approximately $113.2 million. The period of performance is from May 2018 through June 2026. Managed ...Continue Reading
May 23rd 2018 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2018 FIRE SEASON IN CANADA A series of fires spread through parts of Manitoba in late May 2018, as satellites began acquiring data and imagery of the blazes. * Fires in Manitoba (Image from May 21, 2018; Posted May 23, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=92186&src=nha -------------------- ** New Project: E ...Continue Reading
May 22nd 2018 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 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 2018 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 2710 N17E52 221 0020 Bxo 05 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 22/ ...Continue Reading
May 22nd 2018 PDT
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (22 May 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Twin Satellites Map 14 Years of Freshwater Changes https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=92183&src=eoa-iotd * Wisconsin's Deer Caught in the Act https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=92178&src=eoa-iotd * The Variable Sea https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=92169&src=eoa-iotd * Mount Sha ...Continue Reading
May 22nd 2018 PDT
 May 22, 2018 RELEASE 18-038*Twin Spacecraft Launch to Track Earth’s Water Movement* The NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences GRACE Follow-On spacecraft launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The mission will measure changes in how mass is redistributed within and among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, land and ice sheets, as well as within Earth itself. GRACE-FO is sharing its ride to ...Continue Reading
May 21st 2018 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 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 2018 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 2710 N16E64 223 0020 Cro 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21/ ...Continue Reading
May 21st 2018 PDT
 May 21, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-085*NASA Invites Media to View New Mission to Study the Frontier of Space* An artist concept of NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer. The spacecraft will observe colorful swaths of light called airglow to track how Earth’s weather and space weather interact. */Credits: NASA/* Media will have the opportunity June 4-5 for tours, interviews and photographs of NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) as it prepares t ...Continue Reading
May 21st 2018 PDT
 May 21, 2018 RELEASE 18-039*Steve Jurczyk Appointed NASA Associate Administrator; Krista Paquin Retires; Melanie W. Saunders Named Acting Deputy Associate Administrator* NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk *//* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has named Steve Jurczyk as associate administrator, the agency's highest-ranking civil servant position. Jurczyk has been serving in the position in an acting capacity since March 10. In addition, Deputy Associate Administrator Krista Paqui ...Continue Reading
May 21st 2018 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SWELTERING, SMOKY FIRES IN SIBERIA Intense fires have been raging in far eastern Russia, spreading aerosols as far as North America. * Sweltering, Smoky Fires in Siberia (Image from May 7, 2018; Posted May 18, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=92165&src=nha -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- ...Continue Reading
May 21st 2018 PDT
 May 21, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-083*California Students to Link Up with NASA Astronauts on Space Station* NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Scott Tingle display the American flag in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory aboard the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* Students from Pacoima and San Fernando, California, will have the opportunity to talk with astronauts on the International Space Station on Tuesday, May 22, as part of NASA’s Year ...Continue Reading
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