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 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

: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 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 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

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 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

  May 21, 2018 RELEASE 18-037*NASA Sends New Research on Orbital ATK Mission to Space Station* The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Monday, May 21, 2018 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver approximately 7,400 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its cre ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-21 2018 May 20 at 6:44 p.m. MDT (2018 May 21 0044 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 14-20 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For May 21-27 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the Internat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 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 2018 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