The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (4 December 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Cyclone Effects Run Deep https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144221/cyclone-effects-run-deep/?src=eoa-iotd * Winter Arrives in the Sierra Nevada https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144337/winter-arrives-in-the-sierra-nevada/?src=eoa-iotd * The Smoking Terror https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images ...Continue Reading

December 05, 2018 RELEASE 18-111*NASA Sends New Research, Hardware to Space Station on SpaceX Mission* A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launches to the International Space Station at 1:16 p.m. EST Dec. 5, 2018, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft, on its 16th mission for NASA under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, carries more than 5,600 pounds of research equipment, cargo and supplies. */Credits: NASA Television/* Expe ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Dec 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 339 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Dec 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 Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2018-19 WINTER IN THE UNITED STATES A gallery of notable snow and ice storms for the season. * Winter Arrives in the Sierra Nevada (Image from Dec 2, 2018; Posted Dec 3, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144337/winter-arrives-in-the-sierra-nevada/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

December 04, 2018 RELEASE 18-112*NASA, National Science Foundation Announce Support for White House STEM Engagement Plan* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, co-chair for the Committee on STEM Education, speaks about NASA's commitments to the White House-led strategic plan that focuses on strengthening education in STEM. */Credits: NASA/* NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with other federal agencies, have committed to a White House-led effort to strengthen education in science, t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Dec 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 338 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Dec 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 Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

December 03, 2018 RELEASE 18-109*NASA'S OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Arrives at Asteroid Bennu* This image of Bennu was taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a distance of around 50 miles (80 km). */Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/* NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu Monday. The spacecraft executed a maneuver that trans ...Continue Reading

December 03, 2018 RELEASE 18-107*NASA Astronaut Anne McClain and Crewmates Arrive Aboard Space Station* A Soyuz booster rocket launches the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, Baikonur time, carrying Expedition 58 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN AUSTRALIA 2018 Bushfires routinely char the world's smallest continent. * Unusual Heat Fuels Fires in Queensland (Image from Nov 26, 2018; Posted Nov 27, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144312/unusual-heat-fuels-fires-in-queensland/?src=nha 2018 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Fire season in the Wester ...Continue Reading

December 03, 2018 RELEASE 18-106*NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Set for New Space Station Mission After Abort * NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Hammock Koch and Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos are scheduled to launch Feb. 28, 2019, from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission to the International Space Station as members of Expeditions 59 and 60. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who was forced to abort his recent mission to the International Space Station, i ...Continue Reading