November 02, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-164*NASA Invites Media to Observe Quiet Supersonic Flight Series Operations* NASA Armstrong’s F/A-18 aircraft will fly during the agency’s QSF-18 flight campaign over Galveston, Texas. */Credits: NASA/* NASA is inviting journalists to learn about the agency’s Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 campaign during a media day event taking place Friday, Nov. 9, in the Houston area. Test pilots and project leads will be available for interviews and to share information about the fli ...Continue Reading

November 02, 2018 RELEASE 18-094*Experience High-Res Science in First 8K Footage from Space* Science gets scaled up with the first 8K ultra high definition (UHD) video from the International Space Station. Get closer to the in-space experience and see how the international partnership-powered human spaceflight is improving lives on Earth, while enabling humanity to explore the universe. */Credits: NASA/* Fans of science in space now can experience fast-moving footage in even higher definition as NASA and ESA ( ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Nov 02 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 306 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Nov 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

November 01, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-164*See NASA’s Super Guppy land, deliver restored Historic Mission Control consoles* The first group of restored Historic Mission Control consoles, which helped land humans on the Moon, will be unveiled at 10:45 a.m. CST on Thursday, Nov. 8, at Ellington Field in Houston.  News media will have an opportunity to witness a fly-over by NASA’s Super Guppy carrying the consoles, and its landing at Ellington following a flight from the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. Luminar ...Continue Reading

November 01, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-162*NASA Television to Air Departure of Japanese Cargo Ship from Space Station * A Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Kounotori 5 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5) is seen through the window shortly before release from the International Space Station in September 2015. */Credits: Kimiya Yui /* After delivering more than five tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiments to the International Space Station, a Japanese cargo spacecraft is scheduled to depart the o ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON 2018 The Western Pacific sees more tropical storms and typhoons each year than any other ocean basin. * Looking Into the Eye of Yutu (Image from Oct 28, 2018; Posted Nov 1, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144178/looking-into-the-eye-of-yutu/?src=nha ------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

November 01, 2018 RELEASE 18-087*NASA’s Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End* NASA’s Dawn spacecraft turned science fiction into science fact by using ion propulsion to explore the two largest bodies in the main asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. The mission will end this fall, when the spacecraft runs out of hydrazine, which keeps it oriented and in communication with Earth. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* Watch this video on YouTube.  This photo of Ceres and the bright regions of Occator Crater ...Continue Reading

November 01, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-163*NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Available for Interviews Before First Spaceflight* NASA astronaut Anne McClain listens to a reporter’s question May 10 following her final Soyuz qualification at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. McClain and crewmates David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos are targeted to launch to the International Space Station Dec. 3. */Credits: NASA/Elizabeth Wei ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Nov 01 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 305 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Nov 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Oct 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) -- WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON 2018 The Western Pacific sees more tropical storms and typhoons each year than any other ocean basin. * Yutu Hits the Philippines (Image from Oct 30, 2018; Posted Oct 30, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144174/yutu-hits-the-philippines/?src=nha ----------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading