The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 4 new images) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES As temperatures became warmer and drier with the arrival of summer, fire season picks up in the Western United States. * Looking to RECOVER After the Fire (Image from Nov 11, 2018; Posted Nov 16, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144265/looking-to-recover-after-the-fire/?src=nha * ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES As temperatures became warmer and drier with the arrival of summer, fire season picks up in the Western United States. * Looking to RECOVER After the Fire (Image from Nov 11, 2018; Posted Nov 16, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144265/looking-to-recover-after-the-fire/?src=nha * ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2018 RELEASE 18-093*NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Technology Project Passes Major Milestone* Illustration of the X-59 QueSST as it flies above NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. */Credits: Lockheed Martin/* NASA has officially committed to a development timeline that will lead to the first flight of its X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft in just three years. This critical milestone comes after a rigorous review, Key Decision Point-C (KDP-C), that confirme ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2018 RELEASE 18-103*NASA Announces Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover * On ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments to form fans and deltas within lake basins. Examination of spectral data acquired from orbit show that some of these sediments have minerals that indicate chemical alteration by water. Here in Jezero Crater delta, sediments contain clays and carbonates. The image combines information from two instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Compact Reconnaissan ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-47 2018 November 18 at 8:20 p.m. MST (2018 November 19 0320 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 12-18 No significant space weather was observed over the period. Outlook For November 19-25 No significant space weather is expected for the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USG ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Nov 19 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 323 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Nov 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2727 N01W57 112 0060 Cao 05 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 18/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Nov 18 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 322 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Nov 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2727 N01W42 110 0060 Cao 04 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 17/ ...Continue Reading

November 17, 2018 RELEASE 18-100*NASA, Northrop Grumman Launch Space Station, National Lab Cargo* Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft launches on an Antares rocket at 4:01 a.m. EST Nov. 17, 2018, from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 10th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,400 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital labor ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Nov 17 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 321 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Nov 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2727 N01W29 110 0020 Bxo 04 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/ ...Continue Reading

November 16, 2018 RELEASE 18-101*National Space Council Gets Report on Human Spaceflight in Low-Earth Orbit* NASA and the Departments of State and Commerce have submitted a report to the National Space Council outlining future opportunities and challenges for human spaceflight in low-Earth orbit (LEO), and its potential economic contributions to the broader field of exploration.   The National Space Council requested NASA lead an interagency effort to produce the report, entitled ‘A Strategy for Human ...Continue Reading