The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (11 September 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * A Season of Smoke https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/videos/a-season-of-smoke?src=eoa-features In summer 2018, wildfires across western North America disrupted the lives of millions. Smoke from some of the blazes was so pronounced it was visible from space. -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservat ...Continue Reading

September 11, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-137*NASA to Preview Two International Space Station Spacewalks, Provide Live Coverage* NASA astronaut Drew Feustel, shown during a spacewalk at the International Space Station March 29, 2018, is scheduled to conduct the 10th spacewalk of his career Sept. 23, 2018, during which he is expected to break the record for total time spacewalking by a U.S. astronaut. */Credits: NASA/* Astronauts on the International Space Station will conduct spacewalks Sept. 23 and 29 to contin ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Sep 11 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 254 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Sep 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo 2721 ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY m18-136*NASA to Broadcast Final Parachute Test for Orion Spacecraft*  NASA successfully tested the Orion spacecraft’s parachute system on March 16, 2018, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona, during which engineers integrated a partial system failure into the test protocol for the first time. For its final test on Sept. 12, 2018, an Orion test capsule will be dropped from a C-17 aircraft at an altitude of more than six miles to verify the spacecraft’s complex pa ...Continue Reading

August 31, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-129*NASA Invites Media to Witness Final Orion Parachute Test in Arizona Desert *  NASA successfully tested the Orion spacecraft’s parachute system on March 16, 2018, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona, during which engineers integrated a partial system failure into the test protocol for the first time. For its final test on Sept. 12, 2018, an Orion test capsule will be dropped from a C-17 aircraft at an altitude of more than six miles to verify the spacecraft ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 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. * Yet Another Fire in Northern California (Image from Sep 6, 2018; Posted Sep 7, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92722/yet-another-fire-in-northern-california/?src= ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 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. * Yet Another Fire in Northern California (Image from Sep 6, 2018; Posted Sep 7, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92722/yet-another-fire-in-northern-california/?src= ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-133*NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Available for Interviews Before First Spaceflight* NASA astronaut Nick Hague gets into a spacesuit for spacewalk training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Dec. 7, 2017. Hague is set to launch to the International Space Station Oct. 11, 2018, on his first spaceflight. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut Nick Hague will be available at 7 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 19, for live satellite interviews ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-37 2018 September 9 at 9:36 p.m. MDT (2018 September 10 0336 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 3-9 No space weather storms were observed during the period. Outlook For September 10-16 G1 - G2 (Minor - Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on 11 Sep, with G1 (Minor) storm levels likely on 12 Sep due to recurrent CH HSS influence. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Sep 10 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 253 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Sep 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2721 N10W28 286 0010 Bxo 03 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 09/ ...Continue Reading