January 12, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-010*Idaho Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on International Space Station* iss053e047057 (Sept. 26, 2017) --- Flight Engineer Joe Acaba installs botany gear for the Veggie facility to demonstrate plant growth in space for the Veg-03 experiment. The botany study uses the Veggie plant growth facility to cultivate cabbage, lettuce and mizuna, which are harvested on-orbit with samples returned to Earth for testing. *//* Students from 10 schools in Idaho will speak with a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 12 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 12 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2695 S08W59 260 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/2 ...Continue Reading

January 11, 2018 RELEASE 18-002*NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2017 Annual Report* The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has issued its 2017 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting accomplishments, issues and concerns to agency and government officials.  The report, released Thursday, is based on the panel's 2017 fact-finding and quarterly public meetings; "insight" visits ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Primed by an intense wildfire season, severe rainfall brought flooding and devastating debris flows to Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. * Deadly Debris Flows in Montecito (Image from Jan 10, 2018; Posted Jan 11, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91573&src ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 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 11 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2694 S32W30 244 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 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 10 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2694 S32W17 245 0010 Axx 03 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 09/ ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (9 January 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Ice on Lake Erie https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91552&src=eoa-iotd * Icy Waters off the U.S. East Coast https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91548&src=eoa-iotd * How Algorithm Got Its Name https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91544&src=eoa-iotd * Cloud Streets Over the Yellow ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEA AND LAKE ICE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- ICE ON LAKE ERIE Ice on Lake Erie prevented the formation of extensive lake-effect clouds. * Ice on Lake Erie (Image from Jan 6, 2018; Posted Jan 8, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91552&src=nha COLD SNAP IN THE NORTHEAST Blasts of Arctic air spilled into the Midwest and Northeast in Decem ...Continue Reading

January 09, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-008*NASA, Partners Discuss Power for Future Space Exploration* Mars fission power system concept. */Credits: NASA/* NASA and its partners will host a news conference at noon EST (9 a.m. PST) Thursday, Jan. 18, at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, to discuss a recent experiment involving a new power source that could provide the safe, efficient and plentiful energy needed for future robotic and human space exploration missions. Audio of the news conference a ...Continue Reading

January 09, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-006*NASA Invites Media to View Orion Test Capsule, Recovery Hardware* U.S. Navy divers and other personnel in a Zodiac boat secure a harness around a test version of the Orion crew module during Underway Recovery Test (URT) 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA and the U.S. Navy will conduct its sixth test Jan. 17-23 for recovery of the agency’s Orion spacecraft from the sea in preparation for its first uncrewed flight on the Space Launch System rocket. * ...Continue Reading