The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Smoky wildfires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2017. * Smoke and Fire in Southern California (Image from Dec 5, 2017; Posted Dec 5, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91379&src=nha * Wildfire Lights Up Ventura (Image from Dec 5, 20 ...Continue Reading

December 06, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-145*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission* A SpaceX Dragon loaded with about 4,800 pounds of research, hardware and crew supplies bound for the International Space Station is targeted to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida no earlier than 11:46 a.m. EST, Dec. 12. */Credits: NASA/* NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is now targeting its 13th commercial resupply services mission to the International ...Continue Reading

December 06, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-144*NASA Television Coverage Set for Space Station Crew Landing, Launch* Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. */Credits: NASA/* Three crew members on the International Space Station are scheduled to end their mission and return to Earth on Thursday, Dec. 14, just days ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2713 Issue Time: 2017 Dec 06 1359 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2017 Dec 06 1340 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 06 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 340 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (5 December 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Notes from the Field: ICESat-2 Antarctic Traverse https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/icesat-2-antarctic-traverse/?src=eoa-features In December 2017, NASA scientists begin an Antarctic traverse in giant snow machines along the line of latitude at 88°S. Ground-based measurements of the ice sheet's elevation will be compared with measurements from ICESat- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- CYCLONE OCKHI Cycylone Ockhi stirred up the Arabian Sea in early December 2017 before making landfall in India. * Cyclone Ockhi (Image from Dec 4, 2017; Posted Dec 6, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91364&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazard ...Continue Reading

December 05, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-143*NASA Invites Media to Orion Spacecraft Parachute Test in Arizona *  NASA's Orion spacecraft makes a successful landing in March 2017 after the second parachute test at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving ground in Arizona. Media are invited to view the fifth test on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. */Credits: NASA/* NASA is inviting media to attend a test of parachutes for the agency’s Orion spacecraft Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. This t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 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 2017 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

December 04, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-030*NASA and Lockheed Martin Invite Media to Visit Colorado Companies*  Technicians assist as the Orion crew module for Exploration Mission-1 is moved toward the thermal chamber in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the spacecraft is being assembled ahead of its mission. */Credits: NASA/* Two Colorado companies designing, manufacturing and testing flight hardware for NASA’s Orion spacecraft an ...Continue Reading