The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM SANDRA Sandra was a tropical storm before growing into a late-season hurricane. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87067&src=nha *** Image from Nov 24, 2015 (Posted on Nov 25, 2015 2:07 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service o ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 26 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 330 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W02 030 0030 Hsx 08 02 Alpha 2458 N08E33 355 0100 Dai 07 10 Beta 2459 N04E59 ...Continue Reading

  November 25, 2015 RELEASE 15-226*NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Receives First Mirror Installation * An engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center worked to install the first flight mirror onto the telescope structure at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/* NASA has successfully installed the first of 18 flight mirrors onto the James Webb Space Telescope, beginning a critical piece of the observatory’s construction. In ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 25 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 329 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2454 N14W82 124 0030 Cao 04 04 Beta 2457 N12E11 031 0070 Cao 09 11 Beta-Gamma 2458 N10 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (24 November 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Notes from the Field: Nansen Ice Shelf, Antarctica http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/nansen-ice-shelf-antarctica-2015/?src=eoa-features NASA scientists are collaborating with the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) to measure changes in the flow of the Nansen Ice Shelf in Antarctica. These measur ...Continue Reading

  November 24, 2015 RELEASE 15-228*NASA Statements on Katherine Johnson’s Medal of Freedom* The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden about former NASA mathematician and physicist Katherine Johnson being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Tuesday: “Katherine Johnson once remarked that even though she grew up in the height of segregation, she didn’t think much about it because ‘I didn’t have time for that… ...Continue Reading

  November 24, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-165*NASA TV to Air Event Marking Arrival of Test Orion Powerhouse* The structural test article of the European service module for Orion is being assembled at Airbus Defence and Space. Airbus is building the module, which will supply the spacecraft’s power, in-space propulsion and air and water for the crew, on behalf of ESA (European Space Agency) for Orion. The STA is being transported to Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook station for testing. ...Continue Reading

  November 24, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-166*NASA TV Coverage Set for Fourth Orbital ATK Resupply Mission to Space Station* Artist's concept of Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft in orbit. */Credits: Orbital ATK/* NASA commercial partner Orbital ATK is targeting Thursday, Dec. 3, for the launch of its fourth contracted mission to the International Space Station under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 4:30 p.m. EST. The ...Continue Reading

  November 24, 2015 RELEASE 15-227*NASA Announces Early Stage Innovations Space Technology Research Grants * SPHERES is a space robot operated inside the International Space Station, which has been used to demonstrate how assistive free-flyers (AFFs) can perform tasks currently done manually. The performance of AFFs is directly linked to payloads that are integrated for application-specific functions, such as making measurements or performing grasping. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has selected ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 24 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 328 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2454 N14W67 121 0150 Dai 07 16 Beta 2456 N07W66 121 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta 2457 N11E23 ...Continue Reading