NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-010 SEPT. 1, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider   Credit: NASA NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions.   The firm-fixed-price contract has ...Continue Reading

Discover the latest from NASA Earth Science + September Puzzler!   September 1, 2026 Weekly News   Latest Images of the Day View the Image of the Day archive Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way. Pasterze Hangs on as Austria’s Largest Glacier One narrowing icefal ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Sep 01 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 244 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Sep 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4513 N05W88 058 0010 Cro 03 02 Beta 4518 N07W24 354 0020 Cro 0 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #26-34 2026 August 30 at 8:15 p.m. MDT (2026 August 31 0215 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 24-30 No G1 or greater geomagnetic storms were observed during the period. Activity reached R1 (Minor) levels on 24 and 26 Aug, and peaked at R2 (Moderate) levels on 25 Aug. Region 4513 was responsible for all seven of the M-class (R1/R2-Minor/Mo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Aug 31 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 243 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Aug 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4513 N05W73 057 0030 Cro 02 04 Beta 4515 S07W56 040 0010 Axx 0 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-071 AUG. 30, 2026 SCIENCE NASA's Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/John Kraus Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon revea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Aug 30 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 242 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Aug 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4513 N04W58 055 0070 Dai 05 05 Beta 4515 S07W43 040 0020 Hsx 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Aug 29 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 241 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Aug 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4513 N04W43 053 0120 Dai 08 12 Beta 4515 S07W31 041 0030 Hsx 0 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-070 AUG. 28, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE President Honors NASA’s Artemis II Crew with Highest US Space Award President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts R ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-069 AUG. 28, 2026 MISSIONS President Trump Signs Executive Order to Create US Space Academy  President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Aug. 28, 2026, to establish the nation’s first U.S. Space Academy at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA To strengthen the nation’s space workforce and develop the next generation of space leaders, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Fri ...Continue Reading