: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

Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert   August 28, 2026 Natural Events   This Week's Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NASAEarth ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY: M26-065 AUG. 27, 2026 NASA Invites Media to Turkey Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony Credit: NASA Turkey will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 71st country signatory.   NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır for the ceremony, together with U.S. ...Continue Reading

Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert   August 27, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NASAEarth   ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-068 AUG. 27, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Departs Agency to Continue Military Service NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel After nearly a decade of service to NASA, including an eight-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jonny Kim’s last day at the agency is Thursday. He will continue servi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Aug 27 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 239 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Aug 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4513 N04W17 054 0190 Dac 10 14 Beta-Gamma 4515 S07W04 041 0020 ...Continue Reading

Aug 26, 2026 NASA Earthdata GIS (EGIS) will be transitioning and updating to a new backend enterprise system. This will change how users access the service. There will be a scheduled downtime from August 31st - September 4th, 2026 during which the EGIS portal and its services will not be accessible. After the update and transition is complete, the URLs to both the EGIS portal and content pages will remain the same, while the services REST endpoints will have been updated (changed).  We will send out a follow-up ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-064 AUG. 26, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Sets Spacewalk for Station Maintenance, Live Coverage Planned NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot work together inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock during spacesuit fit and leak checks. Credit: NASA NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to ...Continue Reading