NASA News   RELEASE 26-095 NOV. 7, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Awards Moon Base Transportation, Technology, Science Projects Artist's concept of living and working at Moon Base. Credit: NASA NASA announced a suite of awards and mission updates on Saturday to expand the agency's Moon Base exploration, science, and infrastructure capabilities. The investments will advance commercial robotic deliveries, a nuclear-powe ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-093 NOV. 7, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps NASA announced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class on Sept. 22, 2025, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas NASA is looking for the explorers who will help write the next chapter of human spaceflight.   Applications are now open for the agenc ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Nov 07 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 311 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Nov 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4565 N13W18 184 0050 Cso 04 03 Beta 4566 S06E19 147 0240 Dac 10 22 Beta-Gamma-Delta 4567 N18W70 ...Continue Reading

The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season   November 6, 2026 Natural Events   This Week's Natural Event Images View the natural events archive The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season Super Typhoon In-fa developed an unusually large eye, and the remnants of Typhoon Champi transitioned into an extratropical storm that targeted Alaska.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Nov 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 310 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Nov 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4564 N03W28 208 0030 Cro 06 06 Beta 4565 N14W07 187 0070 Cso 05 06 Beta 4566 S06E28 152 0300 Fk ...Continue Reading

Nov 5, 2026 NASA’s Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) announced the first public release of the NTC (non time critical) altimetry data products from the Sentinel-6B satellite. The NRT (near real time) and STC (short time critical) products were released earlier this year. The Sentinel-6B radar altimeter mission aims to provide high-precision measurements of global sea-level that build upon the extensive record of observation from the previous Jason series of altimetry missions. Th ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-094 NOV. 04, 2026 AERONAUTICS NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research   Generated image of NASA’s new X-70 Fractal experimental aircraft, a crewed, rapidly reconfigurable research platform for advanced aviation technologies. On Wednesday, NASA unveiled its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, during the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Nov 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 309 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Nov 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4564 N03W14 207 0030 Dro 04 05 Beta 4565 N15E08 185 0080 Dsi 04 05 Beta 4566 S06E40 153 0120 Fa ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-016 NOV. 4, 2026 NASA Announces Ka-Band Satellite Relay Awards for Space Communications   Credit: NASA NASA selected three companies on Wednesday to perform work to develop Ka-band space relay capability concepts that are compatible with current missions in space, ensuring service continuity for existing spacecraft without requiring modifications to their onbo ...Continue Reading

Discover the latest from NASA Earth Science   November 3, 2026 Weekly News   Latest Images of the Day View the Image of the Day archive The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season Super Typhoon In-fa developed an unusually large eye, and the remnants of Typhoon Champi transitioned into an extratropical storm that targeted Alaska. Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon Amid the warm hues of fall foliage, Pine Creek Gorge forms a deep scar in the Allegheny ...Continue Reading