Nov. 21, 2019 - NASA Tracks a Weaker Tropical Storm Fung-Wong   NASA’s Terra satellite captured an image of Tropical Storm Fung-Wong as it continued weakening in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Philippines, tropical cyclone warning Signal #1 was in effect for the Luzon province of Batanes on Nov. 21 as Read full post

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft passes by the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 21, making its way to the Space Launch Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. At the pad, Starliner will be secured atop a United Launch Read full post

The Expedition 61 astronauts are in final preparations before Friday’s spacewalk to continue repairing the International Space Station’s cosmic particle detector. The orbital residents also had time today to set up research hardware for upcoming space biology activities. Spacewalkers Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano will exit the Quest airlock on Friday Read full post

Nov. 21, 2019 - NASA Found Atlantic’s Sebastien Was Fighting Wind Shear NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Sebastien that showed wind shear had pushed the bulk of its clouds and showers to the southeast of the center. In general, wind shear is a measure of how Read full post

Nov. 21, 2019  - NASA Imagery Indicates a Dissipating Kalmaegi   NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an image of Tropical Depression Kalmaegi in the South China Sea as it was dissipating. On Nov. 20, Kalmaegi had crossed over Luzon, the northernmost island of the Philippines. The storm then moved into the South China Read full post

Got a Question for Us? #AskNASA Check out the new weekly series that features agency experts answering frequently asked questions and debunk myths.   NOAA Teacher at Sea Program Audience: Formal and Informal Educators of Grades Pre-K-Higher Education Application Deadline: Nov. 30, 5 p.m. EST Contact: teacheratsea@noaa.gov  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Teacher at Sea Program Read full post

NASA and Boeing are preparing for the next step in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program on Thursday, Nov. 21, as the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft begins its transport for integration on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station. During the operation, Read full post

AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) EVA Preparation: The crew continued preparation for the AMS repair EVAs with procedure reviews.  The multiple AMS-02 repair EVAs are being performed to recover a series of cooling pumps within the AMS-02 experiment. The first of the series of EVAs occurred last Friday. The second EVA Read full post

NASA and Boeing are preparing for the next step in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program on Thursday, Nov. 21, as the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft begins its transport for integration on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station. During the operation, Read full post

Nov. 20, 2019 - NASA Observes Tropical Storm Fung-Wong Organize As Tropical Depression 28W continued organizing and developing into Tropical Storm Fung-Wong in the Philippine Sea, NASA’s Aqua satellite provided data on the storm to forecasters. In the Philippines, Fung-Wong is known as Sarah. On Nov. 20, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or Read full post