A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America   July 24, 2026 Natural Events   This Week's Natural Event Images View the natural events archive A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality in parts of the U.S. and Canada.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follo ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-060 JULY 24, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Support Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Testing, Advance Artemis An image shows the B-1 and B-2 test stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on July 7, 2026. The test stand features dual, vertical firing positions built in the 1960s to test Saturn V rocket stages that carried humans to the Moon during the Apollo Program. The B-1 position, right, is equipped for single engine tests, while ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Jul 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 205 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jul 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4489 S07W67 193 0050 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 4492 N16E20 106 0310 Hhx ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-059 JULY 23, 2026 MISSIONS Look for NASA+ Now Streaming on Amazon Fire TV Credit: NASA Continuing agency efforts to bring space closer to home, NASA+ is heading to more streaming platforms. On Thursday, NASA announced its programming is on Fire TV Channels. Fire TV customers can easily access this content by asking Alexa+ on compatible devices.   Future programming on Fire TV may include science mission launches, a te ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Jul 23 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 204 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jul 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4489 S07W54 193 0040 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 4492 N15E32 107 0300 Hhx ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-056 JULY 22, 2026 TECHNOLOGY NASA to Showcase Agency’s Newest Wind Tunnel in Virginia  The Flight Dynamics Research Facility, located at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is the agency’s first major wind tunnel built in more than 40 years. Credit: NASA Media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, July 31, to attend a media tour and ribbon-cutting cer ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-057 JULY 22, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return   The Roscosmos Soyuz MS 28 spacecraft is pictured in November 2025 shortly after docking to the International Space Station’s Rassvet module. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission aboard the International S ...Continue Reading

A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America   July 22, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality in parts of the U.S. and Canada.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NAS ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-054 JULY 22, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Joins Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI-Driven Discovery   Credit: NASA NASA is supporting the Genesis Mission, a national effort to drive the use of artificial intelligence in tackling complex scientific and engineering challenges to advance a new era of discovery.   President Donald J. Trump issued the Executive Order “Launching the Genesis Mission” on Nov. 24, 2025, creating a nat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Jul 22 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 203 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jul 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4489 S07W41 193 0060 Cao 03 06 Beta 4492 N16E45 107 0250 Hhx 0 ...Continue Reading