NASA Monitors Space Weather 24/7

  • Released Friday, January 9, 2026
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Our Sun creates conditions in space, called space weather, that can affect our technologies both in space and on Earth — from GPS satellites to airplanes to power grids.

NASA’s Space Weather Program monitors space weather 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This important work helps decision makers not only protect people and equipment but maintain the services our modern-day society relies on every day. NASA’s space weather monitoring is also critical for safeguarding astronauts as they journey to the Moon and onward to Mars.

Produced Video

This video was presented at a NASA town hall at the 2025 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Music: "A Landscape Reveal” by Thomas Alexander Farnon [PRS] from Universal Production Music

Credit: NASA/Lacey Young

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Members of the Moon to Mars (M2M) Space Weather Analysis Office conduct real-time space weather assessments to support the development and validation of new capabilities for understanding space weather impacts on NASA robotic missions and human exploration activities.

Credit: NASA/Joy Ng

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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