NASA Monitors Space Weather 24/7

  • Released Friday, January 9, 2026

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.

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Space weather analyst, Anna Chulaki, on shift during the Artemis II mission for the Moon to Mars Space Weather Analysis Office (M2M) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. M2M team members monitored space weather 24/7 during the nearly 10-day voyage around the Moon from April 1-10, 2026.

Credit: NASA/Joy Ng

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Space weather analyst, Elizabeth Juelfs, on shift during the Artemis II mission for the Moon to Mars Space Weather Analysis Office (M2M) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. M2M team members monitored space weather 24/7 during the nearly 10-day voyage around the Moon from April 1-10, 2026.

Credit: NASA/Lacey Young



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This page was originally published on Friday, January 9, 2026.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 10:59 AM EDT.