Terra 04.14.08 - satellites and 03.20.08 - 10.23.08 - SkyView GALEX GR4: Off center images fixed. Researchers have identified the common thread that determines how aerosols from human activity, like the particles released from forest fires, influence cloud cover and affect climate. 05.27.08 - NASA Web 04.14.08 - The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Thursday, June 5. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft bus was lowered onto the propulsion module, and it attached on the first try. The National Academy of Sciences will award the 2008 Arctowski Medal to Dr. Leonard Burlaga, an Astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Satellite: NASA data are showing that for a four-week period in August 2008, sea ice melted faster during that period than ever before. 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Hubble has found them to be brilliant blue clusters of stars born in the swirls and eddies of a galactic smashup 200 million years ago. Observations made by NASA instruments onboard an Air Force satellite have shown that the boundary between the Earths upper atmosphere and space has moved to extraordinarily low altitudes. 07.01.08 - BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. Researchers hope to use the rare event to reveal secrets buried deep in Jupiter's massive atmosphere. The first of 18 mirror segments that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope arrived at the Marshall Space Flight Center to prepare it to meet the extreme temperatures it will encounter in space. NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century directly accelerated the rate of arctic sea ice drift which is a harbinger of climate change. A new NASA study confirms that the surface temperature of Greenland's massive ice sheet has been rising, fueling the loss of the island's ice at the surface and throughout the mass beneath. The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. The brown winter landscape is broken by patches of white snow still lingering on the ground on the Mississippi/Louisiana border, and a . A comprehensive Mission Operations Readiness (MOR) review of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) was successfully completed last month. The blast arose from a star 12.8 billion light-years away. Observations of two different systems -- each containing stellar-mass black holes -- are showing astronomers how much they have yet to learn. The storm was expected to bring heavy rainfall and local flooding to parts of the Kimberley Coast. Cassini scientists speculate there may be a layer of liquid water mixed with ammonia about 100 kilometers (62 miles) below the surface of Titan. 07.11.08 - as a participant of the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program. After 10 years of fine-tuning a technique to efficiently manufacture super-thin, curved mirrors needed to focus X-ray photons, Goddard astrophysicist Will Zhang and his team have won a position on the NuSTAR mission to provide the telescopes more than 3,000 individual mirror segments. Land 04.28.08 - NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone. 10.15.08 - 01.10.08 - 07.01.08 - The snow cover maps reveal some of the winters significant snow events in the United States, including a rare snow fall in the Deep South that occurred in mid-December. Hubble has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other. iridescence, and beaming Source: Lance Nixon, South Dakota State University NASA is paying researchers on the cool prairies of South Dakota to help track biodiversity in the steamy. Cool, wet conditions in the Northwest, frigid weather on the Plains, and record dry conditions in the Southeast are all signs that La Nia is in full swing. Arcing through the sky in a stately reflection of 12.09.08 - New studies show the wrenching gravity just outside the outer boundary of a black hole can produce yet another bizarre effect: light echoes. At a teleconference on Aug. 26, 2008, NASA announced it was giving a new name to the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, launched June 11, 2008. 12.03.08 - They can be combined with information on snow depth to help predict flood risk and water availability in regions such as Afghanistan, where the winter snow pack is the primary source of water in the summer. Steve Platnick, EOS Senior Project Scientist Acting. 06.02.08 - Global snow cover maps are valuable for both practical and scientific tasks. The original target, comet Boethin, is lost in space. The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics. A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. After canceling a tropical cyclone warning from Pardoo to Port Headland, the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology issued a cyclone warning for Western Australia coastal communities near Pilbara on December 25, 2008. 11.13.08 - NASA, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and their partners are in Nairobi, Kenya, to launch SERVIR-Africa, a program that helps scientists, government leaders and local communities address concerns related to natural disasters, disease outbreaks, biodiversity and climate change. this past Saturday to celebrate LaunchFest. Scientists from NASA and organizations around the world will convene physically and electronically in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost U.S. city, during the first week of Arctic sunrise at Barrow January 23 29. U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web 10.15.08 - mars.nasa.gov. High-Southern Latitudes in the Leading Hemisphere (Arrakis Planitia). It's up to LRO to make those landings as safe as possible. Researchers took advantage of NASA satellite images to show that the microscopic floating plants are teeming in regions of recent ice melt. Water 11.7.08 - 07.01.08 - Social Media Lead: 05.30.08 - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 07.02.08 - Severe Storms. NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is aiming its largest telescope at five stars in a search for alien planets as it enters its extended mission, called EPOXI. NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) received the final "Ready to Go!" 06.13.08 - Image Credit: Lt. In this image, the sprawling storm blocks the satellite's view of much of the Louisiana coast including the New Orleans region, while skies remain clear farther inland, particularly in Texas. Christa Peters-Lidard of NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has been awarded the 2007 Arthur S. Flemming Award in the category of Applied Science, Engineering and Mathematics. Hurricane, tropical storm and tropical depression rainfall caused many severe floods and numerous lost lives during the 2008 north Atlantic hurricane season. 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On Oct. 31, 2008, during the second close flyby of Enceladus of the month, the cameras and other optical remote sensing instruments will be front and center, imaging the fractures that slash across the moon's south polar region like stripes on a tiger. NASA maps and animation by Kevin Ward, based on data from the NASA Earth Observations (NEO) project. 02.21.08 - clouds moving Servicing Mission 4 to the Hubble Space Telescope is currently on track for a mid-May 2009 launch based on a successful Pre-Environmental Readiness Review (PERR) held December 16 at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center for the flight spare Science Instrument Command and Data Handling (SI/C&DH). One of Saturn's rings soaks up material gushing from the fountains on the tiny ice-moon, Enceladus, according to new Cassini observations. Design & Development: Scientists believe that pollution is causing more rainfall midweek than on weekends. High-Southern Latitudes in the Leading Hemisphere (Arrakis Planitia). Hundreds came to Goddard's Visitor Center to celebrate the anniversary of the first manned spaceflight and the first flight of the space shuttle. 11.04.08 - The five-craft THEMIS fleet may help scientists determine why. 01.18.08 - In January 2008, NASA's Dr. Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica. For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. 06.11.08 - (MTU) & International Year of Astronomy; The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. The nation's largest estuary just happens to be in the backyard of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 03.04.08 - 09.15.08 - 10.16.08 - 04.30.08 - 01.24.08 - 04.02.01 - 02.08.08 - NASA and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC today announced the first ever sale of a government patent license through a public auction of intellectual property. The predicted rain held off, encouraging approximately 13,000 people to visit the Center. 12.19.08 - After canceling a tropical cyclone warning from Pardoo to Port Headland, the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology issued a cyclone warning for Western Australia coastal communities near Pilbara on December 25, 2008. 02.19.08 - SOHO has discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all the other discoverers of comets throughout history put together. NASA selected two proposals from Goddard researchers to assist with measurements the agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will make. nasa.gov. The Hubble team today received approval from officials at NASA Headquarters to reconfigure a failed data handling unit on Hubble to begin operations on a redundant side of the unit. 03.17.08 - A service of: The Delta II 7920-H rocket that will launch GLAST is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 04.08.08 - The Aquarius Radiometer, recently delivered by Goddard to JPL, will help scientists study ocean salinity and its relation to climate. 10.02.08 - Social Media Lead: javascript is enabled. The animation shows monthly snow cover from February 2000 through February 2009. Scientists and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have joined teams studying optics technologies for three possible new NASA missions to search for alien worlds (exoplanets). These images were obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 21, 2008. By astronomical standards, Northern Hemisphere winter wont end until March 20. As predicted, Edouard came ashore along the Gulf Coast early in the day on August 5, 2008, one day after this image was acquired. 12.23.08 - 01.11.08 - Atmosphere Swift caught sight of a splintered comet fragment as it passed by the Ring Nebula. The public is invited to come and see the expertise, technology and challenges associated with space exploration when NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center holds its Launchfest open house Sept. 13, 2008. 06.04.08 - A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center designs and builds the special tools and aids astronauts need when they service the Hubble Space Telescope. 01.09.08 - 09.26.08 - Scientists have used computer models to show how melt could contribute to the observed speed up of the ice sheet. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and http://www.nasa.gov/cassini. 04.22.08 - Ontario Lacus. When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in October 2008 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence performing on-orbit surgery on two ailing science instruments that reside inside the telescope. NASA and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC announced the beginning of a new partnership to commercialize over 40 NASA-funded technologies to the private sector for commercial application. Design & Development: 11.07.08 - stars. nasa.gov. However WMAP images are generally stored in Continue reading , This image from 2008-12-10 09:39:28 is pretty interesting It looks like we are seeing some very special object with rings around it. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., will open its doors to the public September 13 to learn about the more than 12 missions Goddard is launching in a year. Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again on a Work Day? 10.27.08 - Continue reading , The underlying GALEX observations used in SkyView are 38403840 pixel images where only a circle with a radius of about 2900 pixels is actually exposed. Tropical Cyclone Billy moved off the coast of Western Australia on December 25, 2008. This site is maintained by the Planetary Science Communications team at, The Next Full Moon is the Wolf or Ice Moon, NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science, 40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter, Juno Explores Jovian Moons During Extended Mission, NASA's Big 2022: Historic Moon Mission, Webb Telescope Images, More, NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone. This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. The bulletin warned of wind gusts up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) per hour, should the storm take a route more toward the southwest. 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