12.12.08 - 11.07.08 - 11.07.08 - nasa.gov. NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. A million names will be blasted into space and "to the moon" on LRO. It's up to LRO to make those landings as safe as possible. 03.28.08 - 02.25.08 - The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly was delivered to Goddard in preparation for SDO's scheduled launch in December 2008. The tennis court-sized sunshield built by Northrop Grumman for NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has completed its preliminary design review. 05.21.07 - Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC, Web Curator: 12.16.08 - nasa.gov. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. Image Credit: A winter camp for educators known as History of Winter 2008 will be hosted by a team from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center. Others were less distinct, such as the U.S. Sierra Nevadas, the Pyrnes of France and Spain, and the Caucasus of Eastern Europe, but by the end of winter, their peaks were crisply defined in white. much of what you could see. 1 This uses knowledge of the GALEX survey to find the center of the Continue reading , Lots of people are using the Image gallery. 01.29.08 - Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. The model of the James Webb Space Telescope has been making a lot of "orbits" around the world, and is now slated to "land" at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The latest polar-orbiting operational environmental weather satellite developed by NASA for NOAA, called NOAA-N Prime, arrived Tuesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for a February 4, 2009 launch. 07.23.08 - George Takei, famous for portraying Mr. Sulu on "Star Trek," visited Goddard on June 3, 2008, to deliver a lecture on diversity. The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite. clouds moving In December, some of the Northern Hemispheres high mountain ranges already stood out from the surrounding terrain, including the Himalaya in Asia and the Atlas Mountains in northern Africa. 12.16.08 - 09.10.08 - Opaque clouds surround the storms eye, but farther away from the eye, the clouds assume translucent, wispy shapes, especially in the east. 12.19.08 - Specific rights apply. 03.03.08 - Enceladus Global View with Plume (Artist's Rendering), Enceladus Organics on Grains of Ice (Illustration), NASAs Lunar Flashlight Team Assessing Spacecrafts Propulsion System. 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. (MTU) & Feb. 16, 2023 featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 05.29.08 - 05.27.08 - . Consider one appropriate for 2009, the 02.08.08 - NASA Official: Phillip Newman Bands Used: 1,4,3 02.21.08 - Ontario Lacus. The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. The "Tiger Stripe" region on Saturn's moon Enceladus has been found to be even warmer than previous measurements indicated. The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing, which simulates the extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space LRO will experience after launch. Scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. After a nationwide search for junior science researchers on GLAST mission, three people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral positions. On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. 11.7.08 - Image Facts NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. 04.30.08 - 9.17.08 - 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. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. A new nano satellite mission, called 'Firefly,' sponsored by the National Science Foundation and led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center will explore the relationship between lightning and these sudden bursts, called Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes. Steve Platnick, EOS Senior Project Scientist Acting. Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia in late December 2008. Goddard has awarded its highest honor for quality and technical performance to three companies that have contributed significantly to the center's mission. 08.05.08 - 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. Astronomers have discovered a timing mechanism that allows them to predict exactly when a neutron star will unleash incredibly powerful explosions. A new look at a classic experiment reveals volcanoes may have played a crucial role in the rise of life on Earth. The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. 02.07.08 - 09.22.08 - NASA's Big 2022: Historic Moon Mission, Webb Telescope Images, More NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. . 02.08.08 - The final day of competition for The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist concludes the evening of Oct. 6, 2008. the 5-year anniversary of some the most powerful solar storms ever recorded. planet Earth's Excitement Builds as GLAST Readies Its Gamma-ray Vision! topographic profile of the dark, possibly liquid-filled area known as 10.16.08 - meteors streaking overhead, The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. 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Design & Development: NASA has selected ASRC Research and Technology Solutions, LLC, of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. Design & Development: 12.15.08 - Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the "blankest year" of the Space Age. A new NASA study has found that storms are more intense during the work week than on the weekends. NASA selected two proposals from Goddard researchers to assist with measurements the agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will make. 10.24.08 - Scientists have discovered a wave pattern in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years. This is the fourth of four fly-bys where RADAR can probe the interior of Titan and confirm the existence of an ocean. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. Authors & editors: 03.20.08 - Scientists believe that pollution is causing more rainfall midweek than on weekends. composed from a series of 7,000 images highlighting The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. Two giant storms erupted from a jet stream on Jupiter in March, 2007. Now available on iTunes, the NASA Goddard Shorts video podcast series keeps subscribers updated with cool science and engineering breakthroughs. satellites and 12.30.08 - 09.26.08 - 07.28.08 - 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. Researchers took advantage of NASA satellite images to show that the microscopic floating plants are teeming in regions of recent ice melt. Answering bold questions about life and climate on Earth and other planets is the goal behind a new Space Act Agreement signed between Goddard and Northrop Grumman. The Radio Science Subsystem uses this pass to measure Titan's gravity field, allowing scientists to explore the moon's interior. In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the first scientific results from the TRMM satellite, media are invited to a media roundtable on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. EST. Please credit all images and animations to NASA, unless otherwise noted. 10.16.08 - Very light blue shows places where at least a trace of snow was observed, while white shows where the ground was 100 percent snow covered. Never having acquired hurricane strength, the storm made landfall west of the Texas-Louisiana border, east of Galveston, Texas. Bill Dunford 06.10.08 - Astronomers are reporting on a strange case where one of the littlest of stars "twinkled" with gamma rays, X-rays, and light -- and then vanished. 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. 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. 06.12.08 - 2008 December 31 The Sky in Motion Credit & Copyright: Video: Till Credner , ( The Sky in Motion.com ) javascript is enabled. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. NASA researchers have created an advanced data compression algorithm that will increase science data return for NASA missions. 11.17.08 - 09.08.08 - NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is receiving finishing touches at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the beaches of eastern central Florida for its launch. 02.13.08 - NASAs Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, designed to image global interactions at the outer reaches of the solar system, today began its move to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California. Scientists have used computer models to show how melt could contribute to the observed speed up of the ice sheet. Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have identified the smallest known black hole in the universe. A new analysis of environmental conditions over the Atlantic Ocean shows that hot, dry air associated with dust outbreaks from the Sahara desert likely contributed to the quieter-than-expected 2007 hurricane season. 05.23.07 - Thousands converged on Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. On December 19, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia as a Category 2 storm. International Year of Astronomy; 01.02.08 - Melissa Rey from Chesterfield, Mo., was named "America's Top Young Scientist" at the 2008 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Image of the Day (603 miles), obtaining radar images of Titan's south polar region and a Hubble has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other. Researchers have estimated more precisely than ever the heat-trapping effect of water in the air, validating the role of the gas as a critical component of climate change. 04.21.08 - Official NASA photographs from agency photographers chronicle what's making news across the agency, from launches and landings to important science announcements. 01.11.08 - 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. Phil Davis But for meteorologists, who sometimes divide the year up into seasons on the basis of similarity in weather and temperature, winter is already over. 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. GALEX now uses a special GalexExposure Image finder. Landsat Important to Coastal Studies. 07.11.08 - 11.12.08 - Inspired by a desire to make finding space physics information as easy as book lovers locate a text on Amazon.com, the heliophysics virtual observatories offer a wealth of resources to learn more about the sun, Earth and heliosphere. 10.08.08 - A blind engineer at Goddard had the vision for a solution to a problem that ultimately required a trip to Europe to help with a Soyuz capsule re-entry. 04.14.08 - That's how many people have submitted their names to this project. 05.01.08 - Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) 10.23.08 - According to a report from the U.S. National Hurricane Center, elevated oil rigs south of the Louisiana coast reported sustained winds of 72 to 89 kilometers (45 to 55 miles) per hour, well below the wind-speed threshold for a Category 1 hurricane. 01.10.08 - Social Media Lead: 02.21.08 - 12.08.08 - 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. 05.29.08 - 03.20.08 - The radar instrument was built by JPL and the Italian Space Agency, working with team members from the United States and several European countries. 05.07.07 - 11.21.08 - 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. Flight Center. High-Southern Latitudes in the Leading Hemisphere (Arrakis Planitia). Compared to the giant black holes in the centers of other galaxies, the Milky Way's black hole is strangely quiet. On Sunday, November 16, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center invites elementary school students to a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities that will help you experience what its like to be a NASA engineer. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. 05.14.08 - 05.13.08 - 05.13.08 - Land Researchers hope to use the rare event to reveal secrets buried deep in Jupiter's massive atmosphere. 02.08.08 - Severe Storms. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. When summer storms arrive, it's not only beach-goers who are affected; the rains can also have an impact on living creatures far below the ocean surface. 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. The total estimated cost of the contract is $20,412,996 over the five-year period of performance. Scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope say that hot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments. A new study has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. We could make huge telescopes on the moon relatively easily, and avoid the large expense of transporting a large mirror from Earth. NASA's Big 2022: Historic Moon Mission, Webb Telescope Images, More. 02.08.08 - NASA will hold a series of news media briefings Sept. 8 - 9 to preview the space shuttle's fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. 06.11.08 - Scientists using NASAs RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision and found that it is not a perfect sphere. 01.10.08 - BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. 04.02.01 - 01.16.08 - The original target, comet Boethin, is lost in space. 10.27.08 - Inside the polar night boundary, MODIS cannot observe snow cover because there is not enough daylight. Images by Mission. 06.02.08 - With winds of about 384 miles per hour, some of the highest wind speeds ever detected on any planet, Jupiter's Little Red Spot could blow away any hurricane on Earth. 02.01.08 - NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. Severe Storms. Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite. 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. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. 01.30.08 - 04.17.08 - The tiny sensor, only the size of a quarter, acts like a smoke detector. If you know your browser is up to date, you should check to ensure that Advance warning of radiation storms could give astronauts time to take cover and allow satellite operators to take protective measures. 07.24.08 - These missions include a final repair trip to upgrade the famous Hubble Space Telescope and spacecraft to study powerful gamma-rays, the moon, the Sun, and Earth's weather and pollution. The powerful antenna system that will enable NASA's GLAST)to communicate with stations on Earth has been successfully connected to the spacecraft. Rocchio When you think of Landsat, images of the Earth's land surface rightly come to mind because that is the type of. Phil Davis Bill Dunford The MODIS on NASAs Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). 06.03.08 - Global snow cover maps are valuable for both practical and scientific tasks. Over the course of the past year, the team was hard at work implementing a new underlying core that included development of an improved information architecture, as well as administration and content management tools. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS full spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. NASA maps and animation by Kevin Ward, based on data from the NASA Earth Observations (NEO) project. Astronomers have found a neutron star that seems to share characteristics of both types of neutron stars. Goddard Space Flight Center welcomed Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown to its facility on May 12, 2008. Understanding Earth: Our Ocean. Americas plans for opening the space frontier are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Connecticut for three weeks beginning May 14. NASA has selected the University of Alaska for the management and operations of the EOS Data and Information System Synthetic Aperture Radar DACC. from all teams. 12.10.08 - An interactive exhibit showcasing NASA's Hubble and James Webb telescopes is on display in Pittsburgh. 09.04.08 - 06.05.08 - 06.09.08 - 04.28.08 - The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics every day for more than 25 years via the use of their Hubble telescope. 04.14.08 - JPL is a federally funded research and development center managed for NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta II rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16. Scientists around the world are excited about all the things that GLAST is going to uncover after it launches on June 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 05.30.08 - Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. Understanding Earth: What's Up with Precipitation? Hurricane, tropical storm and tropical depression rainfall caused many severe floods and numerous lost lives during the 2008 north Atlantic hurricane season. 05.29.08 - Whats going on here? Social Media Lead: Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. NASA Goddard Invites Public To See "Launchfest"! 02.19.08 - Lt. During the night of Oct. 15, Space Telescope Operations Control Center engineers at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center turned on and checked out Side B of Hubbles Science Instrument Control and Data Handling (SI C&DH) system. 10.29.08 - The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite took this picture at 3:10 p.m. local time on December 25. Powerful starquakes ripple around the sun in the wake of mighty solar flares. (2008, December 28). For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there are four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day. 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NASA scientists say a new solar cycle is beginning, and this could have important repercussions for space-based technology, such as GPS and weather satellites. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. 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This undertaking leaves the team better positioned to tackle additional components and content for the site as they look forward to their 10th anniversary in April 2009. 04.01.08 - Last Month: December 2008: Next Month: Sun: Mon: Tue: Wed: Thu: Fri: Sat Last Month | Calendar | Next Month > Index | Search | Send Mail to APOD | Today's . 03.31.08 - NASA has selected the University of Colorado at Boulder for the management and operations of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System Snow and Ice Distributed Active Archive Center. The predicted rain held off, encouraging approximately 13,000 people to visit the Center. Terra 05.07.08 - A powerful one-two punch for astronomy happens when you team up orbiting and ground-based observatories. View videos produced at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as part of Earth Science Week 2008. document.write( '' ) The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. 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. SDO will discover how the sun builds up and explosively releases magnetic energy, which powers severe space weather. The IBEX mission will provide Greg Frazier with just the example he needs to showcase his knowledge of what it takes to reach the stars. 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). This is a COMPTEL image, one of the lowest resolution surveys we have in Continue reading , This image from 2008-12-06 15:57:53 shows a very interesting feature that looks like a giant worm squirming amongst the stars. Posted on December 1, 2008 by Tess Jaffe. 03.17.08 - 07.01.08 - The animation shows monthly snow cover from February 2000 through February 2009. Still need to come up with a good new year's resolution? To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. 10.06.08 - 10.14.08 - Juno Explores Jovian Moons During Extended Mission. Arcing through the sky in a stately reflection of For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and http://www.nasa.gov/cassini. A NASA-funded researcher has discovered that solar flares -- explosions in the atmosphere of the sun -- get much hotter when they stay "focused". Features in the Gallery: Very Bright Stars, Unexpected image offsets in the GALEX GR4, SkyView v3.5.6 Security updates and bug fixes. 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). Cassini streaked past Titan on Dec. 21 at an altitude of 971 kilometers Caption by Rebecca Lindsey. The proposed new mission, called Gravity and Extreme Magnetism (GEMS), will use a new technique to accomplish what has been impossible until now. October 31, 2008. 10.06.08 - 07.15.08 - Moon, 06.13.08 - Two Goddard employees have been recognized by the National Women of Color (WOC) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) as 2008 WOC All-Stars and Rising Stars of Technology. 12.19.08 - 04.22.08 - 01.07.08 - 05.29.08 - Click on a picture and discover the cosmos! 08.07.08 - 07.02.08 - Robert Nemiroff 10.08.08 - NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. emailE=('brandon.f.mac' + 'cherone@nas' + 'a.gov') Snow and Ice, Winter Snow Cover in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA Goddard Space The blast arose from a star 12.8 billion light-years away. Reliable power and potential lunar resources make the lunar poles attractive enough to attempt hairy landings on a crater rim. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin on Thursday announced that Rob Strain will be the next center director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 02.19.08 - Tthe Exploration Sciences Building continues to be built at a feverish pace, nearing 70% complete. The snow cover patterns also identify various topographic features, especially mountain ranges. U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web 03.17.08 - 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. GSFC Earth Science film producer Maria Frostic explores the world of Iceland's puffin population in her upcoming PBS documentary. 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. This pair of maps shows average percent snow cover in December 2008 and February 2009, the first and last months of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. New data from the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are helping scientists overturn long-standing assumptions about powerful stellar explosions. As predicted, Edouard came ashore along the Gulf Coast early in the day on August 5, 2008, one day after this image was acquired. NASA announced the public will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope observatory before it launches in mid-2008. December 16, 2008 - Snow in the Southeastern United States. NASA / You will be directed to the NASA Visible Earth webpage when you select Images by Mission below, or click on the images at right that are randomly generated to represent four out of all possible topics. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Denver was selected to build the satellites for NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES-R, Program. Satellite: ET. 09.02.08 - own rotation are This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. IBEX will build an image of the outer boundary of the solar system from impacts on the spacecraft by high-speed particles called energetic neutral atoms. Water Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website. Unexpected image offsets in the GALEX GR4. Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest leaks, according to researchers sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation. 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. Clouds serve a valuable role in Earth's climate, and thanks to A-Train, a closer look at them is possible. Design & Development: 06.03.08 - 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. SkyView GALEX GR4: Off center images fixed. 02.08.08 - Severe Storms. Slice of History - Happy 25th Anniversary, Cassini! 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. xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'">. 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. Caption by Michon Scott. NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interacts with Earth's magnetosphere. These images were obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 21, 2008. Because snow insulates the ground, it reduces the flow of heat and water vapor from the ground to the atmosphere, which influences weather and climate. These maps show the average percent snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere for December 2008 (top) and February 2009 (bottom), the first and last months of meteorological winter. NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) received the final "Ready to Go!" 02.21.08 - A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. 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