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A rare snowfall blanketed parts of the southeastern US on December 11, 2008 - this image was captured by the MODIS on the Terra satellite the next day. NASA Headquarters Images; Kennedy Space Center Images; Johnson Space Center Images; Goddard Space Flight Center Images; Marshall Space Flight Center Images 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. Privacy Policy and Important Notices NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space. 08.14.08 - Compared to the giant black holes in the centers of other galaxies, the Milky Way's black hole is strangely quiet. Sun and 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. stars. Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web Making a proper distinction by looking at both raindrop size and abundance may be a key to assisting weather forecasters in estimating rainfall intensity to reduce the surprise factor of flash flooding. 04.30.08 - NASAs Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking visible light image of the colorful dancing lights of the aurora. Scientists believe that pollution is causing more rainfall midweek than on weekends. The original target, comet Boethin, is lost in space. 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. 10.15.08 - The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. Snow and Ice, Image of the Day 04.22.08 - 05.23.07 - 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 - 11.17.08 - 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. 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. 02.25.08 - Shadow of a Opportunity (August 3, 2004; February 4, 2007; June 29, 2008; May 8, 2011; . ASD at 02.29.08 - 06.05.08 - 07.01.08 - own rotation are 05.13.08 - Image of the Day Goddard Scientists Receive Lindsay Award for Black Hole Research, NASA Presentations at AAS Meeting in St. Louis, NASA Scientists' Model Reveals How Superstorm Plasma Affects Near-Earth Space, Warm Coronal Loops Offer Clue to Mysteriously Hot Solar Atmosphere, Goddard Selects 2008 Contractor Excellence Award Winners, NASA Inspires Students to Center the Earth With Eccentrics, Satellites Illuminate Pollution's Influence On Clouds, Winds in Jupiter's Little Red Spot Almost Twice as Fast as Strongest Hurricane, Swift Satellite Catches First Supernova in the Act of Exploding, NASA Researcher Awarded 2008 Arthur S. Flemming Award, The Mouse That Roared: Pipsqueak Star Unleashes Monster Flare, Earth Impacts Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change, NASA Study Links Earth Impacts to Human-Caused Climate Change, Md. 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. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite took this picture at 3:10 p.m. local time on December 25. 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. The five-craft THEMIS fleet may help scientists determine why. Reliable power and potential lunar resources make the lunar poles attractive enough to attempt hairy landings on a crater rim. 04.02.01 - 03.28.08 - Managing Editor: 11.04.08 - The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for no earlier than June 11. 12.02.08 - 01.07.08 - NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Follow this link to skip to the main content, Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone, New One-of-a-Kind Technology Will Fly on Two NASA Missions, NASA Goddard and University of Idaho Create Solutions for 2 NASA Missions, Explore the Entire Region of the Sun's Influence, Sun Often "Tears Out A Wall" In Earth's Solar Storm Shield, Mission Operations Readiness Review for NPOESS Preparatory Project Completed, New Satellite Data Reveal Impact of Olympic Pollution Controls, Space Has Never Been Closer: NASA Instruments Document Contraction of the Boundary between the Earths Ionosphere and Space, Hubble Finds Carbon Dioxide on an Extrasolar Planet, Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope Exhibit Travels to Pittsburgh, NASA Sets Target Shuttle Launch Date for Hubble Servicing Mission, NASA Selects NOAA GOES-R Series Spacecraft Contractor, NASA-USAID Earth Observation System Expands to Africa, Water Vapor Confirmed as Major Player in Climate Change, 'Firefly' CubeSat Mission to Study Link Between Lightning and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes, The James Webb Telescope's Super-Tough Sunshield, Arctic Sea Ice Decline Shakes Up Ocean Ecosystems, Blind Engineer Finds Solution to Soyuz Re-entry Issue, NASA Invites Students to Become Rocket Scientists at the Sunday Experiment, NASA and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC Sell Government Patent License, NOAA-N Prime Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg for Launch, NASA Goddard Exploration Sciences Building is Almost 70 Percent Complete, NASA Selects Goddard Program Analysis and Control Contractor, Halloween Storms of 2003 Still the Scariest, Goddard Women Recognized At International Forum, Goddard Challenges America's Best in Science, Next Moon Mission Begins Thermal Vacuum Test, NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System, Volcanoes May Have Provided Sparks and Chemistry for First Life, Two Black Holes Teach Astronomers a Lesson, IBEX Launches Research Platform, Makes Childhood Dream a Reality, James Webb Telescope Model Will Fly to Germany, Apollo Heat Shield Uncrated After 35 Years, Will Help with New Crew Vehicle, Top Winners Announced for Discovery 3M Challenge, Rising Arctic Storm Activity Sways Sea Ice, Climate, Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age, Discovery 3M Challenge to Conclude Oct. 6 at Goddard, NASA Spacecraft Finds the Sun is Not a Perfect Sphere, Infrared Echoes Give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova Flashback, A Star That Bursts, Blinks and Disappears, NASA Commemoration Includes Discovery Challenge at Goddard, NASA Data Show Arctic Saw Fastest August Sea Ice Retreat on Record, Scientists Detect Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Across Billions of Light Years, NASA Satellite Sees the Oldest-Ever Gamma-ray Burst from the Edge of the Visible Universe, NASA Selects Contractor for Landsat Mission Operations Element, Shake, Rattle and Roll: James Webb Telescope Components Pass Tests, Finding Fireflies next to a Lighthouse: Goddard's New Technology to Study Alien Worlds, NASA Study Illustrates How Global Peak Oil Could Impact Climate, NASA and Ocean Tomo Establish Groundbreaking Partnership to Commercialize NASA Technologies, Baltimore, DC Media Invited to Sneak Peek of NASA's "Launchfest" at Goddard Sept. 11, 10:00 AM, 2008 Hurricane Season Kicks Into High Gear. 01.16.08 - The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS full spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. Scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. Cassini streaked past Titan on Dec. 21 at an altitude of 971 kilometers Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia in late December 2008. During RockOn!, university faculty and students will learn the basics of building experiments for flight on suborbital rockets. Ten middle school student finalists from across the country will vie for the title of "America's Top Young Scientist" at Goddard in early October. 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. Date Acquired: 08/04/2008 The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. Goddard and the Howard B. Owens Science Center will celebrate a first year partnership created to inspire and educate students in the study of Earth science. NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) received the final "Ready to Go!" The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. Because snow is very bright, it increases the amount of sunlight a ground surface reflects back to space, which is a key part of the Earths energy budget and climate. Managing Editor: 05.29.08 - The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. Please credit all images and animations to NASA, unless otherwise noted. as a participant of the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program. & Jerry Bonnell NASA Technical Rep.: Phil Newman. 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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. Official NASA photographs from agency photographers chronicle what's making news across the agency, from launches and landings to important science announcements. Australian Associated Press Pty Limited. Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta II rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16. 09.17.08 - Understanding Earth: Our Ocean. 06.13.08 - Tthe Exploration Sciences Building continues to be built at a feverish pace, nearing 70% complete. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. 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. Phil Davis Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'">. 10.02.08 - 05.07.07 - 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. The MODIS on NASAs Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). Land 40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter. In earlier releases the exposed region seemed to be centered with the image square but . 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. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. 07.28.08 - What superficially resembles a giant moth floating in space is giving astronomers new insight into planetary system formation. 02.15.08 - Researchers have discovered that an explosion of magnetic energy powers sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the Northern Lights. This 4-minute, time-lapse video is BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. Consider one appropriate for 2009, the 07.17.08 - The predicted rain held off, encouraging approximately 13,000 people to visit the Center. 12.08.08 - 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. 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 satellites view of much of the Louisiana coast including the New Orleans region, while skies remain clear farther inland, particularly in Texas. 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. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will be used to launch GLAST into space arrived at Hangar M at Cape Canaveral. STEREO findings help scientists map the energized particles where the hot solar wind slams into the cold interstellar medium. Astronomers have discovered a timing mechanism that allows them to predict exactly when a neutron star will unleash incredibly powerful explosions. December 16, 2008 - Snow in the Southeastern United States. GSFC 10.08.08 - 01.30.08 - Advance warning of radiation storms could give astronauts time to take cover and allow satellite operators to take protective measures. The bulletin also forecast a high probability of a tropical cyclone in the region from December 26-28, 2008. Thanks to a fortuitous observation with NASAs Swift satellite, astronomers for the first time have caught a star in the act of exploding. 07.24.08 - 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. meteors streaking overhead, 05.20.07 - Cassini Eyes the Tiger Stripes 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. 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. 10.15.08 - 04.07.08 - 06.05.08 - Terra A service of: 09.12.08 - 11.7.08 - emailE=('brandon.f.mac' + 'cherone@nas' + 'a.gov') A new NASA study has found that storms are more intense during the work week than on the weekends. A new study has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website. Phil Davis 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. 12.15.08 - The bulletin warned of wind gusts up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) per hour, should the storm take a route more toward the southwest. 07.23.08 - 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. 11.12.08 - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. 10.06.08 - On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. & Michigan Tech. A service of: ASD at NASA . 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. 02.08.08 - Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite. much of what you could see. We could make huge telescopes on the moon relatively easily, and avoid the large expense of transporting a large mirror from Earth. In fact its actually a tiny hair that got on the photographic plate sometime in the process of taking, developing Continue reading , A new version of SkyView has been installed to accommodate the issues that off center GALEX GR4 images presented. 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