07.17.08 - NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone. NASA Official: Phillip Newman 02.01.08 - We could make huge telescopes on the moon relatively easily, and avoid the large expense of transporting a large mirror from Earth. Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC, Web Curator: This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. 12.08.08 - Unexpected image offsets in the GALEX GR4. 10.16.08 - 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). 09.15.08 - A winter camp for educators known as History of Winter 2008 will be hosted by a team from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center. Observations of two different systems -- each containing stellar-mass black holes -- are showing astronomers how much they have yet to learn. After the cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China, NASA data came to the aid of officials by tapping into a unique set of NASA data products describing the location of the exposed populations. Cassini scientists speculate there may be a layer of liquid water mixed with ammonia about 100 kilometers (62 miles) below the surface of Titan. 02.21.08 - rays. 05.21.08 - The predicted rain held off, encouraging approximately 13,000 people to visit the Center. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. NASA by Caltech. This is the fourth of four fly-bys where RADAR can probe the interior of Titan and confirm the existence of an ocean. Official NASA photographs from agency photographers chronicle what's making news across the agency, from launches and landings to important science announcements. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. Smoke billows from scattered wildfires in California, as captured by NASA's Aqua Satellite. & Jerry Bonnell NASA Technical Rep.: Phil Newman. Images by Mission. Specific rights apply. In earlier releases the exposed region seemed to be centered with the image square but . 06.24.08 - The bulletin also forecast a high probability of a tropical cyclone in the region from December 26-28, 2008. 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. Event Moore Boeck. For some while we have been looking at how to put the data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe (WMAP) into SkyView. 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. The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. A powerful one-two punch for astronomy happens when you team up orbiting and ground-based observatories. 01.25.08 - Image Facts Social Media Lead: 01.24.08 - NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. composed from a series of 7,000 images highlighting 01.08.08 - Enceladus Global View with Plume (Artist's Rendering), Enceladus Organics on Grains of Ice (Illustration), NASAs Lunar Flashlight Team Assessing Spacecrafts Propulsion System. For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. This satellite map of snow cover shows that every state in the contiguous U.S., except for Florida, received snow in January 2011. International Year of Astronomy; Clouds serve a valuable role in Earth's climate, and thanks to A-Train, a closer look at them is possible. Americas plans for opening the space frontier are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Connecticut for three weeks beginning May 14. 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Privacy Policy and Important Notices. 04.30.08 - NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interacts with Earth's magnetosphere. 02.29.08 - A service of: For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and http://www.nasa.gov/cassini. 05.29.08 - Scientists have used computer models to show how melt could contribute to the observed speed up of the ice sheet. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS full spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. 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. 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. 08.26.08 - A new look at a classic experiment reveals volcanoes may have played a crucial role in the rise of life on Earth. Moore Boeck. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. 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. 09.08.08 - 05.07.08 - A new study has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. The National Academy of Sciences will award the 2008 Arctowski Medal to Dr. Leonard Burlaga, an Astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Resolutions: Opaque clouds surround the storms eye, but farther away from the eye, the clouds assume translucent, wispy shapes, especially in the east. Advance warning of radiation storms could give astronauts time to take cover and allow satellite operators to take protective measures. After four years of observations, a European satellite named Integral may have solved one of our galaxy's greatest mysteries. Please credit all images and animations to NASA, unless otherwise noted. 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. 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. Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the "blankest year" of the Space Age. Image Credit: 05.20.07 - 02.13.08 - 09.08.08 - The APOD website on 31 December 2016, displaying that day's astronomy picture of Trifid Nebula in infrared. 08.04.08 - 10.06.08 - Goddard has awarded its highest honor for quality and technical performance to three companies that have contributed significantly to the center's mission. iridescence, and beaming 01.10.08 - The full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope resumes its world tour with a stop in Montreal, July 13 through July 20, 2008. emailE=('shannell.c.' 06.13.08 - 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. 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. NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 08.05.08 - Phil Davis The tiny sensor, only the size of a quarter, acts like a smoke detector. 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. 02.27.08 - this past Saturday to celebrate LaunchFest. A service of: ASD at NASA . A NASA-funded researcher has discovered that solar flares -- explosions in the atmosphere of the sun -- get much hotter when they stay "focused". 02.08.08 - 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. By astronomical standards, Northern Hemisphere winter wont end until March 20. 9.17.08 - Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. 12.19.08 - . 01.22.08 - 04.21.08 - as a participant of the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program. A million names will be blasted into space and "to the moon" on LRO. But for meteorologists, who sometimes divide the year up into seasons on the basis of similarity in weather and temperature, winter is already over. Consider one appropriate for 2009, the On December 19, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia as a Category 2 storm. With NASA, Washington and Baltimore Area Reporters Invited to Hubble Media Day, NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Impacted Populations in Disaster Aftermath, For Hurricanes, Storms, Raindrop Size Makes All the Difference, NASA Targets GLAST Launch for no Earlier than June 11, Star Trek's George Takei Beams Down to Goddard, NASA Scientists Pioneer Method for Making Giant Lunar Telescopes, NASA Awards Snow and Ice Distributed Active Archive Contract, Fairfax Student Accepted for NASA Goddard Engineering Internship, Idaho Student Accepted for NASA Goddard Engineering Internship. just look up -- experience, learn, and enjoy the changing sky. Site last updated: December 21, 2022 . 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. LRO Media Day will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. 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. 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. The images are sometimes authored by people or organizations outside NASA, and therefore APOD images are often copyrighted, . 12.12.08 - NASA Official: 10.23.08 - Tropical Cyclone Billy continued traveling along Western Australia's Kimberley Coast . 12.10.08 - 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. 03.13.08 - 04.23.08 - NASA Goddard Invites Public To See "Launchfest"! emailName =('Shannell Frazier') The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Denver was selected to build the satellites for NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES-R, Program. 06.05.08 - Hurricane, tropical storm and tropical depression rainfall caused many severe floods and numerous lost lives during the 2008 north Atlantic hurricane season. 09.12.08 - Arcing through the sky in a stately reflection of Did you know the weeks surrounding this All Hallows Eve mark a haunting milestone? Social Media Lead: 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. meteors streaking overhead, 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. 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