NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. 06.05.08 - The "Tiger Stripe" region on Saturn's moon Enceladus has been found to be even warmer than previous measurements indicated. February 1, 2000 - February 28, 2009QuickTime, Google Earth - December 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009KML. 02.19.08 - 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 data are showing that for a four-week period in August 2008, sea ice melted faster during that period than ever before. 05.29.08 - 07.24.08 - 03.13.08 - Feb. 16, 2023 Scientists at NASA reveal a new understanding of the coronal heating enigma. 10.07.08 - High-Southern Latitudes in the Leading Hemisphere (Arrakis Planitia). Social Media Lead: 08.05.08 - 11.07.08 - NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. 02.08.08 - 06.26.08 - That's how many people have submitted their names to this project. 12.19.08 - This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. Flight Center. 40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter. 01.08.08 - 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. 12.09.08 - The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. The predicted rain held off, encouraging approximately 13,000 people to visit the Center. Sherrica Newsome currently finds herself as Operations Manager for the 2008 NASA Academy at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 07.01.08 - NASA Official: 09.08.08 - Global snow cover maps are valuable for both practical and scientific tasks. 02.25.08 - Still need to come up with a good new year's resolution? The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. Specific rights apply. 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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. 03.17.08 - 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. Researchers now believe that some of the most intense winter storm activity over parts of the United States may have origins in far-flung parts of the Pacific Ocean. 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. GSFC Earth Science film producer Maria Frostic explores the world of Iceland's puffin population in her upcoming PBS documentary. NASA Headquarters Images; Kennedy Space Center Images; Johnson Space Center Images; Goddard Space Flight Center Images; Marshall Space Flight Center Images Americas plans for opening the space frontier are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Connecticut for three weeks beginning May 14. 07.01.08 - If you know your browser is up to date, you should check to ensure that 07.17.08 - Severe Storms, NASA Goddard Space In earlier releases the exposed region seemed to be centered with the image square but Continue reading , Features in the Gallery: Looking at the Big Picture. Melissa Rey from Chesterfield, Mo., was named "America's Top Young Scientist" at the 2008 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. 11.17.08 - Discover the cosmos! Astronomers are using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope as part of a quest to understand the violent lives of galaxies. This satellite map of snow cover shows that every state in the contiguous U.S., except for Florida, received snow in January 2011. Moon, 09.26.08 - Scientists are using a video of Earth and the Moon taken from 31 million miles away to develop techniques to study alien worlds. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. 12.08.08 - China had clearer skies and easier breathing in mind in the summer of 2008 when they temporarily shuttered some factories and banished many cars in a pre-Olympic sprint to clean up Beijing's air. 12.16.08 - Hubble has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. 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. NASA maps and animation by Kevin Ward, based on data from the NASA Earth Observations (NEO) project. Authors & editors: 01.16.08 - 05.13.08 - 05.07.08 - 07.01.08 - emailE=('shannell.c.' Opaque clouds surround the storms eye, but farther away from the eye, the clouds assume translucent, wispy shapes, especially in the east. South of the polar night boundary, dark gray means either no snow or no data, usually because of clouds. Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta II rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16. 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. 02.15.08 - A documentary of the Young Scientist Challenge, held in October 2008 at Goddard, will be produced for the Discovery channel in early 2009. 10.15.08 - The Aquarius Radiometer, recently delivered by Goddard to JPL, will help scientists study ocean salinity and its relation to climate. NASA has selected Lorraine Hansberry Academy of the Bronx, New York City, New York, to fly a student-designed experiment aboard the agencys reduced gravity aircraft, the Weightless Wonder.. 01.29.08 - Researchers have discovered that an explosion of magnetic energy powers sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the Northern Lights. Terra 02.08.08 - The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 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Snow and Ice, Image of the Day Cassini streaked past Titan on Dec. 21 at an altitude of 971 kilometers 02.08.08 - This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. Powerful starquakes ripple around the sun in the wake of mighty solar flares. 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. Thousands converged on Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. One of Saturn's rings soaks up material gushing from the fountains on the tiny ice-moon, Enceladus, according to new Cassini observations. Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again on a Work Day? 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 Web 10.15.08 - 09.10.08 - 10.29.08 - Moore Boeck. Image of the Day emailName =('Brandon Maccherone') 04.14.08 - 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. A powerful one-two punch for astronomy happens when you team up orbiting and ground-based observatories. Dr. Peter Hildebrand was recently named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. The MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. Smoke billows from scattered wildfires in California, as captured by NASA's Aqua Satellite. NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 05.16.07 - Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website. Bill Dunford 11.12.08 - To prepare for Servicing Mission 4, new Hubble components must endure harsh tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. 01.09.08 - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed the first round of environmental testing at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft bus was lowered onto the propulsion module, and it attached on the first try. 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. JPL is a federally funded research and development center managed for 02.27.08 - The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. 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. The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite. 01.22.08 - On December 28, 2008, the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology downgraded the storms status to that of ex-tropical cyclone, stating that it posed no further threat to communities of Western Australia. The total estimated cost of the contract is $20,412,996 over the five-year period of performance. 10.16.08 - Contributor: Laura E.P. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. 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. Titan Flyby - July 31, 2008 . This uses knowledge of the GALEX survey to find the center of the Continue reading , Lots of people are using the Image gallery. Juno Explores Jovian Moons During Extended Mission. 09.15.08 - Less than a week after launch, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is safely up-and-running well in orbit approximately 350 miles (565 kilometers) above Earth's surface. NASA has selected 10 offerors to provide the agency with access to a variety of airborne platforms to conduct airborne science research and range support. 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. 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Besides strong winds, heavy rains, and a brief electrical outage, Edouard caused little damage. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and http://www.nasa.gov/cassini. 01.08.08 - 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). 06.30.08 - 05.29.08 - 05.14.08 - 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. SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic. 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. 07.01.08 - 12.30.08 - 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. 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. 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. 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. Goddard Symposium to focus on "Going to Work in Space.". NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. clouds moving NASAs Solar Shield experiment explores how timely space weather forecasts can help power companies keep the power flowing to the many appliances and electronic gadgets we rely on every day. 10.16.08 - 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. The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. 04.02.01 - 10.27.08 - SOHO has discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all the other discoverers of comets throughout history put together. The bulletin warned of wind gusts up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) per hour, should the storm take a route more toward the southwest. Managing Editor: 12.16.08 - 03.28.08 - Did you know the weeks surrounding this All Hallows Eve mark a haunting milestone? nasa.gov. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. 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. Social Media Lead: 02.20.08 - The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite. 12.04.08 - & Michigan Tech. By astronomical standards, Northern Hemisphere winter wont end until March 20. Katherine Heinzen, a student from Fairfax, Va., will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Understanding Earth: What's Up with Precipitation? NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. 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. A NASA-funded researcher has discovered that solar flares -- explosions in the atmosphere of the sun -- get much hotter when they stay "focused". 06.11.08 - Atmosphere 06.13.08 - To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. NASA satellites finds vast quantities of industrial aerosols and smoke from East Asia and Russia travel from one side of the globe to another. Robert Nemiroff document.write( '' ) 06.02.08 - 03.27.08 - The final day of competition for The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist concludes the evening of Oct. 6, 2008. 01.28.08 - 12.03.08 - 07.02.08 - These images were obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 21, 2008. 04.07.08 - Please credit all images and animations to NASA, unless otherwise noted. Whats going on here? xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'">. composed from a series of 7,000 images highlighting BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. The five-craft THEMIS fleet may help scientists determine why. 11.07.08 - 12.19.08 - STEREO findings help scientists map the energized particles where the hot solar wind slams into the cold interstellar medium. The images are sometimes authored by people or organizations outside NASA, and therefore APOD images are often copyrighted, . 02.21.08 - 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. 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. 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. NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. During RockOn!, university faculty and students will learn the basics of building experiments for flight on suborbital rockets. Design & Development: the 5-year anniversary of some the most powerful solar storms ever recorded. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. 11.17.08 - 07.25.08 - A new study has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. The tennis court-sized sunshield built by Northrop Grumman for NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has completed its preliminary design review. An interactive exhibit showcasing NASA's Hubble and James Webb telescopes is on display in Pittsburgh. Your browser or your browser's settings are not supported. Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite. (MTU) & as a participant of the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program. Tthe Exploration Sciences Building continues to be built at a feverish pace, nearing 70% complete. The MODIS on NASAs Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). Edouard had not strengthened into a hurricane when MODIS acquired this image, and the storm was expected to lose strength as it moved inland. NASA's Big 2022: Historic Moon Mission, Webb Telescope Images, More. . The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly was delivered to Goddard in preparation for SDO's scheduled launch in December 2008. On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA by Caltech. 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. Cassini scientists speculate there may be a layer of liquid water mixed with ammonia about 100 kilometers (62 miles) below the surface of Titan. 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. 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. 05.30.08 - 10.29.08 - + 'frazier@nas' + 'a.gov') 02.21.08 - 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. The Atlantic Hurricane Season began early in 2007, and by mid-December it was still going. 01.18.08 - 08.04.08 - NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. 2008 December 31 The Sky in Motion Credit & Copyright: Video: Till Credner , ( The Sky in Motion.com ) (603 miles), obtaining radar images of Titan's south polar region and a A million names will be blasted into space and "to the moon" on LRO. Water On December 19, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia as a Category 2 storm. Tropical Cyclone Billy moved off the coast of Western Australia on December 25, 2008. 02.26.08 - ET. 04.01.08 - 06.10.08 - The Science Poster Party Blowout started 2008 with a celebration of Goddards scientific discoveries and achievements. NASA's Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. 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. 06.03.08 - E.g., look at the image in the gallery from 2008-11-29 19:02:44 This is a very peculiar looking field in the DSS. 03.31.08 - 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. Researchers hope to use the rare event to reveal secrets buried deep in Jupiter's massive atmosphere. The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics. The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. New data from the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are helping scientists overturn long-standing assumptions about powerful stellar explosions. 04.30.08 - Juno Spacecraft Recovering Memory After 47th Flyby of Jupiter, NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars, NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science, NASAs Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface, 40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter, NASAs Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot, NASAs Juno Exploring Jovian Moons During Extended Mission. 02.07.08 - just look up -- experience, learn, and enjoy the changing sky. New studies show the wrenching gravity just outside the outer boundary of a black hole can produce yet another bizarre effect: light echoes. 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. NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. 01.02.08 - Moore Boeck, The Story Behind Apollo 8's Famous Earthrise Photo. Students from all over the world will gather to participate in a creative problem-solving competition, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md., May 31 through June 3. GLAST Mission Operations at NASA Goddard Powered Up, California Wildfires Continue to Burn Out of Control, Solar Shield Experiment Aims to Keep the Power On, NASA Goddard Has More Than a Dozen Exciting Missions in Next Year, Proposed NASA Mission Could Explore Twisted Space Around Black Holes, NASA Goddard Mission Approved to Probe Matter in Extreme Environments, University Faculty and Students to "Rock On!" 05.27.08 - 02.05.08 - 01.10.08 - 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. 10.06.08 - 09.04.08 - Boosted to almost the speed of light, "killer electrons" can knock out computers, pierce spacesuits and damage the tissues of astronauts. We could make huge telescopes on the moon relatively easily, and avoid the large expense of transporting a large mirror from Earth. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is Goddard Space Flight Center welcomed Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown to its facility on May 12, 2008. 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. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT and remains unchanged through Aug. 7. 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. 05.07.08 - 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. Atmosphere 06.04.08 - After a nationwide search for junior science researchers on GLAST mission, three people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral positions. NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) received the final "Ready to Go!" 09.22.08 - But for meteorologists, who sometimes divide the year up into seasons on the basis of similarity in weather and temperature, winter is already over. 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