08.14.08 - 02.08.08 - 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. 09.22.08 - The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite took this picture at 3:10 p.m. local time on December 25. February 1, 2000 - February 28, 2009QuickTime, Google Earth - December 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009KML. The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. 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. NASA Official: Phillip Newman 01.02.08 - Scientists are using a video of Earth and the Moon taken from 31 million miles away to develop techniques to study alien worlds. 04.14.08 - 03.17.08 - 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. Atmosphere 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. August 31, 2008. JPL is a federally funded research and development center managed for 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.. Your browser or your browser's settings are not supported. 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. Along with a redesigned user interface, these efforts have culminated in the launch of the new Earth Observatory (see screenshot below). Sun and & Michigan Tech. 06.24.08 - On December 19, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia as a Category 2 storm. Explanation: 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. 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!" 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. This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. One of Saturn's rings soaks up material gushing from the fountains on the tiny ice-moon, Enceladus, according to new Cassini observations. Official NASA photographs from agency photographers chronicle what's making news across the agency, from launches and landings to important science announcements. 12.30.08 - 06.12.08 - BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. This satellite map of snow cover shows that every state in the contiguous U.S., except for Florida, received snow in January 2011. 12.04.08 - NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. NASA researchers have created an advanced data compression algorithm that will increase science data return for NASA missions. 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. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is The WMAP data are central to our current understanding of cosmology. 02.15.08 - A service of: ASD at NASA . 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. 02.08.08 - 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. 06.18.08 - 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. 10.23.08 - 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. NASA by Caltech. 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. 10.15.08 - Rocchio When you think of Landsat, images of the Earth's land surface rightly come to mind because that is the type of. 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. These images were obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 21, 2008. Shadow of a Opportunity (August 3, 2004; February 4, 2007; June 29, 2008; May 8, 2011; . 10.27.08 - Land 03.27.08 - 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. 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. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. 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. GSFC Earth Science film producer Maria Frostic explores the world of Iceland's puffin population in her upcoming PBS documentary. Specific rights apply. In earlier releases the exposed region seemed to be centered with the image square but . 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. 04.17.08 - 09.12.08 - 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. Dr. Peter Hildebrand was recently named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Acquired December 16, 2009, this true-color image shows Tropical Cyclone Laurence spanning hundreds of kilometers over the Indian Ocean, just off the Australian coast. A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. 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. Astronomers using the Suzaku satellite have discovered a white dwarf that is acting like a neutron star. 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. 03.04.08 - Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. 11.04.08 - 10.07.08 - 05.27.08 - 09.30.08 - Phil Davis NASA satellites finds vast quantities of industrial aerosols and smoke from East Asia and Russia travel from one side of the globe to another. U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web 07.15.08 - Privacy Policy and Important Notices A new study has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. 10.15.08 - much of what you could see. 09.04.08 - To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. 10.27.08 - 10.06.08 - satellites and 06.05.08 - Managing Editor: 03.13.08 - NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) launched successfully on June 11, 2008, at 12:05 p.m. Arcing through the sky in a stately reflection of 05.29.08 - NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. The Atlantic Hurricane Season began early in 2007, and by mid-December it was still going. A service of: 08.07.08 - The Aquarius Radiometer, recently delivered by Goddard to JPL, will help scientists study ocean salinity and its relation to climate. Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have identified the smallest known black hole in the universe. Katherine Heinzen, a student from Fairfax, Va., will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Im pleased to report that the Earth Observatory team has completed an extensive redesign of their siteearthobservatory.nasa.gov. 09.29.08 - NASA selected The Hammers Company, Greenbelt, Md., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element (MOE). 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. 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. ET. (2008, December 28). NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Bill Dunford 07.01.08 - GALEX now uses a special GalexExposure Image finder. (MTU) & Social Media Lead: 05.21.08 - Dr. Joan M. Centrella and Dr. John G. Baker are the 2008 recipients of the John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science. 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. as a participant of the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program. Understanding Earth: Our Ocean. Severe Storms. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 12.03.08 - NASA Official: 02.05.08 - 09.15.08 - A million names will be blasted into space and "to the moon" on LRO. Click on a picture and discover the cosmos! Feb. 16, 2023 document.write( '' ) GEMS will be the first mission designed just to measure the polarization of X-rays emitted near black holes, which will enable scientists to explore the exotic space around black holes in an unprecedented way. In January 2008, NASA's Dr. Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica. 04.21.08 - Edouard had not strengthened into a hurricane when MODIS acquired this image, and the storm was expected to lose strength as it moved inland. 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. New data from the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are helping scientists overturn long-standing assumptions about powerful stellar explosions. 01.08.08 - 04.15.08 - A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. 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. 09.02.08 - The brown winter landscape is broken by patches of white snow still lingering on the ground on the Mississippi/Louisiana border, and a . 12.08.08 - On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics. 02.27.08 - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 01.02.08 - 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. Moore Boeck. SDO will discover how the sun builds up and explosively releases magnetic energy, which powers severe space weather. Northrop Grumman has created a Sunshield for NASAs James Webb Space Telescope that can withstand the harsh environment of space. 05.20.07 - 05.29.08 - Cassini scientists speculate there may be a layer of liquid water mixed with ammonia about 100 kilometers (62 miles) below the surface of Titan. NASA has selected Sevatec Inc. in Arlington, Va. for professional and administrative support services for the Office of Human Capital Management at Goddard. 07.23.08 - The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite. 10.01.08 - Resolutions: Moore Boeck, The Story Behind Apollo 8's Famous Earthrise Photo. 01.30.08 - Scientists at NASA reveal a new understanding of the coronal heating enigma. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. 10.16.08 - 10.14.08 - The tennis court-sized sunshield built by Northrop Grumman for NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has completed its preliminary design review. 01.11.08 - 05.13.08 - 05.21.08 - 07.01.08 - For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. 02.29.08 - crepuscular Snow and Ice, Winter Snow Cover in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA Goddard Space 01.28.08 - A NASA-funded researcher has discovered that solar flares -- explosions in the atmosphere of the sun -- get much hotter when they stay "focused". Scientists have discovered a wave pattern in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years. Unexpected image offsets in the GALEX GR4. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. It's up to LRO to make those landings as safe as possible. Image Credit: clouds moving Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. Managing Editor: 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. October 31, 2008. 05.07.08 - Moore Boeck. 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. High-Southern Latitudes in the Leading Hemisphere (Arrakis Planitia). Social Media Lead: The APOD website on 31 December 2016, displaying that day's astronomy picture of Trifid Nebula in infrared. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. Snow and Ice. The storm was expected to bring heavy rainfall and local flooding to parts of the Kimberley Coast. 09.02.08 - 09.23.08 - Water 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. The powerful antenna system that will enable NASA's GLAST)to communicate with stations on Earth has been successfully connected to the spacecraft. 07.02.08 - 07.11.08 - 01.22.08 - To prepare for Servicing Mission 4, new Hubble components must endure harsh tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Researchers have discovered that an explosion of magnetic energy powers sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the Northern Lights. NASA has selected the University of Alaska for the management and operations of the EOS Data and Information System Synthetic Aperture Radar DACC. 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