01.16.08 - Sun and 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. 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. Moon, from all teams. 01.28.08 - 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. NASA has selected the University of Alaska for the management and operations of the EOS Data and Information System Synthetic Aperture Radar DACC. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Denver was selected to build the satellites for NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES-R, Program. Along with a redesigned user interface, these efforts have culminated in the launch of the new Earth Observatory (see screenshot below). 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. APOD: 2008 December 31 - The Sky in Motion Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Thursday, June 5. 02.19.08 - Cassini streaked past Titan on Dec. 21 at an altitude of 971 kilometers The predicted rain held off, encouraging approximately 13,000 people to visit the Center. 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. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey. Researchers took advantage of NASA satellite images to show that the microscopic floating plants are teeming in regions of recent ice melt. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. satellites and 01.10.08 - The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for no earlier than June 11. 40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter. Severe Storms. The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. 2008 December 31 The Sky in Motion Credit & Copyright: Video: Till Credner , ( The Sky in Motion.com ) A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. 02.25.08 - NASA Headquarters Images; Kennedy Space Center Images; Johnson Space Center Images; Goddard Space Flight Center Images; Marshall Space Flight Center Images 05.07.08 - 09.10.08 - NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone. 05.29.08 - NASA / 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. 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. 06.12.08 - Understanding Earth: What's Up with Precipitation? + 'frazier@nas' + 'a.gov') The proposed new mission, called Gravity and Extreme Magnetism (GEMS), will use a new technique to accomplish what has been impossible until now. South of the polar night boundary, dark gray means either no snow or no data, usually because of clouds. Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia in late December 2008. 02.15.08 - NASA scientists have uncrated heat shields used on the Apollo missions to aid development of the upcoming Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. 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. The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite. Researchers hope to use the rare event to reveal secrets buried deep in Jupiter's massive atmosphere. 06.05.08 - 11.17.08 - 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. Atmosphere 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. The MODIS on NASAs Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). 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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 - Scientists at NASA reveal a new understanding of the coronal heating enigma. Contributor: Laura E.P. 04.22.08 - 02.08.08 - Katherine Heinzen, a student from Fairfax, Va., will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 11.17.08 - 05.21.07 - 01.09.08 - 10.24.08 - Never having acquired hurricane strength, the storm made landfall west of the Texas-Louisiana border, east of Galveston, Texas. 06.04.08 - 10.07.08 - 03.28.08 - 09.08.08 - 09.30.08 - 07.01.08 - Discover the cosmos! 12.04.08 - SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic. Hundreds came to Goddard's Visitor Center to celebrate the anniversary of the first manned spaceflight and the first flight of the space shuttle. 07.01.08 - NASA researchers have identified feasible emission scenarios that could keep carbon dioxide below levels that some scientists have called dangerous for climate. We could make huge telescopes on the moon relatively easily, and avoid the large expense of transporting a large mirror from Earth. Dr. Joan M. Centrella and Dr. John G. Baker are the 2008 recipients of the John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science. 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. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. Moore Boeck. 07.24.08 - Snow and Ice, Image of the Day Snow and Ice, Winter Snow Cover in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA Goddard Space Water 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. 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. 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. NASA data are showing that for a four-week period in August 2008, sea ice melted faster during that period than ever before. much of what you could see. 1 New data from the W. M. 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Click on a picture and discover the cosmos! 09.04.08 - Social Media Lead: BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center welcomed Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown to its facility on May 12, 2008. 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. Dec . The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. A powerful stellar explosion detected by NASA's Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object visible with the naked eye. 02.01.08 - New microprocessors for the telescope are about the size of a half-dollar and can do the same job as a 20-pound electronics box. clouds moving emailName =('Brandon Maccherone') BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. 11.13.08 - One of the priorities of the GLAST Burst Monitor science team has been to validate burst location information provided by the telescope. Scientists have used computer models to show how melt could contribute to the observed speed up of the ice sheet. 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. 9.17.08 - 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. 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. 07.01.08 - After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. NASA researchers have created an advanced data compression algorithm that will increase science data return for NASA missions. 01.02.08 - Researchers have identified the common thread that determines how aerosols from human activity, like the particles released from forest fires, influence cloud cover and affect climate. Powerful starquakes ripple around the sun in the wake of mighty solar flares. Social Media Lead: NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. Phil Davis Astronomers are using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope as part of a quest to understand the violent lives of galaxies. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'">. Atmosphere News representatives are invited to attend a media day event on July 1 to learn about NASA's ambitious mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. & Michigan Tech. Design & Development: as a participant of the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program. 04.01.08 - Moore Boeck. Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. 09.02.08 - Compared to the giant black holes in the centers of other galaxies, the Milky Way's black hole is strangely quiet. SOHO has discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all the other discoverers of comets throughout history put together. 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. Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology. Unexpected image offsets in the GALEX GR4. Resolutions: Image Facts Arcing through the sky in a stately reflection of Last Updated: November 15, 2019 . 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. NASA has several presentations at the 212th meeting of the American Astronomical Society. 03.27.08 - 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. February 1, 2000 - February 28, 2009QuickTime, Google Earth - December 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009KML. NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. 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. 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 - 04.03.08 - Australian Associated Press Pty Limited. 07.23.08 - NASA selected two proposals from Goddard researchers to assist with measurements the agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will make. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This 4-minute, time-lapse video is To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. 01.10.08 - 10.06.08 - 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. Satellite: 04.15.08 - 06.03.08 - Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again on a Work Day? NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. . The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics every day for more than 25 years via the use of their Hubble telescope. 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. 02.08.08 - 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 . 07.01.08 - 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. 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. 01.16.08 - 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. NASA Official: Phillip Newman Titan Flyby - July 31, 2008 . Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. This graphic depicts a cross-section of the Saturnian moon Titan. 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. A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. Scientists have discovered a wave pattern in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years. 10.15.08 - rays. Consider one appropriate for 2009, the 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. On December 19, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia as a Category 2 storm. 02.21.08 - Astronomy Picture of the Day Calendar . Reliable power and potential lunar resources make the lunar poles attractive enough to attempt hairy landings on a crater rim. 06.02.08 - 05.29.08 - After four years of observations, a European satellite named Integral may have solved one of our galaxy's greatest mysteries. 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. 10.08.08 - U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web 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. 04.28.08 - After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. 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. Event 10.29.08 - This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. 11.07.08 - 10.14.08 - Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website. After a nationwide search for junior science researchers on GLAST mission, three people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral positions. Land featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 01.10.08 - 06.09.08 - 12.15.08 - Scientists believe that pollution is causing more rainfall midweek than on weekends. NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science. 10.01.08 - 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. But for meteorologists, who sometimes divide the year up into seasons on the basis of similarity in weather and temperature, winter is already over. 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. 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. . 02.29.08 - Goddard has awarded its highest honor for quality and technical performance to three companies that have contributed significantly to the center's mission. The Hubble Space Telescope team completed switching the required hardware modules to their B-sides about 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 15. NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. 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. Shadow of a Opportunity (August 3, 2004; February 4, 2007; June 29, 2008; May 8, 2011; . 12.19.08 - The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite took this picture at 3:10 p.m. local time on December 25. 05.07.07 - The Aquarius Radiometer, recently delivered by Goddard to JPL, will help scientists study ocean salinity and its relation to climate. The tiny sensor, only the size of a quarter, acts like a smoke detector. 01.10.08 - 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!" Images to show how melt could contribute to the giant black holes in the wake mighty! 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