05.13.08 - 05.14.08 - U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web 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. Atmosphere Dec . . 09.02.08 - 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. 06.13.08 - Governor Visits Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's GLAST Gets Shades, Blankets for the Beach, Visionary 'NASA Exploration Experience' Exhibit to Tour Connecticut May 14 - June 4, NASA Goddard and Howard B. Owens Science Center Celebrate Partnership That Inspires Prince George's Students, Stellar Ticking Time Bomb Explodes on Cue, Broken Heart Image the Last for NASAs Long-Lived Polar Mission, NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery, Powerful Antenna Attached to NASA's GLAST Satellite, Researchers Warm Up to Melt's Role in Greenland Ice Loss, Milky Ways Giant Black Hole Awoke Centuries Ago, World Space Party Draws Hundreds to NASA Goddard, Delta II Rocket Coming Together for NASA's GLAST Satellite Launch, NASA Officials Say No Chemicals Released During Incident at Goddard, NASA Selects Three Research Fellows for GLAST Mission, Goddard Scientists to Hunt for Treasure on the Moon, NASA Awards University of Alaska Data Center Contract, Warm 'Tiger Stripes' on Geyser Moon Raise Hopes for Life, NASA Detects Explosion Halfway Across Universe, Webb Telescope Sunshield Design Review Complete, NASA Satellite Measures Pollution From East Asia to North America, Goddard Delivers Aquarius Radiometer to JPL, New Hubble Parts Endure Environmental Tests, GLAST Spacecraft Arrives in Florida to Prepare for Launch, NASA Awards Professional/Administration Support Services Contract, SDO Mission to Improve Predictions of Violent Space Weather, 2008 Goddard Symposium Focus, Space Exploration and Commercialization, SOHO to Give Early Warning of Radiation Storms, NASA's Swift Satellite Catches a Galaxy Ablaze With Starbirth, NASA and Northrup Grumman Partner to 'Measure the Immeasurable' in Climate Change and Planetary Science, Powerful Explosions Suggest Neutron Star Missing Link, Greenland's Rising Air Temperatures Drive Ice Loss at Surface and Beyond, Miniaturized 'SIDECAR' Drives Webb Telescope's Signal, NASA Team Works Toward Internet-Equipped Satellites, Tiny MidSTAR-1 Sensor Acts as Chemical Detector, GLAST's Delta II Rocket's First Stage Arrives in Cape Canaveral, NASA Hosts Educator Winter Camp in Lake Placid, New York, NASA Selects Bronx School to Fly Aboard 'Weightless Wonder', NASA's Deep Impact Begins Hunt for Alien Worlds, NASA Awards Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreement, Hildebrand Named American Meteorological Society Fellow, 2007 Hurricane Season Starts Early, Ends Late, NASA Calls for Suggestions to Rename Future Telescope Mission, NASA Data Link Pollution to Rainy Summer Days in the Southeast, NASA Scientist to Present at Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008 Conference, El Nio at Source of More Intense Wintertime Storms, Goddard Kicks Off 2008 with a 'Poster Party', 2007 Was Tied as Earth's Second-Warmest Year, NASA Media Event Highlights Rainfall Satellite's Decade of Success, NASA Satellites Capture Start of New Solar Cycle, La Nia: 'Little Girl' Makes Big Impression, NASA Scientists Predict Black Hole Light Echo Show, Vast Cloud of Antimatter Traced to Binary Stars, Hubble Finds That "Blue Blobs" in Space Are Orphaned Clusters of Stars, NASA and Gemini Probe Mysterious Distant Explosion, NASA Sends Deep Impact Spacecraft on Mission to Comet Hartley 2, Third Instrument for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Arrives at Goddard. For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. New studies show the wrenching gravity just outside the outer boundary of a black hole can produce yet another bizarre effect: light echoes. 10.06.08 - 10.29.08 - crepuscular NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) launched successfully on June 11, 2008, at 12:05 p.m. 02.27.08 - NASA Headquarters approves an instrument to study the extreme environments of the universe. Boosted to almost the speed of light, "killer electrons" can knock out computers, pierce spacesuits and damage the tissues of astronauts. 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 Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. Lt. SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic. 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. 12.10.08 - Severe Storms. Numerous wildfires continue to burn out of control throughout California. Rocchio When you think of Landsat, images of the Earth's land surface rightly come to mind because that is the type of. Americas plans for opening the space frontier are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Connecticut for three weeks beginning May 14. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 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. 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. 01.28.08 - 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. . 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.. 10.24.08 - Astronomers have found a neutron star that seems to share characteristics of both types of neutron stars. The five-craft THEMIS fleet may help scientists determine why. 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. 02.07.08 - much of what you could see. Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. Scientists believe that pollution is causing more rainfall midweek than on weekends. 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 documentary of the Young Scientist Challenge, held in October 2008 at Goddard, will be produced for the Discovery channel in early 2009. The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics every day for more than 25 years via the use of their Hubble telescope. 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 Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. 07.11.08 - A NASA-funded researcher has discovered that solar flares -- explosions in the atmosphere of the sun -- get much hotter when they stay "focused". 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. Unexpected image offsets in the GALEX GR4. just look up -- experience, learn, and enjoy the changing sky. 04.15.08 - 11.7.08 - The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for no earlier than June 11. meteors streaking overhead, (2008, December 28). Resolutions: Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite. The radar instrument was built by JPL and the Italian Space Agency, working with team members from the United States and several European countries. NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. 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. 04.28.08 - 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. 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. 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. Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC, Web Curator: 11.13.08 - The bulletin also forecast a high probability of a tropical cyclone in the region from December 26-28, 2008. Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta II rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16. NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Bill Dunford Researchers have discovered that an explosion of magnetic energy powers sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the Northern Lights. When it comes to firing telescopes and their instruments into the frigid cold of space, the more you test your hardware, the better. Scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. 02.08.08 - 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. Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the "blankest year" of the Space Age. 03.03.08 - This artist concept shows a mirror-smooth lake on the surface of the smoggy moon Titan. Flight Center. This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. 05.07.08 - emailName =('Shannell Frazier') The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite took this picture at 3:10 p.m. local time on December 25. 11.04.08 - It's up to LRO to make those landings as safe as possible. During RockOn!, university faculty and students will learn the basics of building experiments for flight on suborbital rockets. Atmosphere 05.07.07 - 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. February 1, 2000 - February 28, 2009QuickTime, Google Earth - December 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009KML. 12.16.08 - New data from the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are helping scientists overturn long-standing assumptions about powerful stellar explosions. Australian Associated Press Pty Limited. 01.08.08 - Water 01.07.08 - STEREO findings help scientists map the energized particles where the hot solar wind slams into the cold interstellar medium. 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. The images are sometimes authored by people or organizations outside NASA, and therefore APOD images are often copyrighted, . Your browser or your browser's settings are not supported. An interactive exhibit showcasing NASA's Hubble and James Webb telescopes is on display in Pittsburgh. 01.18.08 - (2008, December 25). Scientists have discovered a wave pattern in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years. 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. 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 MODIS on NASAs Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). 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. NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. 03.07.08 - 10.01.08 - 07.01.08 - A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. 09.12.08 - NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science. The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite. To prepare for Servicing Mission 4, new Hubble components must endure harsh tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The Aquarius Radiometer, recently delivered by Goddard to JPL, will help scientists study ocean salinity and its relation to climate. Severe Storms. In this image, the sprawling storm blocks the satellite's view of much of the Louisiana coast including the New Orleans region, while skies remain clear farther inland, particularly in Texas. & Jerry Bonnell NASA Technical Rep.: Phil Newman. 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. 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. 10.19.08 - 06.03.08 - NASA satellites finds vast quantities of industrial aerosols and smoke from East Asia and Russia travel from one side of the globe to another. Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology. Please credit all images and animations to NASA, unless otherwise noted. 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. The Radio Science Subsystem uses this pass to measure Titan's gravity field, allowing scientists to explore the moon's interior. Observations of two different systems -- each containing stellar-mass black holes -- are showing astronomers how much they have yet to learn. 04.02.01 - Researchers hope to use the rare event to reveal secrets buried deep in Jupiter's massive atmosphere. To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. 01.24.08 - 12.09.08 - NASA researchers have identified feasible emission scenarios that could keep carbon dioxide below levels that some scientists have called dangerous for climate. 01.16.08 - For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there are four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day. NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) received the final "Ready to Go!" Cassini scientists speculate there may be a layer of liquid water mixed with ammonia about 100 kilometers (62 miles) below the surface of Titan. It can sense chemicals and gases that may be harmful to astronauts. A million names will be blasted into space and "to the moon" on LRO. 06.09.08 - 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. Landsat Important to Coastal Studies. Scientists at NASA reveal a new understanding of the coronal heating enigma. 03.17.08 - Design & Development: 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. xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'">. 03.27.08 - 02.21.08 - 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. Goddard has awarded its highest honor for quality and technical performance to three companies that have contributed significantly to the center's mission. 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. Site last updated: December 21, 2022 . 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. 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. stars. 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. 05.13.08 - The MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). 12.03.08 - NASA announced the public will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope observatory before it launches in mid-2008. 03.17.08 - 06.05.08 - NASA Headquarters Images; Kennedy Space Center Images; Johnson Space Center Images; Goddard Space Flight Center Images; Marshall Space Flight Center Images NASA has several presentations at the 212th meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Arcing through the sky in a stately reflection of For some while we have been looking at how to put the data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe (WMAP) into SkyView. The nation's largest estuary just happens to be in the backyard of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. 07.07.08 - 05.19.08 - Enceladus Global View with Plume (Artist's Rendering), Enceladus Organics on Grains of Ice (Illustration), NASAs Lunar Flashlight Team Assessing Spacecrafts Propulsion System. 07.02.08 - composed from a series of 7,000 images highlighting By astronomical standards, Northern Hemisphere winter wont end until March 20. 01.25.08 - 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. NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. 05.29.08 - 07.01.08 - 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. Ryan Sheridan, a student from Moscow, Idaho, will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 01.30.08 - 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. On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. 01.02.08 - 03.20.08 - Caption by Rebecca Lindsey. 07.25.08 - Social Media Lead: Image of the Day NASA has selected the University of Alaska for the management and operations of the EOS Data and Information System Synthetic Aperture Radar DACC. 08.14.08 - Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. After a nationwide search for junior science researchers on GLAST mission, three people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral positions. Phil Davis Date Acquired: 08/04/2008 December 16, 2008 - Snow in the Southeastern United States. Image Credit: Astronomers have discovered a timing mechanism that allows them to predict exactly when a neutron star will unleash incredibly powerful explosions. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space. Never having acquired hurricane strength, the storm made landfall west of the Texas-Louisiana border, east of Galveston, Texas. Managing Editor: NASA Goddard Invites Public To See "Launchfest"! 10.08.08 - . Moore Boeck, The Story Behind Apollo 8's Famous Earthrise Photo. 07.17.08 - A winter camp for educators known as History of Winter 2008 will be hosted by a team from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center. 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. The Hubble Space Telescope team completed switching the required hardware modules to their B-sides about 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 15. 05.21.08 - Consider one appropriate for 2009, the 06.11.08 - 11.04.08 - 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. 09.29.08 - 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. The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. 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 / A service of: Tthe Exploration Sciences Building continues to be built at a feverish pace, nearing 70% complete. Robert Nemiroff 04.21.08 - A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. 05.27.08 - 2008 December 31 The Sky in Motion Credit & Copyright: Video: Till Credner , ( The Sky in Motion.com ) GSFC 09.30.08 - After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. Smoke billows from scattered wildfires in California, as captured by NASA's Aqua Satellite. 02.01.08 - Satellite: 9.17.08 - 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. 06.30.08 - 05.16.07 - 01.29.08 - 01.22.08 - from all teams. 12.02.08 - 01.10.08 - Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Denver was selected to build the satellites for NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES-R, Program. 02.15.08 - 08.04.08 - The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT and remains unchanged through Aug. 7. As predicted, Edouard came ashore along the Gulf Coast early in the day on August 5, 2008, one day after this image was acquired. 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