October 31, 2008. The National Academy of Sciences will award the 2008 Arctowski Medal to Dr. Leonard Burlaga, an Astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. just look up -- experience, learn, and enjoy the changing sky. 11.21.08 - 01.11.08 - 07.01.08 - This graphic depicts a cross-section of the Saturnian moon Titan. NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century directly accelerated the rate of arctic sea ice drift which is a harbinger of climate change. One of Saturn's rings soaks up material gushing from the fountains on the tiny ice-moon, Enceladus, according to new Cassini observations. 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. Titan Flyby - July 31, 2008 . 10.23.08 - To prepare for Servicing Mission 4, new Hubble components must endure harsh tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. 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. This artist concept shows a mirror-smooth lake on the surface of the smoggy moon Titan. NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. However WMAP images are generally stored in Continue reading , This image from 2008-12-10 09:39:28 is pretty interesting It looks like we are seeing some very special object with rings around it. 07.02.08 - 05.20.07 - 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. Snow and Ice. Dec. 21, 2008. nasa.gov. 11.04.08 - 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. 03.20.08 - 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. Edouard had not strengthened into a hurricane when MODIS acquired this image, and the storm was expected to lose strength as it moved inland. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS full spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. Image of the Day 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. 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. Landsat Important to Coastal Studies. Terra Site last updated: December 21, 2022 . Cassini Eyes the Tiger Stripes 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. meteors streaking overhead, GALEX now uses a special GalexExposure Image finder. 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. Shadow of a Opportunity (August 3, 2004; February 4, 2007; June 29, 2008; May 8, 2011; . 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. February 1, 2000 - February 28, 2009QuickTime, Google Earth - December 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009KML. Phil Davis U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. 12.09.08 - 06.11.08 - 04.23.08 - The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. 03.31.08 - Bill Dunford NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space. One popular theme is to find images that look very peculiar. 01.10.08 - 07.17.08 - Thousands converged on Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 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. 01.30.08 - Severe Storms, NASA Goddard Space Bands Used: 1,4,3 06.09.08 - 04.21.08 - 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 next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. the 5-year anniversary of some the most powerful solar storms ever recorded. 09.26.08 - NASA Headquarters Images; Kennedy Space Center Images; Johnson Space Center Images; Goddard Space Flight Center Images; Marshall Space Flight Center Images Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the "blankest year" of the Space Age. (2008, December 28). The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. 07.24.08 - NASA Official: Date Acquired: 08/04/2008 On December 28, 2008, the storm was downgraded to an ex-tropical cyclone and was anticipated to pose no further threat to the coastal communities of Western Australia. Powerful starquakes ripple around the sun in the wake of mighty solar flares. clouds moving 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. 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.. 10.16.08 - 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. We could make huge telescopes on the moon relatively easily, and avoid the large expense of transporting a large mirror from Earth. On December 19, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia as a Category 2 storm. 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). As predicted, Edouard came ashore along the Gulf Coast early in the day on August 5, 2008, one day after this image was acquired. Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia in late December 2008. These images were obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 21, 2008. 06.11.08 - 05.13.08 - crepuscular Sherrica Newsome currently finds herself as Operations Manager for the 2008 NASA Academy at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 05.21.07 - For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. 02.08.08 - Authors & editors: 02.29.08 - 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. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. 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. & Michigan Tech. Rocchio When you think of Landsat, images of the Earth's land surface rightly come to mind because that is the type of. 05.07.08 - 05.14.08 - 40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter. 05.23.07 - 05.30.08 - Snow and Ice, Winter Snow Cover in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA Goddard Space 04.15.08 - 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. 08.14.08 - 10.01.08 - 03.17.08 - 1 NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. 12.16.08 - 03.28.08 - emailE=('shannell.c.' 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. 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. 12.08.08 - A service of: 01.25.08 - & Jerry Bonnell NASA Technical Rep.: Phil Newman. The tiny sensor, only the size of a quarter, acts like a smoke detector. 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Social Media Lead: topographic profile of the dark, possibly liquid-filled area known as 11.12.08 - The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for no earlier than June 11. Boosted to almost the speed of light, "killer electrons" can knock out computers, pierce spacesuits and damage the tissues of astronauts. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. Phil Davis 05.07.08 - 04.17.08 - Lt. Scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope say that hot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments. as a participant of the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program. Melissa Rey from Chesterfield, Mo., was named "America's Top Young Scientist" at the 2008 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website. 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 solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. 04.30.08 - NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. Cassini scientists speculate there may be a layer of liquid water mixed with ammonia about 100 kilometers (62 miles) below the surface of Titan. 06.03.08 - 09.30.08 - The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. 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. 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Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. 02.19.08 - Goddard has awarded its highest honor for quality and technical performance to three companies that have contributed significantly to the center's mission. Excitement Builds as GLAST Readies Its Gamma-ray Vision! 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. Two giant storms erupted from a jet stream on Jupiter in March, 2007. 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. 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will be used to launch GLAST into space arrived at Hangar M at Cape Canaveral. Phil Davis 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. 2008 December 31 The Sky in Motion Credit & Copyright: Video: Till Credner , ( The Sky in Motion.com ) 01.18.08 - Atmosphere 03.20.08 - 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. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. Bill Dunford 02.19.08 - View videos produced at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as part of Earth Science Week 2008. 12.10.08 - 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. NASA selected The Hammers Company, Greenbelt, Md., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element (MOE). Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta II rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16. 08.04.08 - The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. NASA Headquarters approves an instrument to study the extreme environments of the universe. 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Image of the Day much of what you could see. satellites and 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. APOD: 2008 December 31 - The Sky in Motion Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! NASA's Big 2022: Historic Moon Mission, Webb Telescope Images, More. 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. 11.07.08 - Americas plans for opening the space frontier are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Connecticut for three weeks beginning May 14. 09.10.08 - Cassini streaked past Titan on Dec. 21 at an altitude of 971 kilometers NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is receiving finishing touches at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the beaches of eastern central Florida for its launch. Whats going on here? Dr. Joan M. Centrella and Dr. John G. Baker are the 2008 recipients of the John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science. 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. Inside the polar night boundary, MODIS cannot observe snow cover because there is not enough daylight. 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. 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. . 10.06.08 - 01.16.08 - 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. NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science. Along with a redesigned user interface, these efforts have culminated in the launch of the new Earth Observatory (see screenshot below). Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is javascript is enabled. 10.29.08 - A powerful one-two punch for astronomy happens when you team up orbiting and ground-based observatories. Understanding Earth: Our Ocean. Goddard and the Howard B. Owens Science Center will celebrate a first year partnership created to inspire and educate students in the study of Earth science. Scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. 10.06.08 - Features in the Gallery: Very Bright Stars, Unexpected image offsets in the GALEX GR4, SkyView v3.5.6 Security updates and bug fixes. 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