02.15.08 - The MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). This uses knowledge of the GALEX survey to find the center of the Continue reading , Lots of people are using the Image gallery. 04.15.08 - It's up to LRO to make those landings as safe as possible. just look up -- experience, learn, and enjoy the changing sky. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly was delivered to Goddard in preparation for SDO's scheduled launch in December 2008. A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. 12.16.08 - 07.01.08 - 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. 04.28.08 - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., will open its doors to the public September 13 to learn about the more than 12 missions Goddard is launching in a year. 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The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. 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. In January 2008, NASA's Dr. Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again on a Work Day? 12.19.08 - A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. 07.17.08 - emailE=('shannell.c.' For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. The public is invited to come and see the expertise, technology and challenges associated with space exploration when NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center holds its Launchfest open house Sept. 13, 2008. International Year of Astronomy; Along with a redesigned user interface, these efforts have culminated in the launch of the new Earth Observatory (see screenshot below). 05.13.08 - 12.02.08 - 10.19.08 - 10.15.08 - The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. In earlier releases the exposed region seemed to be centered with the image square but . NASA Goddard officials have announced that an incident earlier this evening in a building at Goddard did not involve a chemical spill or release of any hazardous material. An interactive exhibit showcasing NASA's Hubble and James Webb telescopes is on display in Pittsburgh. 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. . During RockOn!, university faculty and students will learn the basics of building experiments for flight on suborbital rockets. 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. 05.07.08 - Understanding Earth: Our Ocean. from all teams. Whats going on here? Site last updated: December 21, 2022 . 01.25.08 - Date Acquired: 08/04/2008 Katherine Heinzen, a student from Fairfax, Va., will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there are four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day. This 4-minute, time-lapse video is 04.22.08 - 06.27.08 - 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. 06.13.08 - 11.04.08 - 2008 December 31 The Sky in Motion Credit & Copyright: Video: Till Credner , ( The Sky in Motion.com ) 01.11.08 - Advance warning of radiation storms could give astronauts time to take cover and allow satellite operators to take protective measures. 09.04.08 - 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. But for meteorologists, who sometimes divide the year up into seasons on the basis of similarity in weather and temperature, winter is already over. SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic. 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). Excitement Builds as GLAST Readies Its Gamma-ray Vision! 06.03.08 - 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. satellites and NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interacts with Earth's magnetosphere. 01.16.08 - 06.30.08 - Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. Cassini scientists speculate there may be a layer of liquid water mixed with ammonia about 100 kilometers (62 miles) below the surface of Titan. 10.23.08 - 09.02.08 - 01.10.08 - 08.18.08 - 02.19.08 - 05.21.07 - Last Updated: November 15, 2019 . NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) launched successfully on June 11, 2008, at 12:05 p.m. 01.02.08 - 07.17.08 - Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have identified the smallest known black hole in the universe. Did you know the weeks surrounding this All Hallows Eve mark a haunting milestone? That's how many people have submitted their names to this project. 03.03.08 - 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.. 06.24.08 - iridescence, and beaming 04.02.01 - 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. 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. GALEX now uses a special GalexExposure Image finder. 04.03.08 - 10.02.08 - 02.07.08 - 01.10.08 - 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. The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite. Observations of two different systems -- each containing stellar-mass black holes -- are showing astronomers how much they have yet to learn. February 1, 2000 - February 28, 2009QuickTime, Google Earth - December 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009KML. Titan Flyby - July 31, 2008 . + 'frazier@nas' + 'a.gov') 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. Please credit all images and animations to NASA, unless otherwise noted. 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. Severe Storms. Event Managing Editor: 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. 02.08.08 - 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. 04.21.08 - 07.10.08 - 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. Phil Davis NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. SkyView GALEX GR4: Off center images fixed. Inside the polar night boundary, MODIS cannot observe snow cover because there is not enough daylight. A documentary of the Young Scientist Challenge, held in October 2008 at Goddard, will be produced for the Discovery channel in early 2009. NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. 12.10.08 - The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. 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. 06.05.08 - 04.14.08 - Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. 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