On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. By astronomical standards, Northern Hemisphere winter wont end until March 20. The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly was delivered to Goddard in preparation for SDO's scheduled launch in December 2008. much of what you could see. 01.30.08 - Two giant storms erupted from a jet stream on Jupiter in March, 2007. Researchers hope to use the rare event to reveal secrets buried deep in Jupiter's massive atmosphere. 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Image Credit: 09.12.08 - 02.07.08 - Hubble has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other. Consider one appropriate for 2009, the Site last updated: December 21, 2022 . 05.16.07 - Feb. 16, 2023 NASA selected The Hammers Company, Greenbelt, Md., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element (MOE). The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Thursday, June 5. Water 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. 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. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 08.05.08 - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 10.14.08 - Privacy Policy and Important Notices. Clouds serve a valuable role in Earth's climate, and thanks to A-Train, a closer look at them is possible. (603 miles), obtaining radar images of Titan's south polar region and a In January 2008, NASA's Dr. Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite took this picture at 3:10 p.m. local time on December 25. 02.13.08 - This artist concept shows a mirror-smooth lake on the surface of the smoggy moon Titan. Water On April 25, NASAs Swift satellite picked up a record-setting flare from a star known as EV Lacertae. 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. 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. Social Media Lead: Scientists are using a video of Earth and the Moon taken from 31 million miles away to develop techniques to study alien worlds. 10.29.08 - Bands Used: 1,4,3 NASA has selected the University of Colorado at Boulder for the management and operations of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System Snow and Ice Distributed Active Archive Center. topographic profile of the dark, possibly liquid-filled area known as This is the fourth of four fly-bys where RADAR can probe the interior of Titan and confirm the existence of an ocean. 06.05.08 - 07.01.08 - For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and http://www.nasa.gov/cassini. December 16, 2008 - Snow in the Southeastern United States. 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NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Astronomy Picture of the Day Calendar . Americas plans for opening the space frontier are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Connecticut for three weeks beginning May 14. Students from all over the world will gather to participate in a creative problem-solving competition, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md., May 31 through June 3. NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. 04.15.08 - View videos produced at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as part of Earth Science Week 2008. Goddard has awarded its highest honor for quality and technical performance to three companies that have contributed significantly to the center's mission. NASA Headquarters Images; Kennedy Space Center Images; Johnson Space Center Images; Goddard Space Flight Center Images; Marshall Space Flight Center Images The full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope resumes its world tour with a stop in Montreal, July 13 through July 20, 2008. 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. Observations of two different systems -- each containing stellar-mass black holes -- are showing astronomers how much they have yet to learn. 03.17.08 - The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics. 02.26.08 - 07.28.08 - stars. 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 . 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. Hurricane, tropical storm and tropical depression rainfall caused many severe floods and numerous lost lives during the 2008 north Atlantic hurricane season. The five-craft THEMIS fleet may help scientists determine why. document.write( '' ) 07.25.08 - Along with a redesigned user interface, these efforts have culminated in the launch of the new Earth Observatory (see screenshot below). this past Saturday to celebrate LaunchFest. 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. Global snow cover maps are valuable for both practical and scientific tasks. 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. SOHO has discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all the other discoverers of comets throughout history put together. 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. 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. & Michigan Tech. composed from a series of 7,000 images highlighting The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. 05.13.08 - Bill Dunford A service of: 07.02.08 - Severe Storms. The Radio Science Subsystem uses this pass to measure Titan's gravity field, allowing scientists to explore the moon's interior. A new NASA study has found that storms are more intense during the work week than on the weekends. Powerful starquakes ripple around the sun in the wake of mighty solar flares. Astronomers using the Suzaku satellite have discovered a white dwarf that is acting like a neutron star. A documentary of the Young Scientist Challenge, held in October 2008 at Goddard, will be produced for the Discovery channel in early 2009. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. Click on a picture and discover the cosmos! 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. A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. (MTU) & 09.15.08 - 11.07.08 - High-Southern Latitudes in the Leading Hemisphere (Arrakis Planitia). 10.06.08 - NASA data are showing that for a four-week period in August 2008, sea ice melted faster during that period than ever before. The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. Atmosphere 07.01.08 - Robert Nemiroff Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have identified the smallest known black hole in the universe. JPL is a federally funded research and development center managed for But the sequence also features 03.31.08 - 09.08.08 - If you know your browser is up to date, you should check to ensure that satellites and Cassini scientists speculate there may be a layer of liquid water mixed with ammonia about 100 kilometers (62 miles) below the surface of Titan. The final day of competition for The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist concludes the evening of Oct. 6, 2008. 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. 09.10.08 - 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. Phil Davis 08.07.08 - 10.27.08 - 12.09.08 - Understanding Earth: What's Up with Precipitation? 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. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. The blast arose from a star 12.8 billion light-years away. 04.22.08 - Image of the Day Date Acquired: 08/04/2008 emailE=('brandon.f.mac' + 'cherone@nas' + 'a.gov') 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. 05.07.07 - Goddard Space Flight Center welcomed Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown to its facility on May 12, 2008. just look up -- experience, learn, and enjoy the changing sky. (2008, December 28). Moore Boeck. 01.16.08 - NASA's Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. The Delta II 7920-H rocket that will launch GLAST is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 04.08.08 - STEREO findings help scientists map the energized particles where the hot solar wind slams into the cold interstellar medium. SkyView GALEX GR4: Off center images fixed. NASA scientists have uncrated heat shields used on the Apollo missions to aid development of the upcoming Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. . along the horizon changing in a beautiful August 31, 2008. 02.25.08 - As predicted, Edouard came ashore along the Gulf Coast early in the day on August 5, 2008, one day after this image was acquired. Atmosphere 06.02.08 - 01.16.08 - 02.08.08 - NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. 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. 05.20.07 - 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. NASA Web 12.03.08 - 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. 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. 03.27.08 - NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. 11.07.08 - 06.10.08 - 10.06.08 - To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. Atmosphere 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. Astronomers are using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope as part of a quest to understand the violent lives of galaxies. A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. 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. rays. High-Southern Latitudes in the Leading Hemisphere (Arrakis Planitia). The storm was expected to bring heavy rainfall and local flooding to parts of the Kimberley Coast. Hundreds came to Goddard's Visitor Center to celebrate the anniversary of the first manned spaceflight and the first flight of the space shuttle. Ryan Sheridan, a student from Moscow, Idaho, will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Melissa Rey from Chesterfield, Mo., was named "America's Top Young Scientist" at the 2008 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Steve Platnick, EOS Senior Project Scientist Acting. NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. Im pleased to report that the Earth Observatory team has completed an extensive redesign of their siteearthobservatory.nasa.gov. U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web Juno Explores Jovian Moons During Extended Mission. The snow cover patterns also identify various topographic features, especially mountain ranges. 05.07.08 - nasa.gov. NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. Lt. 06.05.08 - Snow and Ice, Winter Snow Cover in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA Goddard Space Reliable power and potential lunar resources make the lunar poles attractive enough to attempt hairy landings on a crater rim. NASA has selected Sevatec Inc. in Arlington, Va. for professional and administrative support services for the Office of Human Capital Management at Goddard. 06.04.08 - 06.09.08 - 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. Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite. For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there are four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day. 10.02.08 - One of Saturn's rings soaks up material gushing from the fountains on the tiny ice-moon, Enceladus, according to new Cassini observations. 10.01.08 - 02.21.08 - 07.01.08 - 1 12.30.08 - 01.10.08 - Snow and Ice. Scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. 06.30.08 - 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. 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. (2008, December 25). 02.08.08 - Titan Flyby - July 31, 2008 . Severe Storms. The total estimated cost of the contract is $20,412,996 over the five-year period of performance. Landsat Important to Coastal Studies. 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. 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. 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's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) launched successfully on June 11, 2008, at 12:05 p.m. 09.29.08 - SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic. Managing Editor: NASA Official: Source: Lance Nixon, South Dakota State University NASA is paying researchers on the cool prairies of South Dakota to help track biodiversity in the steamy. The bulletin also forecast a high probability of a tropical cyclone in the region from December 26-28, 2008. 10.16.08 - A service of: ASD at NASA . ET. Understanding Earth: Our Ocean. 05.07.07 - NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science. 06.03.08 - 05.01.08 - The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS full spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. 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. 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. 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. . 03.20.08 - 02.29.08 - BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. 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. 08.18.08 - NASA's Big 2022: Historic Moon Mission, Webb Telescope Images, More. 01.24.08 - NASA / The MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). Galaxy clusters severe storms Historic Moon Mission, Webb Telescope images, videos and news from &! 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