Dr. Peter Hildebrand was recently named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. 02.26.08 - emailE=('shannell.c.' The Atlantic Hurricane Season began early in 2007, and by mid-December it was still going. Snow and Ice, Winter Snow Cover in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA Goddard Space Besides strong winds, heavy rains, and a brief electrical outage, Edouard caused little damage. The Hubble Space Telescope team completed switching the required hardware modules to their B-sides about 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 15. 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. 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. 12.23.08 - 06.24.08 - Reliable power and potential lunar resources make the lunar poles attractive enough to attempt hairy landings on a crater rim. 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. The MODIS on NASAs Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). 01.16.08 - 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. 01.25.08 - NASA researchers have created an advanced data compression algorithm that will increase science data return for NASA missions. 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. 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. NASA Official: Phillip Newman nasa.gov. New studies show the wrenching gravity just outside the outer boundary of a black hole can produce yet another bizarre effect: light echoes. Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC, Web Curator: It can sense chemicals and gases that may be harmful to astronauts. Cassini streaked past Titan on Dec. 21 at an altitude of 971 kilometers Last Updated: November 15, 2019 . Internet technologies that enable computers to talk to each other may make it possible for satellites to communicate the same way. 1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B) Whats going on here? 04.14.08 - 11.13.08 - APOD: 2008 December 31 - The Sky in Motion Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. Severe Storms. NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. 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. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 01.08.08 - 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. 08.14.08 - 07.01.08 - Flight Center. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA's Big 2022: Historic Moon Mission, Webb Telescope Images, More. 05.29.08 - Unexpected image offsets in the GALEX GR4. Event 03.17.08 - 9.17.08 - Along with a redesigned user interface, these efforts have culminated in the launch of the new Earth Observatory (see screenshot below). View videos produced at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as part of Earth Science Week 2008. When it comes to firing telescopes and their instruments into the frigid cold of space, the more you test your hardware, the better. The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. 10.16.08 - The tennis court-sized sunshield built by Northrop Grumman for NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has completed its preliminary design review. (MTU) & But the sequence also features 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. Arcing through the sky in a stately reflection of 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. Atmosphere the 5-year anniversary of some the most powerful solar storms ever recorded. 11.04.08 - Scientists have used computer models to show how melt could contribute to the observed speed up of the ice sheet. Scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. mars.nasa.gov. 10.24.08 - The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. 12.15.08 - 03.17.08 - 10.06.08 - 01.22.08 - 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. A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. LRO Media Day will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. Understanding Earth: What's Up with Precipitation? 05.21.08 - This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. 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. 10.14.08 - Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Denver was selected to build the satellites for NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES-R, Program. 05.07.08 - Land Tropical Cyclone Billy continued traveling along Western Australia's Kimberley Coast . NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) launched successfully on June 11, 2008, at 12:05 p.m. Im pleased to report that the Earth Observatory team has completed an extensive redesign of their siteearthobservatory.nasa.gov. NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (2008, December 25). 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. 02.19.08 - 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. Enceladus Global View with Plume (Artist's Rendering), Enceladus Organics on Grains of Ice (Illustration), NASAs Lunar Flashlight Team Assessing Spacecrafts Propulsion System. A winter camp for educators known as History of Winter 2008 will be hosted by a team from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center. 03.20.08 - The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. Australian Associated Press Pty Limited. 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. Goddard Symposium to focus on "Going to Work in Space.". 10.07.08 - Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia in late December 2008. What superficially resembles a giant moth floating in space is giving astronomers new insight into planetary system formation. nasa.gov. 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. NASA's Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. 07.11.08 - A documentary of the Young Scientist Challenge, held in October 2008 at Goddard, will be produced for the Discovery channel in early 2009. 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. 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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Very light blue shows places where at least a trace of snow was observed, while white shows where the ground was 100 percent snow covered. One of Saturn's rings soaks up material gushing from the fountains on the tiny ice-moon, Enceladus, according to new Cassini observations. The EPOXI mission uses the Deep Impact spacecraft has begun its search for "super Earth" planets. Feb. 16, 2023 Goddard has awarded its highest honor for quality and technical performance to three companies that have contributed significantly to the center's mission. 12.19.08 - NASAs Solar Shield experiment explores how timely space weather forecasts can help power companies keep the power flowing to the many appliances and electronic gadgets we rely on every day. For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there are four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day. 2008 December 31 The Sky in Motion Credit & Copyright: Video: Till Credner , ( The Sky in Motion.com ) 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. Scientists from NASA and organizations around the world will convene physically and electronically in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost U.S. city, during the first week of Arctic sunrise at Barrow January 23 29. Clouds serve a valuable role in Earth's climate, and thanks to A-Train, a closer look at them is possible. 03.13.08 - Advance warning of radiation storms could give astronauts time to take cover and allow satellite operators to take protective measures. Posted on December 1, 2008 by Tess Jaffe. xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'">. Americas plans for opening the space frontier are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Connecticut for three weeks beginning May 14. 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. The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for no earlier than June 11. 12.19.08 - Images by Mission. SkyView GALEX GR4: Off center images fixed. For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. 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. 05.14.08 - 02.08.08 - D.C. and Baltimore Media Invited to Briefings for Hubble Telescope Shuttle Mission, GLAST named after Nobel Laureate Enrico Fermi, 2007 Hurricane Forecast Took Blow From Winds, Dusty Air, NASA Study Improves Ability to Predict How Aerosols Affect Climate, Franklin, Va., Native Recognized Among NASA's Best, Brightest, African Drought Linked to Warmer Indian Ocean, NASA Awards Distributed Active Archive Center Contract, NASA Tests Moon Imaging Spacecraft at Goddard, GLAST Team Fine-Tuning Instrument and Operations, IBEX Spacecraft Heads West, Takes Major Step Toward Launch, NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights, Hubble Instruments Slated for On-Orbit Surgery, NASA's Deep Impact Films Earth as an Alien World, NASA Names Strain New Goddard Space Flight Center Director, For Toy-Like NASA Robots in Arctic, Ice Research Is Child's Play, Life-Size Webb Telescope Model Going to Montreal, STEREO Creates Images of the Solar System's Invisible Frontier. 04.07.08 - The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. . 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. Still need to come up with a good new year's resolution? New data from the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are helping scientists overturn long-standing assumptions about powerful stellar explosions. 05.07.07 - 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. Click on a picture and discover the cosmos! 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. 05.13.08 - The animation shows monthly snow cover from February 2000 through February 2009. 06.11.08 - 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. Design & Development: 12.16.08 - 03.28.08 - 06.30.08 - Landsat Important to Coastal Studies. 01.02.08 - 12.09.08 - A new study has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. 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. 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. 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 graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 31, 2008. 02.05.08 - Managing Editor: Scientists using NASAs RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision and found that it is not a perfect sphere. 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. 09.23.08 - 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 - Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. The images are sometimes authored by people or organizations outside NASA, and therefore APOD images are often copyrighted, . Land Terra (2008, December 28). 05.29.08 - South of the polar night boundary, dark gray means either no snow or no data, usually because of clouds. NASA selected The Hammers Company, Greenbelt, Md., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element (MOE). 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