Aquarius/SAC-D Launched “With a burst of light, the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft lifted off June 10, 2011 at 7:20 a.m. PDT (10:20 a.m. EDT) […]
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NASA's Climate at Home Project
NASA GSFC Solicitation: The Climate at Home Project “NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (“GSFC”) is looking to enter into a non-funded Space Act Agreement partnership for the development of a […]
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Earthquake Updates Using Space Resources
NASA Terra Images: Flooding from Tsunami near Sendai, Japan “NASA’s Terra satellite’s first view of northeastern Japan in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami reveal extensive flooding along […]
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Glory Launch Delayed Until Friday
NASA Schedules Next Glory Mission Launch Attempt “The launch of NASA’s Glory spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is currently planned for no earlier than Friday, Feb. 25 […]
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Movement Afoot To Drop Climate Change From NASA
Reps Posey, Adams and Bishop Join Colleagues in Calling on House Leaders to Reprioritize NASA for Human Space Flight Missions, Drop Climate Change “We write today to assert the importance […]
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Bad Weather As Seen From Orbit
Photo: Monster Winter Storm Affecting 30 States NASA image release January 31, 2011. This visible image was captured by the GOES-13 satellite and shows the low pressure area bringing snowfall […]
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Technoarchaeology: Tiros-1
Technoarchaeology: Where is the True “First” Picture taken by Tiros 1? “The NASA Goddard Library has a rare and unique collection of 26 bound volumes of TIROS 1 photography prepared […]
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Mt. Everest As Seen From Orbit
Photo: Region Around Mt. Everest As Seen From Orbit Keith’s note: This image was aquired by the ISS crew on 6 January 2011. Although the summit if Everest itself is […]
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James Hansen Continues To Have Special Privileges
NASA’s Hansen prefers rule by decree to fight ‘global warming’, Washington Times “NASA laboratory head James Hansen’s anti-democracy rants were published while he was on a November junket in China, […]
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Photo: Monster Blizzard As Seen From Orbit
Photo: GOES-13 Satellite Captures Blizzard Leaving New England “Snows are finally winding down in New England today, Dec. 27, as a powerful low pressure system brought blizzard conditions from northern […]