Image: Suomi NPP’s View of North America “Suomi NPP’s VIIRS instrument returned this hi-resolution full-disc image of the Earth from several passes made Jan. 4, 2012. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) mission represents a critical first step in building the next-generation Earth-observing satellite system that will collect data on both long-term climate change and short-term weather conditions.”

Photo: Algal Bloom In The Barents Sea As Seen From Space “The phytoplankton bloom pictured in this Envisat image stretches across the Barents Sea off the coast of mainland Europe’s most northern point, Cape Nordkinn. The southern area of this deep shelf sea – with an average depth of 230 m – remains mostly ice-free due to the warm North Atlantic Drift. This contributes to its high biological production compared […]

Nimbus II and Lunar Orbiter 1 Imagery: A New Look at Earth in 1966 “To date some of the images taken by Nimbus II have been enhanced and mapped into Google Earth. One date in particular was of interest to the LOIRP – 23 August 1966. As the images were enhanced and dropped into Google Earth it became clear that we have imagery that overlapped in time to show the […]

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Comet Elenin Poses No Threat to Earth, NASA “Often, comets are portrayed as harbingers of gloom and doom in movies and on television, but most pose no threat to Earth. Comet Elenin, the latest comet to visit our inner solar system, is no exception. Elenin will pass about 22 million miles (35 million kilometers) from Earth during its closest approach on Oct. 16, 2011.” Keith’s note: But if you visit […]

A Station with a View: The Importance of Earth View to Crew Mental Health “A recent crew survey found that astronauts reported one area of spaceflight they found particularly enriching involved their perception of the Earth. The flip side to this finding is the implication that the lack of an Earth view may negatively impact crew psychological well being. To seek verification of this emotional tie to a view of […]

Photo: One Last Visit To The Cupola “Backlit by Earth’s “day time” light, NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, gets one last visit to the Cupola onboard the International Space Station. on July 18, 2011.”

Stunning Images: ISS Flies Over Earth At Night – Stars Above, Lights Below “A portion of the International Space Station is visible in these views of a starry sky and Earth’s horizon, photographed by an STS-134 crew member while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.”

Image: Sunset Over Western South America As Seen From Orbit “Sunset over western South America is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member on the International Space Station. Crew members onboard the space station see, on average, sixteen sunrises and sunsets during a 24-hour orbital period. Each changeover between day and night on the ground is marked by the terminator, or line separating the sunlit side […]

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 climate simulation system referred to hereafter as the “Climate@Home(TM) project.” The Climate@Home(TM) project will build a virtual climate simulation supercomputer with contributions from citizens for both their idle computing cycles and local knowledge about climate change.”