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Astronauts Now Do NASA PAO's Job When It Comes To Hurricane Threats (Update)

#HurricaneIda from @Space_Station just before noon CDT today. If you are/have been in its path, I’m thinking of you and hoping you stay safe. pic.twitter.com/C2fEJ3AxOh — Megan McArthur (@Astro_Megan) August 28, 2021 Keith’s 29 Aug 4:27 pm EDT Update: NASA PAO finally got around to doing some updates – after the hurricane made landfall. Keith’s 28 Aug 5:00 pm EDT note: Hurricane Ida is heading for the gulf coast and […]

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  • August 29, 2021
Why Did EPA Block A NASA Plane From Monitoring Pollution?
Why Did EPA Block A NASA Plane From Monitoring Pollution?

Post-Hurricane Harvey, NASA tried to fly a pollution-spotting plane over Houston. The EPA said no, LA Times “According to emails obtained by The Times via a public records request and interviews with dozens of scientists and officials familiar with the situation, EPA and state officials argued that NASA’s data would cause “confusion” and might “overlap” with their own analysis – which was showing only a few, isolated spots of concern. […]

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  • March 6, 2019
KSC Prepares For Irma
KSC Prepares For Irma

Hurricane Irma’s approach hasn’t deterred SpaceX, Orlando Sentinel “Hurricane Irma’s approach toward Florida hasn’t deterred SpaceX’s plan to launch a rocket Thursday. The Elon Musk-led space company announced Wednesday that a 5-hour, 5-minute window will open at 9:50 a.m. Thursday. U.S. Air Force officials have said that the chances of a launch sit about 50 percent. SpaceX will try to land the rocket on a landing zone, a move expected […]

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  • September 6, 2017
Hurricane Worries at KSC
Hurricane Worries at KSC

Hurricane Matthew poses a significant threat to Kennedy Space Center, Ars Technica “Ars reached out to Kennedy Space Center’s Amber Philman on Tuesday afternoon, and she said the center is currently at HURCON III status, which means officials there expect sustained 50 knot winds within 72 hours. Hurricane preparations and facility securing will begin Wednesday morning, she said. Other tenants are also closely watching the storm.” Orbital View As Hurricane […]

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  • October 5, 2016
Preparing for Hurricanes

Media Day at Wallops for NASA Hurricane Airborne Mission “As the Atlantic Ocean’s hurricane season hits its peak, media are invited to visit NASA’s latest airborne hurricane research mission using remotely piloted aircraft on Thursday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT, at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The presentation to the media will be streamed online live beginning at 10 a.m.  at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tv-wallops“

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  • September 11, 2014
Stormy Atlantic Weather Season Set to Start

NASA Satellite Sees Strong Thunderstorms in Developing Gulf Low, NASA “NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over low pressure System 91L in the Gulf of Mexico and captured infrared imagery that revealed a lot of uplift and strong thunderstorms in the eastern part of the storm despite a poorly organized circulation. NOAA’s GOES-East satellite showed the large extent of the low pressure area stretching from Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to Florida. System 91L […]

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  • June 6, 2013
Hurricane Damages Bubble Protecting Shuttle Enterprise

Space Shuttle Exhibit Collapses After Sandy (Photo), CNN “The space shuttle exhibit on the Intrepid, normally a giant grey bubble from the outside, has completely collapsed due to Sandy.” Keith’s note: This Instagram picture shows another view of the damage to the bubble that surrounded Enterprise. The museum’s live webcam (which stopped updating before the storm hit) shows the bubble before it was destroyed.

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  • October 30, 2012
NASA Watch Updating

Keith’s note: Power will eventually go out here in the metro DC area as hurricane Sandy strikes. When I go offline Marc Boucher will keep NASA Watch up to date from Toronto, Canada until such time as I get power back. Of course Toronto is going to get hammered too at some point so we may not update for a while. Who knows. Stay safe. Keith’s note: Amazingly we did […]

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  • October 29, 2012
NASA Evacuates NEEMO – JSC Deliberately Withholds Information

NASA evacuates astronauts from deep-sea training “NASA evacuated a crew of astronauts Wednesday from an underwater lab off the coast of Florida where they were training for a trip to an asteroid, due to the approach of Hurricane Rina. “Crew decompressed overnight and will return to surface shortly. Hurricane Rina just a little too close for comfort,” the US space agency said in a message on the microblogging site Twitter. […]

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  • October 26, 2011
Irene Is Now A Large Planetary Feature

Photo: Hurricane Irene Seen in a Planetary Context From Orbit “NASA / NOAA GOES-13 satellite image showing earth on August 26, 2011 at 14:45 UTC (10:45 a.m. EDT). Hurricane Irene can been seen on the U.S. East Coast. Irene Almost 1/3 the Size of East Coast. Irene has become a major hurricane, and NASA satellite data shows its diameter is now about 510 miles — roughly 1/3 the length of […]

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  • August 26, 2011