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What's Up - August 2008
It's Jupiter-viewing season.
Jupiter is the largest of the planets in our solar system.
If you step outside and look in the southeast after it gets good and dark, you'll be able to see Jupiter. It'll be the brightest object in the sky.
Tracking Global Climate Change: NASA's New Jason-2
Launched into Earth orbit June 20, 2008, OSTM/Jason-2 is producing information and maps that are already helping scientists to track and understand how and where our oceans are warming, and how our global climate may change.
Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 Begins Mapping Oceans
Less than a month after launch, the NASA-French space agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps of global ocean surface topography, surface wave height and wind speed.
Silicate Mineralogy on Mars Indicates Wet Past
Using data from the CRISM instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, astrobiologists from NAI's SETI Institute and Marine Biological Laboratory teams present findings of silicate mineralogy.
NASA's Astrobiology Program: Life in the Universe
NASA's Astrobiology Program addresses three fundamental questions: How does life begin and evolve? Is there life beyond Earth and, if so, how can we detect it? What is the future of life on Earth and in the universe?
Moon Samples Found to Contain Water
Using new techniques, scientists from NAI's Carnegie Institution of Washington Team have discovered for the first time that tiny beads of volcanic glasses collected from two Apollo missions to the Moon contain water.
What's Up - September 2008
Step away from the city lights and gaze up at our Milky Way galaxy. You may even see one of the galaxy's spiral arms with your own eyes!
So Long, Saturn: Hello Moon, Venus, Mercury and Mars
Saturn is at conjunction with the sun in early September. This means that Saturn nearly disappears behind the sun for a few days. By late September, however, Saturn emerges from behind the sun and can be seen in the early morning sky.
Where Are They Now?
Here is a partial list of the missions tracked by the DSN. Where are they in their journeys of exploration?
Visions From Space
Ever wonder how the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) brings us unforgettable images of space, planets, galaxies, and faraway stars?
