NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming

The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics is increasing as a result of global warming.

Modeling Radiation Exposure for Pilots, Crew and Passengers on Commercial Flights

Did you know that flight crews on high-latitude routes are exposed to more radiation on an annual basis than nuclear plant workers?

New Satellite Data Reveal Impact of Olympic Pollution Controls

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.

Mission Operations Readiness Review for NPOESS Preparatory Project Completed

A comprehensive Mission Operations Readiness (MOR) review of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) was successfully completed last month.

New Oceanography Mission Data Now Available

Oceanography data that will help scientists around the world better understand climate change are now available.

New NASA Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica

01.08.09 - NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific research.

NASA-Funded Study Reveals Hazards of Severe Space Weather

01.05.09 - A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth.

02.29.08

NASA's New Decadal Survey Missions: SMAP, ICESat-II

01.23.08

NASA Media Event Highlights Rainfall Satellite's Decade of Success