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- The latest satellite video of at Hurricane Sandy.
- Research efforts to soften sonic booms will continue later this month using a F/A-18B over Edwards AFB #NASAaero
- Closeup of complex Antarctic sea ice from our Operation IceBridge flight Oct. 13. For IceBridge info: http://www.nasa.gov/icebridge
- Watch views of Hurricane Sandy from the International Space Station at 12:04 p.m. ET & 1:41 p.m. ET for 10 minutes each live on NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
- nasa.govResearchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have developed a method to use a specialized NASA 3-D imaging radar to characterize the oil in oil spills, such as the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
- An early version of the adapter for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) is coming together at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. This is the ring that will be used on both the SLS flight test in 2017 AND NASA’s Orion Spacecraft flight test in 2014.
- Suomi NPP Satellite Captures Detailed Imagery of Hurricane Sandy Intensification
Early in the morning on October 25, 2012, the Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hurricane Sandy after it made landfall over Cuba and Jamaica, capturing this hig...hly detailed infrared imagery, showing areas of deep convection around the central eye. Besides the highly detailed infrared imagery, the satellite’s day night band captured detailed visible-like imagery of the cloud tops, along with the city lights of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.See More
As most polar-orbiting satellites fly over an area, the visible and infrared sensors scan left to right. Data in the center part of the scan typically has the highest resolution and quality; farther out in the scan, the imagery gets distorted. An improvement in the Suomi NPP's VIIRS sensor over its predecessors reduces the loss of data quality along the length of the scan. Hurricane Sandy is a perfect example of the importance of this improvement – both times the satellite passed over Sandy on October 25th in consecutive orbits, the storm was on the edge of the scan area, which would have meant decreased image quality from previous satellites, but not Suomi NPP. Only at the very limits of the imagery (left hand side) can the edge of scan issues be seen in the day-night band image. These distortions would be much more pronounced in similar imagery from AVHRR or MODIS.
Credit NOAA/NASA/GSFC/SuomiNPP
- Mark your calendars! We're inviting 80 our social media followers to a NASA Social Feb. 10-11, 2013, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, Calif., for the launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission.
NASA Socials are in-person meeting...s with people who engage with the agency through Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social networks.See More
Registration for the NASA Social opens at noon Wednesday, Dec. 12, and closes at noon Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. For more information, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/RYPlzL
- nasa.govWatch, download or share the latest NASA videos, including launches and landings, mission operations, science updates and animations.
- nasa.govNASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the mission's 78th sol (Oct. 24, 2012) to view soil material on the rover's observation tray.
- NASA's Chandra team have discovered a mini-supermassive Black Hole in the middle of the spiral galaxy NGC 4178!
- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin joined their Expedition 33 crewmates when the hatches between the Soyuz spacecraft and the International Space Station officially opened at 11:08 a.m. EDT. ...Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams and Flight Engineers Aki Hoshide and Yuri Malenchenko, who arrived at the station in July, welcomed the new crew members aboard their orbital home.See More
Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin's arrival restored the station's crew complement to six. They will continue scientific research aboard the space station. They also will be on the orbiting outpost during several spacecraft arrivals and maneuvers, including the unberthing of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Sunday, Oct. 28, the arrival of a Russian cargo resupply ship Oct. 31 and a spacewalk scheduled for Nov. 1 to repair an ammonia leak on one of the station's port-side radiators.
In November, Ford will become commander of Expedition 34, ahead of return to Earth by Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko. Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will return in March 2013.
- nasa.govScenes of the Curiosity rover, the space shuttle, and the famed NASA "meatball" logo adorn a mural at P.S. 328 in Brooklyn, New York. School officials, NASA scientists, and Brooklyn-based recording artist Astro attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for the artwork on October 24, 2012. The 200-foot "Red Road to Mars" mura...l project, inspired by NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Mission, was designed by CITYArts, a group that brings young people and professional artists together to create Public Art. In September, NASA scientists and Astronaut Buzz Aldrin visited the school and met with the youth painting the mural. Aldrin said, "I think the future is in the hands of our young people to make better lives for themselves and for those around us, and we can set examples and tell them that we are proud of what we have done. I want to share this with young people here and to maybe help inspire them to improve their education, whatever their pathway in life may be." <em>Credit: Guy Noffsinger/NASA</em>See More
- [Image of the Day] - Check out today's image in a larger size on NASA's Facebook at: http://go.nasa.gov/image_tab or on NASA.gov at: http://go.nasa.gov/RY7iyd
- nasa.govNASA satellites are closely monitoring Tropical Storm Sandy in visible and infrared light as it approaches Jamaica.
- The Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft docked to the International Space Station's Poisk module at 8:29 a.m. EDT. Aboard the space station, Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Explor...ation Agency and Russia's Yuri Malenchenko will welcome Soyuz crew members Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin when the hatches between the two spacecraft are opened.See More
Watch the hatch opening and welcome ceremony live beginning at 10:45 a.m. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
- Aboard their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin are scheduled to dock to the International Space Station's Poisk module at 8:35 a.m. EDT. NASA Television coverage of...the docking will begin at 8:00 a.m. NASA TV will resume at 10:45 a.m. to cover hatch opening between the two spacecraft and the welcome ceremony.See More
The Soyuz crew members will be greeted by Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency, who have lived in the orbital laboratory since July.
Watch live on NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv - Did you catch yesterday's launch of NASA's Kevin Ford and the Russian Federal Space Agency's Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin to the International Space Station? Check out the video of their launch aboard Soyuz TMA-06M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They're set to dock to the space station tomorrow morning at 8:35 a.m. EDT.
- nasa.govA warmer lower Antarctic stratosphere led to the second-smallest ozone hole in 20 years, according to NASA and NOAA satellite measurements.
- Astronomers have always wondered about the Infrared background glow in the sky. Now, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope team has an answer!
- [Image of the Day] - Check out today's image in a larger size on NASA's Facebook at: http://go.nasa.gov/image_tab or on NASA.gov at: http://go.nasa.gov/P2D7sl
- They say that necessity is the mother of invention, so when humans decided to build and inhabit a laboratory in the harsh environment of space, it was only natural that innovations would follow. Read more on microgravity research and the International Space Station: http://go.nasa.gov/P2CXRT
- NASA's latest NuSTAR spcecraft caught the Black Hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy in the midst of a flare up.
- nasa.govThe sun emitted a significant solar flare on Oct. 22, 2012, peaking at 11:17 p.m. EDT.
- nasa.govWhile the Arctic Ocean ice cap has diminished over the last three decades, the sea ice cover at the opposite pole of the planet has expanded.
- [Image of the Day] - Check out today's image in a larger size on NASA's Facebook at: http://go.nasa.gov/image_tab or on NASA.gov at: http://go.nasa.gov/OZ5FTN
- earthobservatory.nasa.govAcquired October 20, 2012, this natural-color image shows thick haze over eastern China.
- The Soyuz rocket with Expedition 33/34 crew members, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS onboard the TMA-06M spacecraft launches to the International Space Sta...tion on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will be on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)See More
- The Soyuz TMA-06M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 6:51 a.m. EDT. NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin now are safely in orbit.
Ford, N...ovitskiy and Tarelkin will dock with the station’s Poisk module at 8:35 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. Welcoming them aboard will be the current station residents, Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko arrived to the orbital laboratory in July aboard their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft.See More
In November, Ford will become commander of Expedition 34, ahead of return to Earth by Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko.
- The Russian Soyuz spacecraft that will carry three additional Expedition 33 flight engineers to the International Space Station stands ready for its 6:51 a.m. EDT liftoff this morning. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 5:30 a....m.See More
NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ahead of them is a two-day journey to catch up with the space station.
Watch on NASA Television or at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv - Watch "This Week @ NASA" to see highlights of NASA's activities, missions, programs, and people. View it now on NASA.gov: http://go.nasa.gov/OY85Sz
- (see more Expedition 33 photos: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjCxKeDj)
Expedition 33/34 crew members, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, depart the Cosm...onaut Hotel to head to another building across the Baikonur Cosmodrome where they will suit-up for their Soyuz launch, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)See More
- Blue Origin's suborbital New Shepard crew capsule traveled to an altitude of 2,307 feet during a pad escape test at the company's West Texas launch site Oct. 19 in support of its Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) partnership with...NASA. It then descended safely by parachute to a soft landing 1,630 feet away. To see images and to read about how the test will help the company shape the design of the escape system for its biconic-shaped orbital Space Vehicle, go to http://go.nasa.gov/TbrgbU.See More
- nasa.govNASA will host a media teleconference at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Oct. 18, about the latest status of the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars.
- The Soyuz rocket stands at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA's Kevin Ford and the Russian Federal Space Agency's Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin awake in about six hours to begin final preps for their launch tomorrow at 6:51 a.m. EDT (4:51 p.m. in Kazakhstan) to the International Space Station. (photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
- ISS photo from last week as the Station flew over northern California: Mount Shasta.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79456
- [Image of the Day] - Check out today's image in a larger size on NASA's Facebook at: http://go.nasa.gov/image_tab or on NASA.gov at: http://go.nasa.gov/RPDRyx
- earthobservatory.nasa.govSevere winds kicked up dust across the central United States on October 18, 2012, closing highways and reminding locals of the Dust Bowl days.
- Seen here is a close look at the Thwaites Ice Shelf edge. The blue areas of ice are denser, compressed ice. Taken as part of NASA's Operation IceBridge.
NASA’s Operation IceBridge images Earth's polar ice in unprecedented detail to better understand processes that connect the polar regions with the global climate system. IceBridge utilizes a highly specialized fleet of research aircraft and the most sophisticated suite of innovative science instruments ever assembled to characterize annual changes in thickness of sea ice, glaciers, and ice sheets. In addition, IceBridge collects critical data used to predict the response of earth’s polar ice to climate change and resulting sea-level rise. IceBridge also helps bridge the gap in polar observations between NASA's ICESat satellite missions.
Learn more at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/news/fall12/index.html
Credit: NASA / J. Yungel
- (see more images on flickr: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjCxKeDj)
Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford gets his hair cut at the Cosmonaut Hotel, on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket i...s scheduled for October 23 and will send Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)See More
- (see more images on flickr: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjCxKeDj)
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train, on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for October 23 and will send Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
- NASA livestreams Orionid Shower
A live Ustream video feed of the Orionid meteor shower is embedded below, showing the skies over Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The camera activates at full-dark skies.
more info http://www....nasa.gov/connect/chat/orionids2012.htmlSee More
The 2012 Orionid meteor shower is peaking tonight (Oct. 20-21). An almost-new moon will set before the Orionids' peak in pre-dawn skies, and the lack of bright moonlight favors a good show. In addition to Orionids, you'll see brilliant Venus, red Mars, the dog star Sirius and bright winter constellations such as Orion, Gemini and Taurus.
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The Orionids can be seen everywhere in the world tonight but Antarctica -- north of 74 degrees south latitude. Best viewing tips: find dark skies away from city lights, look straight up to allow your eyes to take in as much of the sky as possible
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11429252 - A new study suggests that galaxies have steadily changed over the past eight billion years contrary to popular belief.
- nasa.govWatch, download or share the latest NASA videos, including launches and landings, mission operations, science updates and animations.
- Here's a beautiful Hubble image of a spiral galaxy about half the size of the Milky Way. It's a mere 25 light-years away!
- In "Inside the ISS," astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan of Expedition 28 recount the events leading up to the arrival to and departure from the International Space Station of space shuttle Atlantis, the final shuttle mission.
- [Image of the Day] - Check out today's image in a larger size on NASA's Facebook at: http://go.nasa.gov/image_tab or on NASA.gov at: http://go.nasa.gov/RHuyAr
- nasa.govThe rift in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier that was discovered by NASA's Operation IceBridge in 2011 has been monitored by researchers around the world.
- How can the International Space Station help humans follow NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover to Mars and beyond? http://go.nasa.gov/OMbmnG
