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10.08.08 - 05.21.08 - 10.06.08 - NASAs Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking visible light image of the colorful dancing lights of the aurora. During RockOn!, university faculty and students will learn the basics of building experiments for flight on suborbital rockets. NASA Official: 10.29.08 - 12.03.08 - Powerful starquakes ripple around the sun in the wake of mighty solar flares. Juno Spacecraft Recovering Memory After 47th Flyby of Jupiter, NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars, NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science, NASAs Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface, 40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter, NASAs Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot, NASAs Juno Exploring Jovian Moons During Extended Mission. A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center designs and builds the special tools and aids astronauts need when they service the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. The model of the James Webb Space Telescope has been making a lot of "orbits" around the world, and is now slated to "land" at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. satellites and NASA / This pair of maps shows average percent snow cover in December 2008 and February 2009, the first and last months of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) launched successfully on June 11, 2008, at 12:05 p.m. GSFC Tropical Cyclone Billy continued traveling along Western Australia's Kimberley Coast . 02.08.08 - The proposed new mission, called Gravity and Extreme Magnetism (GEMS), will use a new technique to accomplish what has been impossible until now. Image of the Day 03.04.08 - Ryan Sheridan, a student from Moscow, Idaho, will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. High-Southern Latitudes in the Leading Hemisphere (Arrakis Planitia). 01.02.08 - Explanation: Severe Storms. 06.02.08 - Atmosphere NASA's Big 2022: Historic Moon Mission, Webb Telescope Images, More NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. . Specific rights apply. The predicted rain held off, encouraging approximately 13,000 people to visit the Center. This uses knowledge of the GALEX survey to find the center of the Continue reading , Lots of people are using the Image gallery. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. The Aquarius Radiometer, recently delivered by Goddard to JPL, will help scientists study ocean salinity and its relation to climate. 01.24.08 - Im pleased to report that the Earth Observatory team has completed an extensive redesign of their siteearthobservatory.nasa.gov. The MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). Cassini Eyes the Tiger Stripes On Oct. 31, 2008, during the second close flyby of Enceladus of the month, the cameras and other optical remote sensing instruments will be front and center, imaging the fractures that slash across the moon's south polar region like stripes on a tiger. 09.08.08 - Scientists and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have joined teams studying optics technologies for three possible new NASA missions to search for alien worlds (exoplanets). BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. Over the course of the past year, the team was hard at work implementing a new underlying core that included development of an improved information architecture, as well as administration and content management tools. 02.19.08 - GEMS will be the first mission designed just to measure the polarization of X-rays emitted near black holes, which will enable scientists to explore the exotic space around black holes in an unprecedented way. NASA Headquarters Images; Kennedy Space Center Images; Johnson Space Center Images; Goddard Space Flight Center Images; Marshall Space Flight Center Images 04.03.08 - 02.01.08 - The nation's largest estuary just happens to be in the backyard of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Scientists around the world are excited about all the things that GLAST is going to uncover after it launches on June 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 05.30.08 - New studies show the wrenching gravity just outside the outer boundary of a black hole can produce yet another bizarre effect: light echoes. Sun and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space. Thousands converged on Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 08.26.08 - 02.08.08 - Source: Lance Nixon, South Dakota State University NASA is paying researchers on the cool prairies of South Dakota to help track biodiversity in the steamy. NASA satellites finds vast quantities of industrial aerosols and smoke from East Asia and Russia travel from one side of the globe to another. NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. 06.27.08 - But the sequence also features A powerful stellar explosion detected by NASA's Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object visible with the naked eye. Contributor: Laura E.P. Last Month: December 2008: Next Month: Sun: Mon: Tue: Wed: Thu: Fri: Sat Last Month | Calendar | Next Month > Index | Search | Send Mail to APOD | Today's . Moore Boeck. Swift caught sight of a splintered comet fragment as it passed by the Ring Nebula. These missions include a final repair trip to upgrade the famous Hubble Space Telescope and spacecraft to study powerful gamma-rays, the moon, the Sun, and Earth's weather and pollution. (2008, December 25). Still need to come up with a good new year's resolution? 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. 02.21.08 - Flight Center. Numerous wildfires continue to burn out of control throughout California. 06.11.08 - Did you know the weeks surrounding this All Hallows Eve mark a haunting milestone? Design & Development: 05.27.08 - These maps show the average percent snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere for December 2008 (top) and February 2009 (bottom), the first and last months of meteorological winter. The EPOXI mission uses the Deep Impact spacecraft has begun its search for "super Earth" planets. News representatives are invited to attend a media day event on July 1 to learn about NASA's ambitious mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again on a Work Day? Researchers hope to use the rare event to reveal secrets buried deep in Jupiter's massive atmosphere. Caption by Michon Scott. Researchers have estimated more precisely than ever the heat-trapping effect of water in the air, validating the role of the gas as a critical component of climate change. By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. NASA announced the public will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope observatory before it launches in mid-2008. Sherrica Newsome currently finds herself as Operations Manager for the 2008 NASA Academy at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 01.30.08 - The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. Excitement Builds as GLAST Readies Its Gamma-ray Vision! Snow and Ice, Winter Snow Cover in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA Goddard Space rays. A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. Site last updated: December 21, 2022 . We could make huge telescopes on the moon relatively easily, and avoid the large expense of transporting a large mirror from Earth. Scientists using NASAs RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision and found that it is not a perfect sphere. 05.21.07 - 10.16.08 - 11.7.08 - View videos produced at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as part of Earth Science Week 2008. 01.10.08 - 05.23.07 - NASA maps and animation by Kevin Ward, based on data from the NASA Earth Observations (NEO) project. 04.07.08 - SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic. 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Acquired December 16, 2009, this true-color image shows Tropical Cyclone Laurence spanning hundreds of kilometers over the Indian Ocean, just off the Australian coast. 06.11.08 - 07.01.08 - 06.02.08 - The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly was delivered to Goddard in preparation for SDO's scheduled launch in December 2008. 01.10.08 - The animation shows monthly snow cover from February 2000 through February 2009. NASA has selected Sevatec Inc. in Arlington, Va. for professional and administrative support services for the Office of Human Capital Management at Goddard. 09.29.08 - The powerful antenna system that will enable NASA's GLAST)to communicate with stations on Earth has been successfully connected to the spacecraft. Less than a week after launch, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is safely up-and-running well in orbit approximately 350 miles (565 kilometers) above Earth's surface. 11.21.08 - NASA, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and their partners are in Nairobi, Kenya, to launch SERVIR-Africa, a program that helps scientists, government leaders and local communities address concerns related to natural disasters, disease outbreaks, biodiversity and climate change. For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there are four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day. U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web After 10 years of fine-tuning a technique to efficiently manufacture super-thin, curved mirrors needed to focus X-ray photons, Goddard astrophysicist Will Zhang and his team have won a position on the NuSTAR mission to provide the telescopes more than 3,000 individual mirror segments. Bill Dunford Besides strong winds, heavy rains, and a brief electrical outage, Edouard caused little damage. One popular theme is to find images that look very peculiar. Phil Davis As predicted, Edouard came ashore along the Gulf Coast early in the day on August 5, 2008, one day after this image was acquired. 11.04.08 - 07.17.08 - 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. Now available on iTunes, the NASA Goddard Shorts video podcast series keeps subscribers updated with cool science and engineering breakthroughs. Astronomers are reporting on a strange case where one of the littlest of stars "twinkled" with gamma rays, X-rays, and light -- and then vanished. 03.17.08 - 05.07.07 - Hundreds came to Goddard's Visitor Center to celebrate the anniversary of the first manned spaceflight and the first flight of the space shuttle. Lt. New data from the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are helping scientists overturn long-standing assumptions about powerful stellar explosions. Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website. + 'frazier@nas' + 'a.gov') One of Saturn's rings soaks up material gushing from the fountains on the tiny ice-moon, Enceladus, according to new Cassini observations. The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite. The tennis court-sized sunshield built by Northrop Grumman for NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has completed its preliminary design review. Moon, 04.01.08 - Enceladus Global View with Plume (Artist's Rendering), Enceladus Organics on Grains of Ice (Illustration), NASAs Lunar Flashlight Team Assessing Spacecrafts Propulsion System. After a nationwide search for junior science researchers on GLAST mission, three people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral positions. Image of the Day Steve Platnick, EOS Senior Project Scientist Acting. For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. Making a proper distinction by looking at both raindrop size and abundance may be a key to assisting weather forecasters in estimating rainfall intensity to reduce the surprise factor of flash flooding. Atmosphere The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. planet Earth's The Radio Science Subsystem uses this pass to measure Titan's gravity field, allowing scientists to explore the moon's interior. But for meteorologists, who sometimes divide the year up into seasons on the basis of similarity in weather and temperature, winter is already over. NASA has selected the University of Alaska for the management and operations of the EOS Data and Information System Synthetic Aperture Radar DACC. October 31, 2008. & Jerry Bonnell NASA Technical Rep.: Phil Newman. Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest leaks, according to researchers sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation. Feb. 16, 2023 08.07.08 - The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite. The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. These maps show the average percent snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere for December 2008 (top) and February 2009 (bottom), the first and last months of meteorological winter. Snow and Ice, Image of the Day The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. 06.04.08 - emailE=('brandon.f.mac' + 'cherone@nas' + 'a.gov') NASA scientists have uncrated heat shields used on the Apollo missions to aid development of the upcoming Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. 04.17.08 - NASA has selected 10 offerors to provide the agency with access to a variety of airborne platforms to conduct airborne science research and range support. NASA and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC today announced the first ever sale of a government patent license through a public auction of intellectual property. 05.29.08 - The IBEX mission will provide Greg Frazier with just the example he needs to showcase his knowledge of what it takes to reach the stars. One of the priorities of the GLAST Burst Monitor science team has been to validate burst location information provided by the telescope. Researchers now believe that some of the most intense winter storm activity over parts of the United States may have origins in far-flung parts of the Pacific Ocean. 07.17.08 - Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) Landsat Important to Coastal Studies. Understanding Earth: What's Up with Precipitation? 05.14.08 - The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite took this picture at 3:10 p.m. local time on December 25. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS full spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. 12.16.08 - Ontario Lacus. 01.22.08 - Terra International Year of Astronomy; In earlier releases the exposed region seemed to be centered with the image square but Continue reading , Features in the Gallery: Looking at the Big Picture. 10.19.08 - On December 19, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia as a Category 2 storm. The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics every day for more than 25 years via the use of their Hubble telescope. 10.16.08 - The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 06.10.08 - 06.30.08 - On December 28, 2008, the storm was downgraded to an ex-tropical cyclone and was anticipated to pose no further threat to the coastal communities of Western Australia. 03.28.08 - 06.03.08 - Astronomers using the Suzaku satellite have discovered a white dwarf that is acting like a neutron star. 09.02.08 - 11.12.08 - The storm was expected to bring heavy rainfall and local flooding to parts of the Kimberley Coast. 10.14.08 - LRO Media Day will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite. NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Privacy Policy and Important Notices Water emailName =('Shannell Frazier') NASA scientists have determined that 2007 tied with 1998 for Earths second warmest year in a century. Cassini streaked past Titan on Dec. 21 at an altitude of 971 kilometers own rotation are 12.19.08 - Dr. Peter Hildebrand was recently named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. 06.12.08 - Students from all over the world will gather to participate in a creative problem-solving competition, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md., May 31 through June 3. . 06.13.08 - Governor Visits Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's GLAST Gets Shades, Blankets for the Beach, Visionary 'NASA Exploration Experience' Exhibit to Tour Connecticut May 14 - June 4, NASA Goddard and Howard B. 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