Dec. 21, 2008. U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Thursday, June 5. Snow and Ice, Winter Snow Cover in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA Goddard Space 05.21.07 - 03.20.08 - After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. 12.09.08 - Steve Platnick, EOS Senior Project Scientist Acting. The underlying GALEX observations used in SkyView are 38403840 pixel images where only a circle with a radius of about 2900 pixels is actually exposed. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. 07.17.08 - The EPOXI mission uses the Deep Impact spacecraft has begun its search for "super Earth" planets. 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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing, which simulates the extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space LRO will experience after launch. Swift caught sight of a splintered comet fragment as it passed by the Ring Nebula. Privacy Policy and Important Notices 04.01.08 - Scientists believe that pollution is causing more rainfall midweek than on weekends. 10.14.08 - South of the polar night boundary, dark gray means either no snow or no data, usually because of clouds. 07.01.08 - 11.17.08 - The first of 18 mirror segments that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope arrived at the Marshall Space Flight Center to prepare it to meet the extreme temperatures it will encounter in space. Powerful starquakes ripple around the sun in the wake of mighty solar flares. Goddard and the Howard B. Owens Science Center will celebrate a first year partnership created to inspire and educate students in the study of Earth science. 06.04.08 - High-Southern Latitudes in the Leading Hemisphere (Arrakis Planitia). NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. emailE=('brandon.f.mac' + 'cherone@nas' + 'a.gov') Image of the Day The MODIS on NASAs Terra satellite captured this image of the storm at noon Central Daylight Time (17:00 UTC). along the horizon changing in a beautiful 02.05.08 - Atmosphere 07.17.08 - Katherine Heinzen, a student from Fairfax, Va., will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 10.29.08 - meteors streaking overhead, If you know your browser is up to date, you should check to ensure that Astronomers have discovered a timing mechanism that allows them to predict exactly when a neutron star will unleash incredibly powerful explosions. 01.10.08 - 03.31.08 - Date Acquired: 08/04/2008 07.15.08 - Bill Dunford Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. 03.20.08 - as a participant of the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program. Posted on December 1, 2008 by Tess Jaffe. 09.12.08 - NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. 02.08.08 - During the night of Oct. 15, Space Telescope Operations Control Center engineers at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center turned on and checked out Side B of Hubbles Science Instrument Control and Data Handling (SI C&DH) system. 02.21.08 - The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach. 04.17.08 - Never having acquired hurricane strength, the storm made landfall west of the Texas-Louisiana border, east of Galveston, Texas. This 4-minute, time-lapse video is Sherrica Newsome currently finds herself as Operations Manager for the 2008 NASA Academy at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The proposed new mission, called Gravity and Extreme Magnetism (GEMS), will use a new technique to accomplish what has been impossible until now. 10.06.08 - 03.03.08 - 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. NASA will hold a series of news media briefings Sept. 8 - 9 to preview the space shuttle's fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. Because snow is very bright, it increases the amount of sunlight a ground surface reflects back to space, which is a key part of the Earths energy budget and climate. 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. NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone. 09.02.08 - Boosted to almost the speed of light, "killer electrons" can knock out computers, pierce spacesuits and damage the tissues of astronauts. Still need to come up with a good new year's resolution? Contributor: Laura E.P. 08.07.08 - The tennis court-sized sunshield built by Northrop Grumman for NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has completed its preliminary design review. The APOD website on 31 December 2016, displaying that day's astronomy picture of Trifid Nebula in infrared. NASA Goddard officials have announced that an incident earlier this evening in a building at Goddard did not involve a chemical spill or release of any hazardous material. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey. Others were less distinct, such as the U.S. Sierra Nevadas, the Pyrnes of France and Spain, and the Caucasus of Eastern Europe, but by the end of winter, their peaks were crisply defined in white. International Year of Astronomy; NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science. NASAs Solar Shield experiment explores how timely space weather forecasts can help power companies keep the power flowing to the many appliances and electronic gadgets we rely on every day. 09.08.08 - 02.20.08 - (603 miles), obtaining radar images of Titan's south polar region and a Cassini streaked past Titan on Dec. 21 at an altitude of 971 kilometers (2008, December 25). 02.19.08 - 01.25.08 - 02.26.08 - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS full spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. 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