June 28th 2012 PDT
Aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Don Pettit witnesses the birth of a new moon. _http://__go.nasa.gov/N0WoaO_ *Birth of a New Moon* I saw the waning crescent moon, a small sliver of white rising above the Earth limb. It reminded me of a glowing fingernail clipping. Like a rainbow, but only of shades of blue, the atmosphere on edge filled the gap between Earth and space—electrifying diaphanous beauty. Venus was there, watching. Aldebaran in Taurus was an orange dot. The ghost ...Continue Reading
June 28th 2012 PDT
June 28, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-218 NASA'S CASSINI FINDS PROBABLE SUBSURFACE OCEAN ON SATURN MOON WASHINGTON -- Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed Saturn's moon Titan likely harbors a layer of liquid water under its ice shell. Researchers saw a large amount of squeezing and stretching as the moon orbited Saturn. They deduced th ...Continue Reading
June 28th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES ACROSS COLORADO In late June 2012, wildfires burned from southwestern Colorado to northeastern Colorado. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78389&src=nha *** OMPS(Suomi NPP) image from Jun 26, 2012 (Posted on Jun 27, 2012 4:56 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- SAHARAN DUS ...Continue Reading
June 28th 2012 PDT
June 28, 2012 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-217 HUBBLE, SWIFT DETECT FIRST-EVER CHANGES IN AN EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERE WASHINGTON -- An international team of astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made an unparalleled observation, detecting significant changes in the atmosphere of a planet located beyond our solar system. Th ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 28 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 180 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1512 S15E11 263 0280 Dki 08 20 Beta-Gamma 1513 N15E58 216 0080 Cso 04 05 Beta 1514 S16 ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2012 PDT
Want to entertain in orbit? Read Flight Engineer Don Pettit's guide to space etiquette in his latest blog entry. _http://__go.nasa.gov/Oz1Q8a_ *An Astronaut’s Guide to Space Etiquette* *How to be civilized on the space frontier* *Chapter 6: Having company for dinner.* It does not matter that you’ve seen the same faces every day for months on end; you’d still like to invite everyone over to “your module” for dinner. With invitations accepted, you prepare for the occasion. But what is the exp ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2012 PDT
June 27, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-219 NEW NASA GAME LETS PLAYERS BUILD AND LAUNCH A VIRTUAL ROCKET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Rocket Science 101, a new game designed for computers and iPad users, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to launch a spacecraft. NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP), based at the agency's Kennedy Space C ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2012 PDT
June 27, 2012 Joshua Buck / Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 / 202-358-1726 jbuck@nasa.gov / dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-121 INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ACCREDITATION NOW OPEN FOR NASA'S RBSP LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:08 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 23, aboard an Atlas V rocket ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2012 PDT
Gardener gets ready to go home in the space zucchini's diary in Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit's latest blog entry. _http://go.usa.gov/vz5_ *June 17-26 - Diary of a Space Zucchini* June 17 Excitement is in the air. Gardener said we will soon be returning to Earth. Our part of the mission is nearly complete and the new crew will take over for us. I am a bit worried about Broccoli, Sunflower, and me. If Gardener leaves, who will take care of us? And what about little Zuc? He is now a big sprout ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES ACROSS COLORADO In late June 2012, wildfires burned from southwestern Colorado to northeastern Colorado. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78387&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 26, 2012 (Posted on Jun 27, 2012 11:49 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM DEBBY S ...Continue Reading
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