June 2nd 2010 PDT
The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components (Atlas et al. 2008, 2009) time series has been extended through June 30, 2009. This additional 6 months of data extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) to a full 22 years, starting on July 1, 1987. The CCMP data product is derived through cross-calibration and assimilation of ocean surface wind data from SSM/I, TMI, AMSR-E, SeaWinds on QuikSCAT, and SeaWinds on ADEOS-II. Cross calibration is performed by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) under ...Continue Reading
June 2nd 2010 PDT
June 1, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Andrea Farmer Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318 afarmer@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-085 NASA TV AIRING U.S. ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION ON JUNE 5 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2010 induction ceremony on Saturday, June ...Continue Reading
June 2nd 2010 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE OVER NEW ENGLAND A river of smoke from a fire in Quebec flowed southeast over New England on Memorial Day 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44138&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 31, 2010 (Posted on Jun 01, 2010 10:41 AM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading
May 29th 2010 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTHERN CHINA Nearly a month of heavy rain flooded provinces throughout southern China, forcing the evacuation of some 685,000 residents, and causing more than 100 deaths. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44122&src=nha *** MPA(TRMM) image from May 19, 2010 (Posted on May 28, 2010 11:00 AM) FLOOD ...Continue Reading
May 29th 2010 PDT
May 28, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Cathy Weselby/Nicholas A. Veronico NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-2791/4589 cathy.weselby@nasa.gov nveronico@sofia.usra.edu Beth Hagenauer NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-128 NASA'S AIRBORNE INFRARED OBSERVATORY SEES THE "FIRST LIGHT" MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- T ...Continue Reading
May 28th 2010 PDT
May 27, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-127 NASA TAKES TO THE AIR WITH NEW 'EARTH VENTURE' RESEARCH PROJECTS WASHINGTON -- Hurricanes, air quality, and Arctic ecosystems are among the research areas to be investigated during the next five years by new NASA airborne science missions announced today. The five competitively-selected proposals are the first investigations in the new Venture-class series of low-to-moderate cost projects establishe ...Continue Reading
May 28th 2010 PDT
May 27, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-030 NASA AWARDS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SUPPORT CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded the software engineering support contract at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to Columbus Technologies and Services, Inc. of Pasadena, Calif. The 8A set-aside cost-p ...Continue Reading
May 28th 2010 PDT
May 27, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-125 NASA JOINS WEB CONSORTIUM TO HELP IMPROVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS WASHINGTON -- NASA announced Thursday it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The consortium is an international organization that develops protocols, standards and guidelines to ensure universal Web access. "Standards will play a key role in making NASA's content more accessible on the Internet ...Continue Reading
May 28th 2010 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE OVER THE U.S. FROM SPRING BURNING Smoke from agricultural fires raised carbon monoxide concentrations slightly in parts of Mexico, the US Great Plains, New England, and southern Canada in mid-May 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44089&src=nha *** MOPITT(Terra) image from May 16, 201 ...Continue Reading
May 27th 2010 PDT
There are 2 messages totalling 76 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-132 MCC Status Report #25 2. VETERAN ASTRONAUTS GORIE AND OLIVAS LEAVE NASA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 09:10:01 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-132 MCC Status Report #25 STS-132 Report #25 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON -- Atlantis made its last planned landing Wednesday morning at Kennedy Space ...Continue Reading
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