The Space Shuttle launched major satellites that helped revolutionize our study of the Earth. Its on-board experiments provided discoveries and new climatologies never before available…It provided for multiple flight opportunities for highly calibrated instruments to help verify results from satellites..
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Every Flight is a Mission to Planet Earth
Posted by Athena on July 13, 2011
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/every-flight-is-a-mission-to-planet-earth/
Mapping Global Warming
Whether the cause is human activity or natural variability, one thing is certain. The world is getting warmer.
According to an ongoing temperature analysis conducted by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the average global temperature on Earth has increased by about 0.8°Celsius (1.4°Fahrenheit) since 1880. Two-thirds of the warming has occurred since 1975, at a rate of roughly 0.15-0.20°C per decade.
Posted by Athena on December 15, 2010
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/mapping-global-warming/
NASA’s travel advisory for spacecraft: Watch out for Comet Hartley 2, it is experiencing a significant winter snowstorm.
Comet Snowstorm Engulfs Hartley 2. Credit: Science@NASA
Deep Impact photographed the unexpected tempest when it flew past the nucleus comet Hartley 2, on November 4th at a distance of only 700 km (435 miles). This contrast-enhanced image reveals a cloud of icy particles surrounding the comet’s active nucleus.
Posted by Athena on November 20, 2010
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/nasas-travel-advisory-for-spacecraft-watch-out-for-comet-hartley-2-it-is-experiencing-a-significant-winter-snowstorm/
As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather
The sun is waking up from a deep slumber, and in the next few years we expect to see much higher levels of solar activity. At the same time, our technological society has developed an unprecedented sensitivity to solar storms
Posted by Athena on June 5, 2010
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/as-the-sun-awakens-nasa-keeps-a-wary-eye-on-space-weather/
Stunning New Images of the Sun Released by NASA
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is beaming back stunning new images of the sun, revealing our own star as never seen before. Even veteran solar physicists say they are amazed by the data.
Posted by Athena on April 21, 2010
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/stunning-new-images-of-the-sun-released-by-nasa/
The Yukon River: Imprinting patterns on the frozen Alaskan landscape
Like a winter-bare tree viewed against a cloudy sky, a network of roots, or the veins, arteries, and capillaries that enclose an organ, the Yukon River branches across the snowy Yukon Delta to the Bering Sea. The main branches of the river are bright white, the surface frozen and probably covered in snow.
Posted by Athena on February 3, 2010
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/the-yukon-river-imprinting-patterns-on-the-frozen-alaskan-landscape/
Hottest November on record.
According to NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, November 2009 was the warmest November on record, beating the 2001 record by 0.02°C.
Posted by Athena on December 18, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/hottest-november-on-record/
Let’s go WISE…
WISE, stands for Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer, is a NASA spacecraft that will circle Earth over the poles, carrying an infrared telescope which will scan the entire sky one-and-a-half times in nine months. WISE will measure more than 100,000 asteroids in the solar system, and identify stars in the solar neighbourhood that have not yet been seen.
Posted by Athena on December 11, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/let%e2%80%99s-go-wise%e2%80%a6/
SOFIA: The world’s biggest, most advanced airborne observatory for the infrared spectrum.
Short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA will change the way we view the universe. The 17-ton and 9-foot wide telescope is situated into a Boeing 747 which is going to glide through the stratosphere at 45,000 feet, when the operations begin next year.
Posted by Athena on November 23, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sofia-the-worlds-biggest-most-advanced-airborne-observatory-for-the-infrared-spectrum/
A self-portrait: Walking – and working- in Space!
Astronaut Robert Satcher uses a digital still camera to expose take a self-portrait during the STS-129 mission’s first spacewalk. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station’s truss, or backbone.
Posted by Athena on November 22, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/walking-and-working-in-space/
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