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NASA Landsat's Thermal Infrared Sensor Arrives at Orbital
February 15, 2012 — A new NASA satellite instrument that makes a quantum leap forward in detector technology has arrived at Orbital Sciences Corp. in Gilbert, Ariz. There it will be integrated into the next Landsat ... > full story -
Major Tropical Cyclone Funso Analyzed by 2 NASA Satellites
January 25, 2012 — Tropical Cyclone Funso is now a dangerous Category four cyclone in the Mozambique Channel, moving southward between Mozambique on the African mainland and the island nation of Madagascar. As Funso ... > full story -
NASA Renames Earth-Observing Mission in Honor of Satellite Pioneer
January 25, 2012 — NASA has renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin who is recognized widely as "the father of satellite ... > full story -
Space Weather Arrives: Relatively Minor Impacts Expected from Solar Storm
January 24, 2012 — A significant blast of energy from the sun arrived at Earth on Jan. 24, 2012 at 10 a.m. EST, triggering a moderate geomagnetic storm here that's unlikely to cause major problems. But skywatchers take ... > full story -
Most Distant Dwarf Galaxy Detected
January 18, 2012 — Scientists have long struggled to detect the dim dwarf galaxies that orbit our own galaxy. So it came as a surprise on Jan. 18 when a team of astronomers using Keck II telescope's adaptive optics has ... > full story -
More Accurate Than Santa Claus: First Galileo Satellite Orbit Determination With High Precision
December 23, 2011 — Every year for Christmas, the North American Air Defense Command NORAD posts an animation on their website, in which the exact flight path of Santa Claus' sled led by reindeer Rudolf is precisely ... > full story -
'Double Tsunami' Doubled Japan Destruction
December 5, 2011 — Researchers discovered that the destructive tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami" that doubled in intensity over rugged ocean ridges, ... > full story -
NASA's Nanosail-D 'Sails' Home -- Mission Complete
November 29, 2011 — After spending more than 240 days "sailing" around Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D -- a nanosatellite that deployed NASA's first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit -- has successfully completed its Earth ... > full story -
NASA Launches Multi-Talented Earth-Observing Satellite
October 28, 2011 — NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite soared into space early Oct. 28, 2011 aboard a Delta II rocket after liftoff at 5:48 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in ... > full story -
New Tool Clears the Air on Cloud Simulations
October 26, 2011 — Climate models have a hard time representing clouds accurately because they lack the spatial resolution necessary to accurately simulate the billowy air masses. But scientists have developed a new ... > full story
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