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NASA's Top Exploration & Discovery Stories Of 2007
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 9:43 am | NASA
Space science missions were launched to Mars and the asteroid belt. Closer to home, Earth science satellites made a number of key discoveries, such as how waterways beneath an Antarctic ice stream affect sea level and the world's largest ice sheet. More >>
NASA Mission To Reveal Moon's Structure, Evolution
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 7:35 am | NASA
At a Monday meeting of the American Geophysical Union, NASA's Associate Administrator for Science Alan Stern announced the selection of a new mission that will peer deep inside the moon to reveal its anatomy and history. More >>
NASA Announces Discovery Of Assault By Black Hole
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 7:42 am | NASA
Astronomers will hold a media teleconference Monday, Dec. 17, at 1 pm EST to announce the discovery of a first-of-its-kind phenomenon involving a black hole and a neighboring galaxy. More >>
NASA: Shuttle STS-122 Atlantis Launch Now On Jan 2
Monday, 10 December 2007, 12:34 am | NASA
Space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission to the International Space Station now is targeted to launch no earlier than Jan. 2 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The liftoff date depends on the resolution of a problem in a fuel sensor system. More >>
NASA To Launch Atlantis No Earlier Than Sunday
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:39 am | NASA
Atlantis' scheduled launch Thursday was delayed after two ECO sensors gave false readings. A third sensor failed after the tank was drained of fuel. The fuel cutoff sensor system is one of several that protects the shuttle's main engines. More >>
NASA Postpones Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch
Friday, 7 December 2007, 8:23 am | NASA
NASA has delayed Thursday's planned launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-122 mission to the International Space Station. The next liftoff opportunity is Friday at 4:09 p.m. EST. More >>
NASA To Use Balloon Flotilla To Study Radiation
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 6:09 pm | NASA
A new NASA project will use more than 40 high altitude balloons to return new scientific insights about Earth's Van Allen Belts. The type of radiation in the belts can be hazardous to astronauts, orbiting satellites and aircraft flying in high altitude ... More >>
NASA Sees Solar Hurricane Detach Comet Tail
Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 8:10 am | NASA
Observations of the comet reveal the brightening of its tail as the coronal mass ejection swept by and the tail's subsequent separation as it was carried away by the front of the ejection. The researchers combined the images into a movie. More >>
NASA Gives "Go" For Space Shuttle Launch Dec 6
Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 8:09 am | NASA
During the 11-day mission, the crew will install the European Space Agency's new Columbus laboratory. Columbus will expand the research facilities of the station and provide scientists around the world with the ability to conduct a variety of ... More >>
Map Of Antarctica Lays Ground For New Discoveries
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 8:03 am | NASA
A team of researchers from NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation and the British Antarctic Survey unveiled a newly completed map of Antarctica today that is expected to revolutionize research of the continent's frozen landscape. More >>
Space Station Crew Sends Thanksgiving Message
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 3:28 pm | NASA
"We feel particularly privileged and thankful to be up here on board the International Space Station this Thanksgiving. We have a busy week with spacewalks, and we hope that you also are having a great Thanksgiving." More >>
Study: Exercise Could Help Women On Bed Rest
Friday, 16 November 2007, 9:55 am | NASA
The findings of the first comprehensive bed rest study focusing exclusively on women will help NASA develop more effective countermeasures to mitigate strength and muscle loss in female astronauts on long-duration missions to the International Space Station ... More >>
NASA Tests Lunar Habitat In Antarctic Environment
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 3:09 pm | NASA
NASA will use the cold, harsh, isolated landscape of Antarctica to test one of its concepts for astronaut housing on the moon. The agency is sending a prototype inflatable habitat to Antarctica to see how it stands up during a year of use. More >>
NASA Honors Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 10:06 pm | NASA
NASA will honor Mercury astronaut and retired Navy Commander Scott Carpenter with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his involvement in the U.S. space program, during a evening ceremony on Nov. 10 at the Denver Museum of ... More >>
Shuttle Discovery Home After Successful Mission
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 10:24 am | NASA
The space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Wednesday at 1:01 p.m. EST after completing a 15-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles in space. Discovery's STS-120 mission added a key component to the ... More >>
NASA launches Sydney University space project
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 9:39 am | NASA
NASA’s STEREO mission successfully launched last week (Thursday 26 October) with experiments on board to investigate the physics of the sun and associated space weather. More >>
Scoop Image: South Isl. Snow Via Satellite (2)
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 7:38 pm | NASA
An image of the snowbound South Island taken from NASA's Modis Satellite Tuesday. (The snow storm started Monday Morning.) For an earlier satellite image of the same storm see… Scoop Image: Southern Snow From Outer Space More >>
Scoop Image: Southern Snow From Outer Space
Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 9:44 pm | NASA
An image of the snowbound South Island taken from NASA's Modis Satellite yesterday. Click for big version (very big 1.7 megs) More >>
NASA Satellite Images & Detail Of Hurricane Rita
Monday, 26 September 2005, 5:34 pm | NASA
NASA's MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite, Aqua Satellite, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) spacecraft, and Temperature data was captured of Hurricane Rita as it made landfall on the Gulf Coast on September 24, 2005. More >>
NASA: Composite of Titan's Surface During Descent
Monday, 17 January 2005, 9:39 am | NASA
This composite was produced from images returned yesterday, January 14, 2005, by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during its successful descent to land on Titan. It shows a full 360-degree view around Huygens. The left-hand side, behind ... More >>
