05.21.08 - The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 06.05.08 - During the night of Oct. 15, Space Telescope Operations Control Center engineers at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center turned on and checked out Side B of Hubbles Science Instrument Control and Data Handling (SI C&DH) system. Contributor: Laura E.P. Titan Flyby - July 31, 2008 . George Takei, famous for portraying Mr. Sulu on "Star Trek," visited Goddard on June 3, 2008, to deliver a lecture on diversity. Social Media Lead: Governor Visits Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's GLAST Gets Shades, Blankets for the Beach, Visionary 'NASA Exploration Experience' Exhibit to Tour Connecticut May 14 - June 4, NASA Goddard and Howard B. Owens Science Center Celebrate Partnership That Inspires Prince George's Students, Stellar Ticking Time Bomb Explodes on Cue, Broken Heart Image the Last for NASAs Long-Lived Polar Mission, NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery, Powerful Antenna Attached to NASA's GLAST Satellite, Researchers Warm Up to Melt's Role in Greenland Ice Loss, Milky Ways Giant Black Hole Awoke Centuries Ago, World Space Party Draws Hundreds to NASA Goddard, Delta II Rocket Coming Together for NASA's GLAST Satellite Launch, NASA Officials Say No Chemicals Released During Incident at Goddard, NASA Selects Three Research Fellows for GLAST Mission, Goddard Scientists to Hunt for Treasure on the Moon, NASA Awards University of Alaska Data Center Contract, Warm 'Tiger Stripes' on Geyser Moon Raise Hopes for Life, NASA Detects Explosion Halfway Across Universe, Webb Telescope Sunshield Design Review Complete, NASA Satellite Measures Pollution From East Asia to North America, Goddard Delivers Aquarius Radiometer to JPL, New Hubble Parts Endure Environmental Tests, GLAST Spacecraft Arrives in Florida to Prepare for Launch, NASA Awards Professional/Administration Support Services Contract, SDO Mission to Improve Predictions of Violent Space Weather, 2008 Goddard Symposium Focus, Space Exploration and Commercialization, SOHO to Give Early Warning of Radiation Storms, NASA's Swift Satellite Catches a Galaxy Ablaze With Starbirth, NASA and Northrup Grumman Partner to 'Measure the Immeasurable' in Climate Change and Planetary Science, Powerful Explosions Suggest Neutron Star Missing Link, Greenland's Rising Air Temperatures Drive Ice Loss at Surface and Beyond, Miniaturized 'SIDECAR' Drives Webb Telescope's Signal, NASA Team Works Toward Internet-Equipped Satellites, Tiny MidSTAR-1 Sensor Acts as Chemical Detector, GLAST's Delta II Rocket's First Stage Arrives in Cape Canaveral, NASA Hosts Educator Winter Camp in Lake Placid, New York, NASA Selects Bronx School to Fly Aboard 'Weightless Wonder', NASA's Deep Impact Begins Hunt for Alien Worlds, NASA Awards Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreement, Hildebrand Named American Meteorological Society Fellow, 2007 Hurricane Season Starts Early, Ends Late, NASA Calls for Suggestions to Rename Future Telescope Mission, NASA Data Link Pollution to Rainy Summer Days in the Southeast, NASA Scientist to Present at Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008 Conference, El Nio at Source of More Intense Wintertime Storms, Goddard Kicks Off 2008 with a 'Poster Party', 2007 Was Tied as Earth's Second-Warmest Year, NASA Media Event Highlights Rainfall Satellite's Decade of Success, NASA Satellites Capture Start of New Solar Cycle, La Nia: 'Little Girl' Makes Big Impression, NASA Scientists Predict Black Hole Light Echo Show, Vast Cloud of Antimatter Traced to Binary Stars, Hubble Finds That "Blue Blobs" in Space Are Orphaned Clusters of Stars, NASA and Gemini Probe Mysterious Distant Explosion, NASA Sends Deep Impact Spacecraft on Mission to Comet Hartley 2, Third Instrument for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Arrives at Goddard. 08.18.08 - IBEX will build an image of the outer boundary of the solar system from impacts on the spacecraft by high-speed particles called energetic neutral atoms. 10.19.08 - A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center designs and builds the special tools and aids astronauts need when they service the Hubble Space Telescope. Dr. Joan M. Centrella and Dr. John G. Baker are the 2008 recipients of the John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science. 11.21.08 - NASA, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and their partners are in Nairobi, Kenya, to launch SERVIR-Africa, a program that helps scientists, government leaders and local communities address concerns related to natural disasters, disease outbreaks, biodiversity and climate change. SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic. 08.26.08 - For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there are four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day. 07.01.08 - Swift caught sight of a splintered comet fragment as it passed by the Ring Nebula. A powerful stellar explosion detected by NASA's Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object visible with the naked eye. For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. 01.16.08 - Rocchio When you think of Landsat, images of the Earth's land surface rightly come to mind because that is the type of. 02.08.08 - 06.12.08 - 12.19.08 - 02.07.08 - The predicted rain held off, encouraging approximately 13,000 people to visit the Center. 12.15.08 - The National Academy of Sciences will award the 2008 Arctowski Medal to Dr. Leonard Burlaga, an Astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. 02.29.08 - That's how many people have submitted their names to this project. Social Media Lead: Steve Platnick, EOS Senior Project Scientist Acting. 01.10.08 - 10.06.08 - Never having acquired hurricane strength, the storm made landfall west of the Texas-Louisiana border, east of Galveston, Texas. Click on a picture and discover the cosmos! Feb. 16, 2023 07.25.08 - 07.23.08 - In January 2008, NASA's Dr. Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica. Moon, Social Media Lead: 05.21.07 - This pair of maps shows average percent snow cover in December 2008 and February 2009, the first and last months of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. It can sense chemicals and gases that may be harmful to astronauts. Scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. Hundreds came to Goddard's Visitor Center to celebrate the anniversary of the first manned spaceflight and the first flight of the space shuttle. Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again on a Work Day? During RockOn!, university faculty and students will learn the basics of building experiments for flight on suborbital rockets. 03.20.08 - NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. Researchers have discovered that an explosion of magnetic energy powers sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the Northern Lights. Severe Storms, NASA Goddard Space As predicted, Edouard came ashore along the Gulf Coast early in the day on August 5, 2008, one day after this image was acquired. Phil Davis Image of the Day Christa Peters-Lidard of NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has been awarded the 2007 Arthur S. Flemming Award in the category of Applied Science, Engineering and Mathematics. Scientists have used computer models to show how melt could contribute to the observed speed up of the ice sheet. 01.30.08 - Opaque clouds surround the storms eye, but farther away from the eye, the clouds assume translucent, wispy shapes, especially in the east. 05.16.07 - 04.21.08 - Your browser or your browser's settings are not supported. The APOD website on 31 December 2016, displaying that day's astronomy picture of Trifid Nebula in infrared. 01.29.08 - NASA data are showing that for a four-week period in August 2008, sea ice melted faster during that period than ever before. planet Earth's 02.08.08 - The image has been processed with a resolution of 128 pixels/deg. 06.13.08 - 05.01.08 - 05.14.08 - Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. NASAs Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking visible light image of the colorful dancing lights of the aurora. The Aquarius Radiometer, recently delivered by Goddard to JPL, will help scientists study ocean salinity and its relation to climate. 03.17.08 - Juno Spacecraft Recovering Memory After 47th Flyby of Jupiter, NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars, NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science, NASAs Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface, 40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter, NASAs Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot, NASAs Juno Exploring Jovian Moons During Extended Mission. 02.20.08 - What superficially resembles a giant moth floating in space is giving astronomers new insight into planetary system formation. Images by Mission. meteors streaking overhead, Hubble has found them to be brilliant blue clusters of stars born in the swirls and eddies of a galactic smashup 200 million years ago. 01.08.08 - 08.04.08 - After the cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China, NASA data came to the aid of officials by tapping into a unique set of NASA data products describing the location of the exposed populations. emailName =('Shannell Frazier') 10.15.08 - 06.30.08 - Clouds serve a valuable role in Earth's climate, and thanks to A-Train, a closer look at them is possible. Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite. NASA researchers have identified feasible emission scenarios that could keep carbon dioxide below levels that some scientists have called dangerous for climate. When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in October 2008 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence performing on-orbit surgery on two ailing science instruments that reside inside the telescope. On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems. The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. NASA selected The Hammers Company, Greenbelt, Md., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element (MOE). NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., will open its doors to the public September 13 to learn about the more than 12 missions Goddard is launching in a year. Authors & editors: The model of the James Webb Space Telescope has been making a lot of "orbits" around the world, and is now slated to "land" at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Phil Davis NASA Headquarters Images; Kennedy Space Center Images; Johnson Space Center Images; Goddard Space Flight Center Images; Marshall Space Flight Center Images 09.17.08 - This undertaking leaves the team better positioned to tackle additional components and content for the site as they look forward to their 10th anniversary in April 2009. 1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B) The snow cover patterns also identify various topographic features, especially mountain ranges. Advance warning of radiation storms could give astronauts time to take cover and allow satellite operators to take protective measures. 06.03.08 - much of what you could see. 05.19.08 - The Hubble Space Telescope team completed switching the required hardware modules to their B-sides about 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 15. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 08.05.08 - NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone. The storm was expected to bring heavy rainfall and local flooding to parts of the Kimberley Coast. Answering bold questions about life and climate on Earth and other planets is the goal behind a new Space Act Agreement signed between Goddard and Northrop Grumman. One of the priorities of the GLAST Burst Monitor science team has been to validate burst location information provided by the telescope. 02.26.08 - NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. After canceling a tropical cyclone warning from Pardoo to Port Headland, the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology issued a cyclone warning for Western Australia coastal communities near Pilbara on December 25, 2008. 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Flemming Award, The Mouse That Roared: Pipsqueak Star Unleashes Monster Flare, Earth Impacts Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change, NASA Study Links Earth Impacts to Human-Caused Climate Change, Md. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. GSFC A service of: 10.24.08 - Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest leaks, according to researchers sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation. A new study has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. According to a report from the U.S. National Hurricane Center, elevated oil rigs south of the Louisiana coast reported sustained winds of 72 to 89 kilometers (45 to 55 miles) per hour, well below the wind-speed threshold for a Category 1 hurricane. Ryan Sheridan, a student from Moscow, Idaho, will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. 11.12.08 - Resolutions: These missions include a final repair trip to upgrade the famous Hubble Space Telescope and spacecraft to study powerful gamma-rays, the moon, the Sun, and Earth's weather and pollution. 05.27.08 - Atmosphere 09.10.08 - Juno Explores Jovian Moons During Extended Mission. When summer storms arrive, it's not only beach-goers who are affected; the rains can also have an impact on living creatures far below the ocean surface. The Science Poster Party Blowout started 2008 with a celebration of Goddards scientific discoveries and achievements. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. NASA selected two proposals from Goddard researchers to assist with measurements the agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will make. The blast arose from a star 12.8 billion light-years away. Last Month: December 2008: Next Month: Sun: Mon: Tue: Wed: Thu: Fri: Sat Last Month | Calendar | Next Month > Index | Search | Send Mail to APOD | Today's . 12.19.08 - Two Goddard employees have been recognized by the National Women of Color (WOC) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) as 2008 WOC All-Stars and Rising Stars of Technology. Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta II rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16. They can be combined with information on snow depth to help predict flood risk and water availability in regions such as Afghanistan, where the winter snow pack is the primary source of water in the summer. Scientists at NASA reveal a new understanding of the coronal heating enigma. Edouard had not strengthened into a hurricane when MODIS acquired this image, and the storm was expected to lose strength as it moved inland. 12.30.08 - On Sunday, November 16, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center invites elementary school students to a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities that will help you experience what its like to be a NASA engineer. 12.10.08 - The Hubble team today received approval from officials at NASA Headquarters to reconfigure a failed data handling unit on Hubble to begin operations on a redundant side of the unit. 04.02.01 - Astronomers have found a neutron star that seems to share characteristics of both types of neutron stars. These maps show the average percent snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere for December 2008 (top) and February 2009 (bottom), the first and last months of meteorological winter. 11.07.08 - 07.11.08 - 06.26.08 - 05.29.08 - 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. 12.12.08 - International Year of Astronomy; Besides strong winds, heavy rains, and a brief electrical outage, Edouard caused little damage. Global snow cover maps are valuable for both practical and scientific tasks. 05.23.07 - 02.13.08 - 10.07.08 - Goddard has awarded its highest honor for quality and technical performance to three companies that have contributed significantly to the center's mission. 07.17.08 - 06.11.08 - Tthe Exploration Sciences Building continues to be built at a feverish pace, nearing 70% complete. 02.05.08 - 05.29.08 - Scientists are using a video of Earth and the Moon taken from 31 million miles away to develop techniques to study alien worlds. In earlier releases the exposed region seemed to be centered with the image square but . Still need to come up with a good new year's resolution? Privacy Policy and Important Notices. NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. Site last updated: December 21, 2022 . The IBEX mission will provide Greg Frazier with just the example he needs to showcase his knowledge of what it takes to reach the stars. Scientists from NASA and organizations around the world will convene physically and electronically in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost U.S. city, during the first week of Arctic sunrise at Barrow January 23 29. Compared to the giant black holes in the centers of other galaxies, the Milky Way's black hole is strangely quiet. 03.03.08 - 12.15.08 - 12.16.08 - The underlying GALEX observations used in SkyView are 38403840 pixel images where only a circle with a radius of about 2900 pixels is actually exposed. Compared to earlier images, the storm appears more compact in this picture, and occurs almost entirely over the ocean. December 16, 2008 - Snow in the Southeastern United States. E.g., look at the image in the gallery from 2008-11-29 19:02:44 This is a very peculiar looking field in the DSS. NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interacts with Earth's magnetosphere. The total estimated cost of the contract is $20,412,996 over the five-year period of performance. Because snow is very bright, it increases the amount of sunlight a ground surface reflects back to space, which is a key part of the Earths energy budget and climate. NASA Goddard officials have announced that an incident earlier this evening in a building at Goddard did not involve a chemical spill or release of any hazardous material. The maps are based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite. Moore Boeck. 04.14.08 - 01.18.08 - 04.14.08 - 05.29.08 - Melissa Rey from Chesterfield, Mo., was named "America's Top Young Scientist" at the 2008 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. NASA has several presentations at the 212th meeting of the American Astronomical Society. 01.24.08 - Now available on iTunes, the NASA Goddard Shorts video podcast series keeps subscribers updated with cool science and engineering breakthroughs. Boosted to almost the speed of light, "killer electrons" can knock out computers, pierce spacesuits and damage the tissues of astronauts. The animation shows monthly snow cover from February 2000 through February 2009. The Atlantic Hurricane Season began early in 2007, and by mid-December it was still going. Reliable power and potential lunar resources make the lunar poles attractive enough to attempt hairy landings on a crater rim. 06.10.08 - The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning. 06.03.08 - China had clearer skies and easier breathing in mind in the summer of 2008 when they temporarily shuttered some factories and banished many cars in a pre-Olympic sprint to clean up Beijing's air. Acquired December 16, 2009, this true-color image shows Tropical Cyclone Laurence spanning hundreds of kilometers over the Indian Ocean, just off the Australian coast. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics. the 5-year anniversary of some the most powerful solar storms ever recorded. Astronomy Picture of the Day Calendar . Image Facts 08.07.08 - 11.07.08 - Understanding Earth: What's Up with Precipitation? Researchers have estimated more precisely than ever the heat-trapping effect of water in the air, validating the role of the gas as a critical component of climate change. In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the first scientific results from the TRMM satellite, media are invited to a media roundtable on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. EST. The brown winter landscape is broken by patches of white snow still lingering on the ground on the Mississippi/Louisiana border, and a . Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website. NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. NASA scientists have determined that 2007 tied with 1998 for Earths second warmest year in a century. Thanks to a fortuitous observation with NASAs Swift satellite, astronomers for the first time have caught a star in the act of exploding. 05.13.08 - 07.01.08 - NASA Official: Arcing through the sky in a stately reflection of 06.24.08 - With NASA, Washington and Baltimore Area Reporters Invited to Hubble Media Day, NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Impacted Populations in Disaster Aftermath, For Hurricanes, Storms, Raindrop Size Makes All the Difference, NASA Targets GLAST Launch for no Earlier than June 11, Star Trek's George Takei Beams Down to Goddard, NASA Scientists Pioneer Method for Making Giant Lunar Telescopes, NASA Awards Snow and Ice Distributed Active Archive Contract, Fairfax Student Accepted for NASA Goddard Engineering Internship, Idaho Student Accepted for NASA Goddard Engineering Internship. Bands Used: 1,4,3 Astronomers using the Suzaku satellite have discovered a white dwarf that is acting like a neutron star. Moore Boeck, The Story Behind Apollo 8's Famous Earthrise Photo. 10.01.08 - Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. 06.04.08 - emailName =('Brandon Maccherone') 09.12.08 - NASA scientists say a new solar cycle is beginning, and this could have important repercussions for space-based technology, such as GPS and weather satellites. 05.07.08 - Researchers now believe that some of the most intense winter storm activity over parts of the United States may have origins in far-flung parts of the Pacific Ocean. One of Saturn's rings soaks up material gushing from the fountains on the tiny ice-moon, Enceladus, according to new Cassini observations. A new analysis of environmental conditions over the Atlantic Ocean shows that hot, dry air associated with dust outbreaks from the Sahara desert likely contributed to the quieter-than-expected 2007 hurricane season. 10.14.08 - 2008 December 31 The Sky in Motion Credit & Copyright: Video: Till Credner , ( The Sky in Motion.com ) Posted on December 1, 2008 by Tess Jaffe. Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) 09.29.08 - 09.30.08 - 04.14.08 - NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Making a proper distinction by looking at both raindrop size and abundance may be a key to assisting weather forecasters in estimating rainfall intensity to reduce the surprise factor of flash flooding. 01.07.08 - Hubble has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other. nasa.gov. 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