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06 Environment

A cross-section of the Earth's ozone layer as measured by the Suomi NPP satellite. - Image Credit: NASA/NOAA

Our Weather Forecasting About To Get A Whole Lot Better

GREENBELT, Md. — NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP),
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May 16th, 2012

Average speed of ocean surface currents in centimetres per second. - Image Credit: ESA

Satellites Stay Current On Ocean Currents

PARIS, France — Satellites offer a frequent overview of our entire planet – covered mostly
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May 5th, 2012

A new airborne study with NASA contributions measured surprising levels of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from cracks in Arctic sea ice and areas of partial sea ice cover. - Image credit: NASA/JPL

Study Finds Surprising Arctic Methane Emission Source

PASADENA, Calif. — The fragile and rapidly changing Arctic region is home to large reservoirs
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April 23rd, 2012

A new NASA animation shows the global movement of Earth's ocean surface currents from June 2005 to December 2007. - Image credit: NASA/SVS

NASA Views Our Perpetually Moving Ocean

PASADENA, Calif. – The swirling flows of Earth’s perpetually changing ocean come to life in
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April 10th, 2012

Each of the rockets released a chemical tracer that created milky, white clouds at the edge of space. The launches and clouds were reported to be seen from as far south as Wilmington, N.C.; west to Charlestown, W. Va.; and north to Buffalo, N.Y. - Image credit: NASA

Weather Cooperates – Wallops Finally Launches Sounding Rockets (Video)

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its
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March 27th, 2012

Solar flares cause electromagnetic disruption which can shut down electrical equipment and cripple orbiting satellites. - Image credit: NASA

NASA Measures Impact Of Huge Solar Flare On Earth’s Atmosphere (Video)

HAMPTON, Va. — A key NASA instrument that can directly measure the impact of solar
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March 26th, 2012

A new visualization of global groundwater depletion created using data from NASA's GRACE mission has premiered on New York's Times Square to mark World Water Day 2012. - Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UC Irvine/USGS/Richard Vijgen/Peggy Weil/Heads Up! 2012

GRACE Data Hits Big Apple On World Water Day | Satellites Key To Information

NEW YORK, N.Y. — To highlight declines in the world’s groundwater supplies, a new visualization
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March 22nd, 2012

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver with Secretary of State Clinton as she notes NASA is partnering with the State Department and other organizations to find solutions to global water accessibility challenges. - Image credit: NASA

Observing World Water Day | How Earth Observation Satellites Help

WASHINGTON, D.C. and MARSEILLE, France — Today, March 22nd, is World Water Day. The demand
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March 22nd, 2012

NASA's new, free "Earth Now" iPhone app immerses cyber explorers in dazzling visualizations of near-real-time global climate data from NASA's fleet of Earth science satellites, bringing a world of ever-changing climate data to your fingertips. - Image credit: NASA/JPL

NASA’s New ‘Earth Now’ App: Your World, Unplugged

PASADENA, Calif. — A free, new iPhone app from NASA literally puts the whole world
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March 19th, 2012

On March 17, 2002, NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) launched the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), a novel space mission that has given scientists a new understanding of changes in Earth's natural systems. - Image credit: NASA

The GRACE Mission | A Decade Of Amazing Science

PASADENA, Calif. — Just as the lead characters in the popular Broadway musical “Wicked” sing
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March 19th, 2012

Commentary

Getting to Where We’re Going Means Something New

by michael doornbos

I’ve spent the last few days reading the Omni Magazines from 1978 and 1979. All of them in fact. I’m struck by something: we’re still talking about most of these same ideas as things for the future…
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Orbit

Miles O’Brien Reports: SpaceX Readies for Launch – Showdown Over Dragon Capsule Seat

On a PBS NewsHour broadcast, Science Correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the upcoming SpaceX flight.
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New results from NASA's NEOWISE survey find that more potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are closely aligned with the plane of our Solar System. - Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Planetary

NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

PASADENA, Calif. — Observations from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the
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The Freedom Star, a former space shuttle solid rocket booster recovery ship, will track the first commercial spacecraft carrying cargo to the International Space Station. - Image Credit: NASA

News

NASA Langley’s SCIFLI Team To Take Images Of SpaceX COTS2 Launch

HAMPTON, Va. — A team from NASA’s Langley Research Center will have its eyes, cameras
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Artist Impression of Ball Aerospace's Solar Electric Propulsion demonstrator. - Image Credit: Ball Aerospace

News

Ball Aerospace Submits Solar Electric Propulsion Concept to NASA

BOULDER, Colo. — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has submitted its mission concept study to
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Video

Moonandback Interview with Ben Brockert, part 2 – Future Plans

At the recent Space Access Conference in Phoenix, Ben Brockert continues his interview talking about
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R2's use the exact same gloves as astronauts. - Image credit: NASA

News

Robonaut 2, the Legless Patent Dynamo

by andrew rush Even though it doesn’t have any legs (yet), Robonaut 2 is
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Sub orbit

XCOR Aerospace Announces Lynx Suborbital Flight Winner

MOJAVE, Calif. — XCOR Aerospace today announced the grand prize winner of a trip aboard
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Elton John singing "Rocket Man" and a real rocket man André Kuipers. - Image Credit: ESA

News

Elton John, ‘The Rocket Man’, Greets the ‘Rocket Men’ (Video)

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Continuing the celebration of André Kuipers’ music in space, British rock
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Video

Moonandback Interview with Ben Brockert, part 1 – The STIG Rocket

Ben Brockert, an Engineer for Armadillo Aerospace, talks with MM about the developement and experience
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The Soyuz rocket is seen in the monitor of a video camera moments before the crew arrives. - Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Orbit

Expedition 31 Trio Blasts Off for International Space Station

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight
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Video

Moonandback Interview with David Masten, part 2 – Opportunities & Updates

Dave Masten talks with MM about his belief that NASA should take ownership of the
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Commentary

The Real Story Behind the “Manned” Space Program

by edward wright All organizations that have enduring for any length of time have
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