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Global map of forest height produced from NASA's ICESAT/GLAS, MODIS and TRMM sensors. The map will advance our understanding of Earth's forest habitats and their role in Earth's carbon cycle. - Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA Map Sees Earth’s Trees In A New Light

PASADENA, Calif. — A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the
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February 17th, 2012
Rising seas in Arctic Ocean. Image credit: CPOM/UCL/ESA/Planetary Visions

Satellites Detect Abundance Of Fresh Water In The Arctic

PARIS, France — ESA satellites show that a large dome of fresh water has been
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January 24th, 2012
The latest image of sea surface heights in the Pacific Ocean from NASA's Jason-2 satellite shows that the current La Niña is peaking in intensity. - Image credit: NASA/JPL Ocean Surface Topography Team

NASA Sees Repeating La Niña Hitting its Peak

PASADENA, Calif. — La Niña, “the diva of drought,” is peaking, increasing the odds that
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January 18th, 2012
Estimate of wind speed over oceans using data from ESA’s CryoSat mission from 17 November – 13 December. - Image credit: NOAA – E. Leuliette

Satellite Information Mashup Leads To Marine Safety

SWINDON, England — ESA’s CryoSat mission has been gathering detailed information on the thickness of
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December 22nd, 2011
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Old Ice Is Becoming Rare In The Arctic

The animation above shows how dramatically the amount of multi-year ice (ice that has survived
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December 8th, 2011
A depiction of the NASA Aura satellite in orbit around Earth. The sensor on the satellite uses remote sensing techniques to gather data about nitrogen dioxide concentrations. - Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Pollution From U.S. Coal Power Plants Drops Says Satellite

GREENBELT, Md. — A team of scientists have used the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on
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December 2nd, 2011
New groundwater and soil moisture drought indicator maps produced by NASA. - Image credit: NASA/National Drought Mitigation Center

NASA’s Grace Spacecraft Helps Monitor And Map U.S. Drought

PASADENA, Calif. — The record-breaking drought in Texas that has fueled wildfires, decimated crops and
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December 1st, 2011
The Canary Islands of La Palma and Tenerife played host to a novel experiment that could lead to a new way of measuring greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. - Image credit: ESA

Star Wars’ Laser Offers New Insight Into Earth’s Atmosphere

ROME, Italy — With the need to understand global change one of today’s most pressing
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November 29th, 2011
Poster for Iridium Satellite System. - Image credit: Iridium/Robert T. McCall

JHU/APL Proposes First Global Orbital Observation Program

GEOScan’s Real-Time Link Could Answer Critical Earth Science Questions BALTIMORE, MD. — A consortium led
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November 23rd, 2011
A new report says astronauts who stay onboard the ISS  for long durations are developing some vision anomalies. - Image credit: NASA

Study Implicates Long-Duration Spaceflight In Vision Loss

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A newly published NASA-sponsored ophthalmologic study recently described the history, clinical findings,
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November 15th, 2011
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Moonandback Interview With Diane Dimeff, part 1 – eSpace

eSpace Executive Director Diane Dimeff talks with MM about the organization, its incubation mission, and
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Aerial view of Wallops Island launch site (includes artist concept of rocket on pad). - Image credit: Orbital Sciences

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2012 A Big Year For Orbital’s Cygnus And Antares

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Frank Culbertson, Orbital’s Senior Vice President and head of its human space
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Moonandback Interview With John Gedmark, part 2 – Leveraging Rocket-Powered Spaceships

Commercial Spaceflight Federation Advisor John Gedmark talks with MM about the challenges for the space
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This shows the largest of the newly detected graben found in highlands of the lunar farside. - Image credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University/Smithsonian Institution

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NASA Spacecraft Reveals Recent Geological Activity On The Moon (Video)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft show the moon’s
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The 1987 Soviet publication “Salyut-Mir” gave a description of the Mir program. - Image credit: Novosti Press

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Soviets Lead ‘Peaceful Exploration Of Space’ | This Week In Space History

by michael shinabery Three weeks after NASA’s space shuttle Challenger exploded, the Soviet Union “opened
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Moonandback Interview With John Gedmark, part 1 – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation

CSF Advisor John Gedmark talks with MM about the composition, history and purpose of the
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Moonandback Interview With Steve Brody, part 3 – A Great Compliment

International Space University VP of North American Operations Steve Brody talks with MM about the
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Moonandback Interview With Steve Brody, part 2 – The ISU Experience

Steve Brody talks about International Space University’s founders, ISU’s Summer Program and its locations, the
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Moonandback Interview With Steve Brody, part 1 – The International Space University

Steve Brody, Vice President of North American Operations at the International Space University talks with
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A CubeSat, such as the one in this illustration, is a type of space research picosatellite with dimensions of 10×10×10 centimetres(i.e., a volume of exactly one litre), weighing no more than one kilogram, and typically using commercial off-the-shelf electronics components. - Image credit: SEDS VIT

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NASA Announces Third Round Of CubeSat Space Mission Candidates

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA has selected 33 small satellites to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard
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Teachers experience moments of weightlessness last week. - Image credit: NASA

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Teachers Fly Experiments on NASA Reduced Gravity Flights

HOUSTON, Texas — More than 70 teachers had an opportunity to experience what it feels
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Moonandback Interview With Dr. George Nield, part 2 – Commercial Space Transportation

Dr. Nield talks with MM about the emerging commercial space industry and about how suborbital
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