NASA Television Coverage Set for Orbital-2 Mission to Space Station Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket for the Orb-2 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is lifted onto the Transporter/Erector/Launcher (TEL). The stage one core for the next mission, Orb-3, is on the left. Orbital is scheduled to… Read more“NASA Television Coverage Set for Orbital-2 Mission to Space Station”
A New View: NASA/NOAA Water Vapor Animations Over Oceans
Knowing where water vapor is in the atmosphere is one of many factors forecasters use to identify weather features. The NASA/NOAA GOES Project has now created two new types of animations based on satellite data that indicate where water vapor is moving over the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans. Observations… Read more“A New View: NASA/NOAA Water Vapor Animations Over Oceans”
Puffing Sun Gives Birth To Reluctant Eruption
Puffing Sun Gives Birth To Reluctant Eruption This animation from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory shows puffs emanating from the base of the sun’s atmosphere, exploding outward into interplanetary space. These drive a later, larger eruption. The bright light of the sun itself is hidden behind the black circle… Read more“Puffing Sun Gives Birth To Reluctant Eruption”
Five Things about OCO-2
Five Things about OCO-2 June 27, 2014 This black-and-white infrared view shows the launch gantry, surrounding the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite onboard. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Full image and caption Encapsulation of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, into the Delta… Read more“Five Things about OCO-2”
Cassini Celebrates 10 Years Exploring Saturn
Cassini Celebrates 10 Years Exploring Saturn June 25, 2014 A look back at Cassini’s arrival at Saturn. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Cassini completed its four-year primary mission in 2008 and went on to perform dozens more flybys of Titan, Enceladus and Saturn’s other icy moons through its 10th anniversary in 2014…. Read more“Cassini Celebrates 10 Years Exploring Saturn”
Parachutes for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Hit No Snags in Most Difficult Test
Parachutes for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Hit No Snags in Most Difficult Test A test version of NASA’s Orion spacecraft descends under its three main parachutes above the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Arizona in the agency’s most difficult test of the parachutes system’s performance. NASA is preparing Orion for its… Read more“Parachutes for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Hit No Snags in Most Difficult Test”
Titan’s Building Blocks Might Pre-date Saturn
June 23, 2014 New research on the nitrogen in Titan’s atmosphere indicates that the moon’s raw materials might have been locked up in ices that condensed before Saturn began its formation. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Full image and caption The building blocks of comets, and apparently Saturn’s largest moon,… Read more“Titan’s Building Blocks Might Pre-date Saturn”