New 2013 Phases of the Moon Animation Released 11.20.12 A new animation highlighting the phases of the Moon has been released by the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This visualization shows the phase and libration of the Moon throughout the year 2013, at… Read more“New 2013 Phases of the Moon Animation Released”
Climate Likely to Be on Hotter Side of Projections
A new NASA-funded study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., finds climate model projections that show a greater rise in global temperature are likely to prove more accurate than those showing a lesser rise. The findings, published today in the journal Science, could provide a… Read more“Climate Likely to Be on Hotter Side of Projections”
Hubble Goes to the eXtreme to Assemble Farthest-Ever View of the Universe
Like photographers assembling a portfolio of best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of mankind’s deepest-ever view of the universe. Called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, the photo was assembled by combining 10 years of NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken of a patch of sky at… Read more“Hubble Goes to the eXtreme to Assemble Farthest-Ever View of the Universe”
Expedition 32 Lands Their Soyuz in Kazakhstan
Expedition 32 and Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba of NASA landed their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft in Kazakhstan at 10:53 p.m. EDT. The trio arrived at the International Space Station on May 17, and spent four… Read more“Expedition 32 Lands Their Soyuz in Kazakhstan”
Latest Space Shuttle News
Weather Postpones Endeavour Ferry Flight to Tuesday Sept. 18 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:17:26 PM GMT-0600 NASA’s planned ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has been postponed until Tuesday, Sept. 18 due to an unfavorable weather forecast for Monday, Sept. 17. To ensure… Read more“Latest Space Shuttle News”
Kepler Finds Multiple Planets Orbiting Two Suns
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered the first transiting circumbinary system — multiple planets orbiting two suns – 4,900 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Cygnus. In less than a year since the announcement of the first circumbinary planet, Kepler-16b, this discovery proves that more than one planet can form… Read more“Kepler Finds Multiple Planets Orbiting Two Suns”
Neil Armstrong: 1930-2012
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, has died, following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82. Armstrong’s words “That is one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind,” spoken on July 20, 1969, as he… Read more“Neil Armstrong: 1930-2012”