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Ushering in the Future
6:09 am Eastern | SciTech
Dr. Werhner von Braun, Marshall Space Flight Center's first director, points out a detail regarding the first stage of the Saturn rocket to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. President Eisenhower was at Marshall to participate in the Center's dedication ceremony, Sept. 8, 1960. Image Credit: NASAread more »
Ushering in the Future
6:09 am Eastern | SciTech
Dr. Werhner von Braun, Marshall Space Flight Center's first director, points out a detail regarding the first stage of the Saturn rocket to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. President Eisenhower was at Marshall to participate in the Center's dedication ceremony, Sept. 8, 1960. Image Credit: NASAread more »
2010-09-11 PROGRESS Sighting
3:00 am Eastern | USA News
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010 Time: 07:59 PM Duration: 3 minutes Maximum Elevation: 38° Approach: 17° above NNW Departure: 20° above E read more »
2010-09-11 ISS Sighting
3:00 am Eastern | SciTech
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010 Time: 07:45 PM Duration: 4 minutes Maximum Elevation: 36° Approach: 15° above NNW Departure: 16° above E read more »
2010-09-11 ISS Sighting
3:00 am Eastern | SciTech
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010 Time: 09:20 PM Duration: Less than 1 minute Maximum Elevation: 17° Approach: 15° above W Departure: 17° above WSW read more »
2010-09-11 ISS Sighting
3:00 am Eastern | SciTech
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010 Time: 07:45 PM Duration: 4 minutes Maximum Elevation: 35° Approach: 15° above NNW Departure: 16° above E read more »
2010-09-11 ISS Sighting
3:00 am Eastern | USA News
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010 Time: 07:44 PM Duration: 4 minutes Maximum Elevation: 35° Approach: 15° above NNW Departure: 16° above E read more »
2010-09-11 ISS Sighting
3:00 am Eastern | USA News
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010 Time: 09:21 PM Duration: Less than 1 minute Maximum Elevation: 17° Approach: 15° above W Departure: 17° above WSW read more »
Amateur Astronomers Are First To Detect Objects Impacting Jupiter
1:08 am Eastern | USA News
Amateur astronomers using backyard telescopes were the first to detect two small objects that burned up in Jupiter's atmosphere on June 3 and Aug. 20.read more »
NASA's Shuttle Discovery To Make Its Final Trip To Launch Pad
1:08 am Eastern | USA News
Journalists are invited to cover space shuttle Discovery's last move from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch Pad 39A on Sept. 20 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Six astronauts are set to launch aboard the shuttle on Nov. 1.read more »
NASA Data Shed New Light About Water and Volcanoes on Mars
1:08 am Eastern | SciTech
Data from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet's history and into modern times.read more »
NASA's Shuttle Discovery To Make Its Final Trip To Launch Pad
7:05 pm Eastern | SciTech
Journalists are invited to cover space shuttle Discovery's last move from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch Pad 39A on Sept. 20 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Six astronauts are set to launch aboard the shuttle on Nov. 1.read more »
NASA Ames Research Center News and Features Update
7:03 pm Eastern | SciTech
NASA Awards Contract for Supercomputing Improvements http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/C10-78.html"Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500"
read more »Report of Solar Geophysical Activity (RSGA)
9 Sep 18:03 | SciTech
:Product: Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity :Issued: 2010 Sep 09 2200 UTC read more »
NASA Selects Winning Team In Balloonsat Competition
9 Sep 16:03 | SciTech
NASA has selected the winner of the national Balloonsat High Altitude Flight Competition.read more »
Amateur Astronomers Are First To Detect Objects Impacting Jupiter
9 Sep 16:03 | SciTech
Amateur astronomers using backyard telescopes were the first to detect two small objects that burned up in Jupiter's atmosphere on June 3 and Aug. 20.read more »
NASA Data Shed New Light About Water and Volcanoes on Mars
9 Sep 16:03 | SciTech
Data from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet's history and into modern times.read more »
On the Move
9 Sep 14:06 | SciTech
As if surrounded by a celestial halo, space shuttle Discovery made its way towards the expansive confines of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building following a move from its processing hangar on Sept. 9, 2010. A metal sling will be carefully connected to the spacecraft and then operators will hoist it from transfer aisle to the high reaches of the 52-story building before lowering it into place beside the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Crews then will connectread more »
On the Move
9 Sep 14:03 | SciTech
As if surrounded by a celestial halo, space shuttle Discovery made its way towards the expansive confines of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building following a move from its processing hangar on Sept. 9, 2010. A metal sling will be carefully connected to the spacecraft and then operators will hoist it from transfer aisle to the high reaches of the 52-story building before lowering it into place beside the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Crews then will connectread more »
Larry King to Host Robert Spitzer and Stephen Hawking
9 Sep 13:49 | Entertainment
The Larry King stage is set for what may shape up to be one of the most provocative discussions on the need for a Creator in physics. read more »
NASA Awards Grants For High School Science Education
9 Sep 13:09 | SciTech
NASA will award about $4 million in grants to public school districts, state-based education leadership, and not-for-profit education organizations to support academic excellence in STEM education.read more »
Menrati (Northwestern Pacific)
9 Sep 12:04 | SciTech
Tropical Storm 11W has been given the name Meranti, just in time for a landfall in China sometime late tonight Eastern Time/early Sept. 10 local time.read more »
Preparing for Progress
9 Sep 11:05 | SciTech
Filled with trash and discarded items, the unpiloted ISS Progress 38 supply vehicle departed from the International Space Station at 7:22 a.m. (EDT) on Aug. 31, 2010. Russian flight controllers conduct thruster tests with the Progress to gather engineering data until it deorbited and burned up in Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. Its departure cleared the way for the arrival of the next Russian resupply vehicle, ISS Progress 39, which launched Sept. 8 and will dock Sept. 10, deliveringread more »
Discovery Inside VAB
9 Sep 11:05 | SciTech
Space shuttle Discovery is now inside the expansive confines of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building following a move from its processing hangar this morning. A metal sling will be carefully connected to the spacecraft and then operators will hoist it from transfer aisle to the high reaches of the 52-story building before lowering it into place beside the external tank and solid rocket boosters. Workers will then connect the shuttle to the tank giving the stack its familiarread more »
Preparing for Progress
9 Sep 11:03 | World
Filled with trash and discarded items, the unpiloted ISS Progress 38 supply vehicle departed from the International Space Station at 7:22 a.m. (EDT) on Aug. 31, 2010. Russian flight controllers conduct thruster tests with the Progress to gather engineering data until it deorbited and burned up in Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. Its departure cleared the way for the arrival of the next Russian resupply vehicle, ISS Progress 39, which launched Sept. 8 and will dock Sept. 10, deliveringread more »
Shuttle Discovery on the move
9 Sep 08:05 | SciTech
Space Shuttle Discovery began its move from Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility-3 to the Vehicle Assembly Building at 6:54 a.m. EDT. The vehicle will stop for several hours during its move for an employee photo opportunity. Rollover is expected to be complete by approximately 11:30 a.m.read more »
Shuttle Discovery rollover planned for today
9 Sep 06:05 | SciTech
Shuttle Discovery is set to move from its processing hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building today. Rollover from NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility-3 is planned for 6:30 a.m. EDT. Managers will continue to monitor weather conditions for the move.read more »
2010-09-10 ISS Sighting
9 Sep 03:00 | SciTech
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010 Time: 08:54 PM Duration: 1 minutes Maximum Elevation: 72° Approach: 25° above WNW Departure: 72° above W read more »
2010-09-10 ISS Sighting
9 Sep 03:00 | SciTech
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010 Time: 08:53 PM Duration: 1 minutes Maximum Elevation: 72° Approach: 25° above WNW Departure: 72° above W read more »
2010-09-10 ISS Sighting
9 Sep 03:00 | SciTech
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010 Time: 08:54 PM Duration: 1 minutes Maximum Elevation: 71° Approach: 31° above WNW Departure: 71° above W read more »
2010-09-10 PROGRESS Sighting
9 Sep 03:00 | SciTech
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010 Time: 08:03 PM Duration: 2 minutes Maximum Elevation: 23° Approach: 15° above NNW Departure: 16° above ENE read more »
2010-09-10 ISS Sighting
9 Sep 03:00 | SciTech
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010 Time: 08:54 PM Duration: 1 minutes Maximum Elevation: 71° Approach: 25° above WNW Departure: 71° above W read more »
NASA Opens Space Station For Biological Research From NIH Grants
9 Sep 01:09 | SciTech
that take advantage of the unique microgravity environment aboard Station to explore fundamental questions about important health issues.read more »
Chandra Views the 'Heart of a Rose'
9 Sep 01:09 | SciTech
Chandra helps pinpoint more than 160 youthful stars at the heart of the Rosette formation.read more »
NASA Hosts Green Aviation Summit; Bolden Highlights Importance of Issue to Future of NASA
9 Sep 01:08 | SciTech
NASA has a "critical responsibility" to the flying public to develop environmentally responsible solutions to the nation's most pressing aviation problems, Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. said Wednesday.read more »
NASA Ames Research Center News and Features Update
8 Sep 20:02 | SciTech
NASA Hosts Green Aviation Summit; Bolden Highlights Importance of Issue to Future of NASA http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/10-77AR.html"Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500"
read more »NASA Hosts Green Aviation Summit; Bolden Highlights Importance of Issue to Future of NASA
8 Sep 18:06 | SciTech
NASA has a "critical responsibility" to the flying public to develop environmentally responsible solutions to the nation's most pressing aviation problems, Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. said Wednesday.read more »
Report of Solar Geophysical Activity (RSGA)
8 Sep 18:02 | Weather
:Product: Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity :Issued: 2010 Sep 08 2200 UTC read more »
NASA Opens Space Station For Biological Research From NIH Grants
8 Sep 16:06 | SciTech
that take advantage of the unique microgravity environment aboard Station to explore fundamental questions about important health issues.read more »
Kennedy Space Center Reopens, Discovery Rollout Set for Thursday
8 Sep 15:16 | SciTech
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., is open for regular operations following a water main break that caused the center to be closed to non-essential personnel Wednesday morning. Crews have isolated the break in a 24-inch pipe located at the LC-39 Complex turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). They're also assessing Kennedy's water system to confirm there aren't any other potential problems. Water has been restored to the center, except for an administrative building across from theread more »
Fourmile Canyon Fire
8 Sep 14:05 | SciTech
The Fourmile Canyon Fire continued to burn west of Boulder, Colo., in this image taken on Sept. 7, 2010, casting a long line of smoke to the east that was visible from NASA's Aqua satellite in its orbit around the Earth. MODIS, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of the fire at 2:40 p.m. local time (20:40 UTC) on Sept. 7. The red outline corresponds with the unusually high surface temperatures associated with an activeread more »
Tropical Storm 11W (Northwestern Pacific)
8 Sep 14:05 | SciTech
Eleventh Tropical Depression Forms in Northwestern Pacificread more »
Fourmile Canyon Fire
8 Sep 14:03 | SciTech
The Fourmile Canyon Fire continued to burn west of Boulder, Colo., in this image taken on Sept. 7, 2010, casting a long line of smoke to the east that was visible from NASA's Aqua satellite in its orbit around the Earth. MODIS, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of the fire at 2:40 p.m. local time (20:40 UTC) on Sept. 7. The red outline corresponds with the unusually high surface temperatures associated with an activeread more »
Igor (Atlantic Ocean)
8 Sep 13:06 | SciTech
... Tropical Storm Igor formed this morning it appeared near the eastern edge of GOES-13's "sight."read more »
NASA Wants To Share Great Ideas
8 Sep 12:05 | SciTech
NASA is seeking information from potential partners who could provide no-cost brokerage services for intellectual property transactions.read more »
Kennedy Space Center Closed Today, Discovery's Rollover Delayed
8 Sep 12:01 | SciTech
NASA's Kennedy Space Center is closed today due to a major water main leak. Only essential personnel (security, fire/rescue, operations) are at the center. Crews are working on a break in a 24-inch pipe located at the LC-39 Complex turn basin across from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). They're also assessing Kennedy's water system to identify any other potential problems. Currently, there is no potable water at the center. Shuttle Discovery's move, known as rollover, from its hangar,read more »
Universe Chaotic From Very Beginning Say Physicists
8 Sep 04:06 | SciTech
Seven years ago Northwestern University physicist Adilson E. Motter conjectured that the expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang was highly chaotic. Now he and a colleague say they have proven it using rigorous mathematical arguments.read more »
2010-09-09 ISS Sighting
8 Sep 03:00 | SciTech
Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 Time: 08:25 PM Duration: 3 minutes Maximum Elevation: 31° Approach: 15° above NNW Departure: 24° above ENE read more »
2010-09-09 PROGRESS Sighting
8 Sep 03:00 | SciTech
Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 Time: 08:42 PM Duration: Less than 1 minute Maximum Elevation: 26° Approach: 17° above NNW Departure: 26° above N read more »
2010-09-09 ISS Sighting
8 Sep 03:00 | SciTech
Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 Time: 08:26 PM Duration: 3 minutes Maximum Elevation: 32° Approach: 15° above NNW Departure: 28° above ENE read more »