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Closest Europa Flyby Marks Start of Galileo Mission “Part II”
Published: Dec. 16, 1997 NASA’s Galileo spacecraft today successfully made its closest-ever flyby of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, marking the start of an extended mission that will focus on new and tantalizing scientific questions raised by its just-completed, highly successful…
Planet Hunters: Burning the Midnight Oil at 13,600 Feet
Robert Ligon is an engineer, not an astronaut. Nonetheless, his work takes place on an otherworldly landscape miles above the Earth, where the air is thin and clear. He is part of a team that is pushing the technology envelope…
Princess Astrid Ice Shelf
Released in the fall of 2005, the MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) has offered a new view of the frozen continent with unprecedented detail. The map is compiled from 260 images of Antarctica acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer…
Augustine Volcano
On December 12, 2005, a plume of volcanic gas and steam billowed from Augustine Volcano in the Gulf of Alaska and spread approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) toward the southeast. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Aqua…
Petrol Depot Fire in the United Kingdom
Sunday, December 11, 2005, was a day without sun for many Londoners. At about 6 a.m. local time, an explosion rocked a fuel depot in Hertfordshire, approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of London. The ensuing oil fire sent thick…
Astronomers Use Hubble to ‘Weigh’ Dog Star’s Companion
For astronomers, it has always been a source of frustration that the nearest white-dwarf star is buried in the glow of the brightest star in the nighttime sky. This burned-out stellar remnant is a faint companion of the brilliant blue-white…
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
The largest salar (salt flat) in the world, Salar de Uyuni, is located within the Altiplano of Bolivia in South America. This astronaut photograph features the northern end of the salar and the dormant volcano Mount Tunupa (image center). This…
Chimborazo and Tungurahua, Ecuador
In 1802, Mount Chimborazo was thought to be the world’s tallest mountain, and the ambitious young German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt set out to climb it. He didn’t reach the summit, but he did reach an altitude of nearly 6,100…
Kilauea Caldera
If you were to rank all of the volcanoes in the world in terms of activity, Kilauea would come out near the top. The volcano is so given to eruptions that it is said to be home to Pele, the…
Dust Storm in the Taklimakan Desert
A large dust storm struck China’s Taklimakan Desert in early December 2005. Big, dry, hot, and about as far from the ocean as anyplace on Earth, the Taklimakan Desert provides plenty of material for dust storms. Such storms have been…
Cassini Significant Events — 12/01/05 – 12/07/05
Cassini Significant Events — 12/01/05 – 12/07/05 December 9, 2005 (Source: Cassini Project) The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Tuesday, December 6, from the Madrid tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is…
2005 Ozone Hole
The year 2005 marks the twentieth anniversary of the discovery of the ozone hole and the first full year that NASA’s Aura satellite has provided detailed images of the hole. Aura was launched in 2004 to monitor the Earth’s atmosphere,…
High-Resolution Mosaic of Antarctica
At the “bottom” of the globe lies the coldest, windiest, and driest place on Earth: Antarctica. All but about 2 percent of the 14 million-square-kilometer (5.4 million-square-mile) land surface is covered with ice sheets; bare rock is exposed in places…
Mosaic of Antarctica
Researchers use MODIS images to show Antarctica like you’ve never seen it before.
US House of Representatives Columbia Accident Documents
House Representative Statements The following are some of the statements made by Representatives regarding the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia. February 1, 2003: Representative Sherwood Boehlert PRESS RELEASEDate Released: Saturday, February 01, 2003House Science Committee Boehlert Statement on Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy…
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