On December 28, 2008, the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology downgraded the storms status to that of ex-tropical cyclone, stating that it posed no further threat to communities of Western Australia. 06.11.08 - 02.07.08 - Goddard has awarded its highest honor for quality and technical performance to three companies that have contributed significantly to the center's mission. rays. APOD: 2008 December 31 - The Sky in Motion Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! This is a COMPTEL image, one of the lowest resolution surveys we have in Continue reading , This image from 2008-12-06 15:57:53 shows a very interesting feature that looks like a giant worm squirming amongst the stars. 10.06.08 - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin on Thursday announced that Rob Strain will be the next center director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 02.20.08 - One of Saturn's rings soaks up material gushing from the fountains on the tiny ice-moon, Enceladus, according to new Cassini observations. NASA, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and their partners are in Nairobi, Kenya, to launch SERVIR-Africa, a program that helps scientists, government leaders and local communities address concerns related to natural disasters, disease outbreaks, biodiversity and climate change. 10.08.08 - A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again on a Work Day? For some while we have been looking at how to put the data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe (WMAP) into SkyView. 03.20.08 - 06.04.08 - 02.29.08 - 08.14.08 - NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone. 07.11.08 - NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. Features in the Gallery: Very Bright Stars, Unexpected image offsets in the GALEX GR4, SkyView v3.5.6 Security updates and bug fixes. After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. Dr. Peter Hildebrand was recently named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Understanding Earth: Our Ocean. NASA satellites finds vast quantities of industrial aerosols and smoke from East Asia and Russia travel from one side of the globe to another. NASA's Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. The solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years of science on the Red Planet. If you know your browser is up to date, you should check to ensure that New microprocessors for the telescope are about the size of a half-dollar and can do the same job as a 20-pound electronics box. 09.23.08 - Students from all over the world will gather to participate in a creative problem-solving competition, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md., May 31 through June 3. Very light blue shows places where at least a trace of snow was observed, while white shows where the ground was 100 percent snow covered. 05.29.08 - You will be directed to the NASA Visible Earth webpage when you select Images by Mission below, or click on the images at right that are randomly generated to represent four out of all possible topics. 1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B) The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing, which simulates the extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space LRO will experience after launch. 07.01.08 - 03.07.08 - NASA has several presentations at the 212th meeting of the American Astronomical Society. 01.10.08 - The APOD website on 31 December 2016, displaying that day's astronomy picture of Trifid Nebula in infrared. The bulletin also forecast a high probability of a tropical cyclone in the region from December 26-28, 2008. 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. 05.01.08 - Social Media Lead: Dec . NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. 05.19.08 - Lt. Flight Center. document.write( '' ), Normalized Fluorescence Line Height (FLH), Instantaneous Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Daily Mean Photosynthetically Available Radiation, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC. Astronomers have discovered a timing mechanism that allows them to predict exactly when a neutron star will unleash incredibly powerful explosions. NASA Official: Phillip Newman Continue reading , The underlying GALEX observations used in SkyView are 38403840 pixel images where only a circle with a radius of about 2900 pixels is actually exposed. 05.29.08 - NASA approves development of NEO Surveyor for a launch no later than June 2028. 07.02.08 - This is the fourth of four fly-bys where RADAR can probe the interior of Titan and confirm the existence of an ocean. . After 10 years of fine-tuning a technique to efficiently manufacture super-thin, curved mirrors needed to focus X-ray photons, Goddard astrophysicist Will Zhang and his team have won a position on the NuSTAR mission to provide the telescopes more than 3,000 individual mirror segments. Katherine Heinzen, a student from Fairfax, Va., will spend this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 10.06.08 - NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Follow this link to skip to the main content, Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone, New One-of-a-Kind Technology Will Fly on Two NASA Missions, NASA Goddard and University of Idaho Create Solutions for 2 NASA Missions, Explore the Entire Region of the Sun's Influence, Sun Often "Tears Out A Wall" In Earth's Solar Storm Shield, Mission Operations Readiness Review for NPOESS Preparatory Project Completed, New Satellite Data Reveal Impact of Olympic Pollution Controls, Space Has Never Been Closer: NASA Instruments Document Contraction of the Boundary between the Earths Ionosphere and Space, Hubble Finds Carbon Dioxide on an Extrasolar Planet, Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope Exhibit Travels to Pittsburgh, NASA Sets Target Shuttle Launch Date for Hubble Servicing Mission, NASA Selects NOAA GOES-R Series Spacecraft Contractor, NASA-USAID Earth Observation System Expands to Africa, Water Vapor Confirmed as Major Player in Climate Change, 'Firefly' CubeSat Mission to Study Link Between Lightning and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes, The James Webb Telescope's Super-Tough Sunshield, Arctic Sea Ice Decline Shakes Up Ocean Ecosystems, Blind Engineer Finds Solution to Soyuz Re-entry Issue, NASA Invites Students to Become Rocket Scientists at the Sunday Experiment, NASA and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC Sell Government Patent License, NOAA-N Prime Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg for Launch, NASA Goddard Exploration Sciences Building is Almost 70 Percent Complete, NASA Selects Goddard Program Analysis and Control Contractor, Halloween Storms of 2003 Still the Scariest, Goddard Women Recognized At International Forum, Goddard Challenges America's Best in Science, Next Moon Mission Begins Thermal Vacuum Test, NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System, Volcanoes May Have Provided Sparks and Chemistry for First Life, Two Black Holes Teach Astronomers a Lesson, IBEX Launches Research Platform, Makes Childhood Dream a Reality, James Webb Telescope Model Will Fly to Germany, Apollo Heat Shield Uncrated After 35 Years, Will Help with New Crew Vehicle, Top Winners Announced for Discovery 3M Challenge, Rising Arctic Storm Activity Sways Sea Ice, Climate, Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age, Discovery 3M Challenge to Conclude Oct. 6 at Goddard, NASA Spacecraft Finds the Sun is Not a Perfect Sphere, Infrared Echoes Give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova Flashback, A Star That Bursts, Blinks and Disappears, NASA Commemoration Includes Discovery Challenge at Goddard, NASA Data Show Arctic Saw Fastest August Sea Ice Retreat on Record, Scientists Detect Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Across Billions of Light Years, NASA Satellite Sees the Oldest-Ever Gamma-ray Burst from the Edge of the Visible Universe, NASA Selects Contractor for Landsat Mission Operations Element, Shake, Rattle and Roll: James Webb Telescope Components Pass Tests, Finding Fireflies next to a Lighthouse: Goddard's New Technology to Study Alien Worlds, NASA Study Illustrates How Global Peak Oil Could Impact Climate, NASA and Ocean Tomo Establish Groundbreaking Partnership to Commercialize NASA Technologies, Baltimore, DC Media Invited to Sneak Peek of NASA's "Launchfest" at Goddard Sept. 11, 10:00 AM, 2008 Hurricane Season Kicks Into High Gear. 04.01.08 - Slice of History - Happy 25th Anniversary, Cassini! NASA scientists say a new solar cycle is beginning, and this could have important repercussions for space-based technology, such as GPS and weather satellites. Because snow insulates the ground, it reduces the flow of heat and water vapor from the ground to the atmosphere, which influences weather and climate. Cassini streaked past Titan on Dec. 21 at an altitude of 971 kilometers The nation's largest estuary just happens to be in the backyard of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. These maps show the average percent snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere for December 2008 (top) and February 2009 (bottom), the first and last months of meteorological winter. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. 07.24.08 - NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. 03.04.08 - Specific rights apply. Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiters upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form. Astronomers have found a neutron star that seems to share characteristics of both types of neutron stars. 2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. 04.03.08 - NASA data are showing that for a four-week period in August 2008, sea ice melted faster during that period than ever before. 07.01.08 - On December 19, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall in Western Australia as a Category 2 storm. The Delta II 7920-H rocket that will launch GLAST is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 04.08.08 - Opaque clouds surround the storms eye, but farther away from the eye, the clouds assume translucent, wispy shapes, especially in the east. 02.25.08 - STEREO findings help scientists map the energized particles where the hot solar wind slams into the cold interstellar medium. BUDDING astronomy fans can now see what the universe looked like the day they were born thanks to ground-breaking technology released by NASA. South of the polar night boundary, dark gray means either no snow or no data, usually because of clouds. The Space Agency has uploaded spectacular space pics. The Science Poster Party Blowout started 2008 with a celebration of Goddards scientific discoveries and achievements. 06.24.08 - NASA researchers have identified feasible emission scenarios that could keep carbon dioxide below levels that some scientists have called dangerous for climate. Atmosphere A new NASA study confirms that the surface temperature of Greenland's massive ice sheet has been rising, fueling the loss of the island's ice at the surface and throughout the mass beneath. 03.13.08 - 11.07.08 - The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly was delivered to Goddard in preparation for SDO's scheduled launch in December 2008. SkyView GALEX GR4: Off center images fixed. But the sequence also features When it comes to firing telescopes and their instruments into the frigid cold of space, the more you test your hardware, the better. Tthe Exploration Sciences Building continues to be built at a feverish pace, nearing 70% complete. 07.10.08 - This satellite map of snow cover shows that every state in the contiguous U.S., except for Florida, received snow in January 2011. NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017. 12.23.08 - 12.19.08 - Edouard had not strengthened into a hurricane when MODIS acquired this image, and the storm was expected to lose strength as it moved inland. NASA has selected Sevatec Inc. in Arlington, Va. for professional and administrative support services for the Office of Human Capital Management at Goddard. Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta II rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16. NASA Goddard Invites Public To See "Launchfest"! With winds of about 384 miles per hour, some of the highest wind speeds ever detected on any planet, Jupiter's Little Red Spot could blow away any hurricane on Earth. GEMS will be the first mission designed just to measure the polarization of X-rays emitted near black holes, which will enable scientists to explore the exotic space around black holes in an unprecedented way. The blast arose from a star 12.8 billion light-years away. The snow cover maps reveal some of the winters significant snow events in the United States, including a rare snow fall in the Deep South that occurred in mid-December.