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Category Archives: nasa
Too Busy to Tweet? If @astro_ron can do it from space then you have no excuse!
So, you say that you’re simply too busy to tweet, re-tweet, or reply to a tweet eh?? Humbug… if @astro_ron can do it from the ISS then any excuse you give me for your lack of engagement is just downright … Continue reading
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With Landsat 8 DOI / NASA Partnership to Strengthen STEM Careers
This news on the heel of the launch of the next generation of the LDCM and the continuation of the Landsat program – the satellite is expected to transmit images and data about the Earth within 100 days. Salazar today … Continue reading
40 Years of Landsat Continues with LDCM Launch Today
Wow, launch day is here already as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft takes flight to continue with what may in fact be the greatest space exploration success story of our generation! The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft is set to … Continue reading
Video – NASA Continuing Landsat’s 40-Year Legacy With LDCM 8
Indeed, it isn’t called the continuity mission for nothing!! The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program’s 40-year data record of monitoring Earth’s landscapes from space. … Continue reading
USPS Taps LandSat 7 satellite images For Earthscapes Forever stamps
This cool story from the USGS takes me back to my days of stamp collecting… Two images from the Landsat 7 satellite are included in the new U.S Post Office series of 15 Earthscapes Forever stamps. Released October 1 to … Continue reading
Esri Puts Mars Missions On A Map
Esri has created a new story map to show off some of the amazing photos captured on the planet Mars over the years. On a map, the service boasts an archive of images collected from the Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and … Continue reading
NASA Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars First Images Returned to Earth
YES… NASA sticks their landing and is chasing gold on Mars! This announcement came from NASA today at 1:32 a.m. EDT Aug. 6… NASA’s most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by … Continue reading
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NASA rover vehicle, Curiosity, to commence gathering data and mapping Mars
In three days (Aug 5, 2012) NASA will commence their much anticipated mission on Mars… perhaps you spotted the inflatable Mars rover at esriuc recently? Pretty darned cool stuff and you get bet that GIS and Geo technology will be … Continue reading
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NASA Map reveals smoke from Wildfires
Some interesting visualizations coming from NASA these days, this latest effort revealing the dispersion of smoke from wildfires over the continental US. About the map… The map below depicts the relative concentration of aerosols in the skies above the continental … Continue reading
Space Station (ISS) tracking individual ships crossing the seas
Some interesting news via NASA shared from high above the Earth… The ship-detection system being tested is based on the Automatic Identification System, or AIS, the marine equivalent of the air traffic control system. AIS allows port authorities and coast … Continue reading
NASA GRAIL Mission Mapping The Moon
More cool mapping efforts from NASA… this time we’re talking about the moon. From NASA… NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft orbiting the moon officially have begun their science collection phase. During the next 84 days, scientists will … Continue reading
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50 Years Later at NASA – Glenn Launch Highlighted Changing World
Loads of interesting NASA news and nostalgia will be hitting the Internet today… great stuff! From NASA… The Beatles were eight months away from releasing their first single, “Love Me Do,” when John Glenn rocketed into space on Feb. 20, … Continue reading
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