Earth Observation
The Place Where Earth from Space Looks Like a Floating Piece of Cardboard
As we've noted before, astronaut Reid Wiseman is sending out a bevy of tweets and pictures from his perch on…
Mountains Soar Above the Appalachians in this Dramatic NASA Photo
Except these are mountains made of water, not rock! Taken from an altitude of 65,000 feet, the image above shows enormous…
It’s Hurricane Season and NASA is Ready Like Never Before
What’s in the cards weather-wise for the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season? Although the start of astronomical summer for the northern…
“Carbon Copy” Spacecraft Ready to Track Global Carbon Dioxide
On February 24, 2009, the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission — designed to study the global fate…
Stunning Snapshots from Space Courtesy of Reid Wiseman
On May 28 the crew of Expedition 40/41 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, their Soyuz TMA-13M arriving at the International Space Station…
Selfies from Around the World Combine to Make a Portrait of Earth
On Earth Day, April 22, NASA invited people around the world to share their "selfies" on social media sites like…
Pink Floyd and Coldplay Go to Space
Two great music videos published this week feature incredible imagery from space. Above, Pink Floyd released an 20th anniversary video…
Scientists Now Suspect More Sea Level Rise from Greenland’s Glaciers
Greenland's glaciers may contribute more to future sea level rise than once thought, despite earlier reports that their steady seaward…
Dramatic Timelapse Shows Develpment of Supercell “Mothership” Storm Cloud in Wyoming
Yikes! The Mothership has returned to Wyoming a la "Close Encounters of the Third Kind!" Yesterday a gigantic storm cloud…
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NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission to Provide 1st 3-D View of Earth’s Magnetic Reconnection Process – Cleanroom visit with Bolden
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden poses with the agency’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft, mission personnel, Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese and…