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Aquarius to Illuminate Links Between Salt and ClimatePasadena CA (JPL) May 12, 2011 When NASA's salt-seeking Aquarius instrument ascends to the heavens this June, the moon above its launch site at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base won't be in the seventh house, and Jupiter's latest alignment with Mars will be weeks in the past, in contrast to the lyrics of the song from the popular Broadway musical "Hair." Yet for the science team eagerly awaiting Aquarius' ocean surface salinity data, the dawning of NASA's "Age of Aquarius" promises revelations on how salinity is linked to Earth ... read more |
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 Mississippi Flooding Captured by NASA Satellites The Mississippi River reached nearly 48 feet in Memphis, Tenn., on May 10, according to the U.S. National Weather Service. It was the highest water level for Memphis since 1937. Several of NAS ... more | .. |
  Europe's first EGNOS airport to guide down giant Beluga aircraft Pau Pyrenees in southern France has become Europe's first airport to use the new EGNOS Safety-of-Life Service, to guide aircraft in for landing using only this highly accurate space navigation signa ... more | .. |
  Soyuz launch from Europe space base set for October The maiden launch of the veteran Soviet-Russian rocket Soyuz from Europe's space base in South America has been scheduled for October, a spokesman for launch operators Arianespace said on Tuesday. ... more | .. | ||
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  Northrop Grumman Scalable SIRU Guides MESSENGER Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury Northrop Grumman's space navigation aid recently provided key guidance and control information that allowed NASA's MESSENGER to become the first spacecraft to successfully orbit Mercury, marking the ... more | .. |
  ST-2's installation on SYLDA marks the start of final payload integration for Ariane 5's next mission Arianespace's third Ariane 5 flight of 2011 has entered its final preparations with installation of the ST-2 satellite on the launcher's SYLDA dual-passenger dispenser system, positioning it for the ... more | .. |
  Antarctic icebergs help the ocean take up carbon dioxide The first comprehensive study of the biological effects of Antarctic icebergs shows that they fertilize the Southern Ocean, enhancing the growth of algae that take up carbon dioxide from the atmosph ... more | .. |
 Venezuela parliament authorizes new satellite program with China Venezuela's National Assembly on Thursday endorsed a new satellite contract program with China, the second such bilateral project between the two countries. The parliament published the author ... more |
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 Moscow court upholds ban against satellite image distributor A Moscow court upheld a ban on Friday prohibiting the Russian research and development company ScanEx from distributing satellite images of Earth at a resolution higher than two meters. Scanex ... more | .. |
 India's new satellite beams high quality images India's latest advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 has beamed high quality images distinctly showing the northern and western regions of the country, the space agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
 TRMM Maps a Wet Spring, 2011 for the Central U.S. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has been keeping track of the drenching rainfall that has been occurring in the central U.S. this springtime, and a newly created rain map from t ... more | .. |
  Does the central Andean backarc have the potential for a great earthquake? The region east of the central Andes Mountains has the potential for larger scale earthquakes than previously expected, according to a new study posted online in Nature Geoscience. Previous research ... more |
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 Pivotal Shift Underway in Satellite Observations of Earth Making use of Earth remote sensing satellites to help monitor and perhaps defuse conflict is among the topics presented in the Spring 2011 issue of Imaging Notes magazine - a unique publication devo ... more | .. |
  Bolivia at risk of megaquake: study Some two million people in Bolivia face the risk of a magnitude 8.9 megaquake, 125 times stronger than the previously calculated potential maximum, according a study published Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Cyber-guided clean-up hopes to sweep globe Cyber-environmentalists from Cambodia to Brazil are using Google Earth-based software to target and banish trash from the countryside as they gear up for World Cleanup 2012, event organisers said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Soyuz given "go" for simulated first launch The "dry run" simulation of Soyuz' first flight from French Guiana was given the green light for a virtual liftoff this week with the successful conclusion of the launch readiness review, which was ... more |
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 Stanford's Gravity Probe B confirms two Einstein theories Stanford and NASA researchers have confirmed two predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, concluding one of the space agency's longest-running projects. Known as Gravity ... more | .. |
 'Green' GPS saves fuel, energy U.S. computer scientists say new software for GPS devices can reduce energy consumption in transportation systems. ... more | .. |
  Dawn Reaches Milestone Approaching Asteroid Vesta NASA's Dawn spacecraft has reached its official approach phase to the asteroid Vesta and will begin using cameras for the first time to aid navigation for an expected July 16 orbital encounter. The ... more | .. |
 Internet satellite images available to all The European Space agency says it added 13,000 satellite radar images to almost 45,000 camera images on the Internet for anyone wanting to explore our planet. ... more |
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 Esri and DOI Introduce Landsat Data for the World Working in close collaboration with the US Department of the Interior (DOI), Esri is pleased to announce the release of Landsat image services. These provide access to almost four decades' worth of ... more | .. |
  The world's smallest atomic clock now on sale A matchbook-sized atomic clock 100 times smaller than its commercial predecessors has been created by a team of researchers at Symmetricom Inc. Draper Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. ... more | .. |
 Apple update fixes iPhone tracking "bugs" Apple on Wednesday released updated software for iPhones to fix "bugs" that resulted in location data being unencrypted and stored for up to a year. ... more | .. |
  NASA probe shows Einstein theory was correct Huge objects in the universe distort space and time with the force of their gravity, scientists said Wednesday after a NASA probe confirmed two key parts of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. ... more |
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  Planting trees could help koalas Australian researchers studying koala populations say simply planting trees could be the solution to expanding their habitat and allowing their numbers to grow. ... more | .. |
 Satellites Reveal Tornado Tracks in Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama Tornado tracks from last week's powerful tornado outbreak are visible in data from NASA's Aqua satellite and the Landsat satellite. Among the more than 150 tornadoes reported on April 27 and 28, 201 ... more | .. |
  EU pushes button for next Internet age Europe geared up on Tuesday for a quantum leap in Internet traffic and a new generation of infrastructure to carry data, announcing the launch of a 600-million-euro research and investment programme. ... more | .. |
  Popovkin replaces Perminov at Russian space agency Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed former First Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin as head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos on Friday, replacing Anatoly Perminov. Popo ... more |
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 Putin fires Russia space chief after mishaps Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday fired the Russian space agency chief after a series of high-profile setbacks cast a shadow on the 50th anniversary year of Yuri Gagarin's first space flight. ... more | .. |
  Satellite-Based Tracking and 2-way Messaging Solution for Consumers and Small Businesses Security tracking specialist Track24, has launched the first global tracking and messaging system for individuals, charities and small businesses. The Track24 Solo solution uses the Iridium satellit ... more | .. |
 Russia, Sweden to boost space cooperation Russia and Sweden agreed on Wednesday to improve cooperation in the space industry, including their intention to launch Swedish satellites using Russian carrier rockets. The two countries sign ... more | .. |
 NASA Mission Seeks to Uncover a Rainfall Mystery Scientists from NASA and other organizations are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of why certain clouds produce copious amounts of rain. In a field mission that is now under way, aircraft are ca ... more |
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