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NASA's Juno Gives Starship-Like View of Earth Flyby

10 Dec 2013, 23:33 UTC When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth, it received a boost in speed of more than 8,800 mph which set it on course for a July 4, 2016, rendezvous with Jupiter.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features

NASA Mars Spacecraft Reveals a More Dynamic Red Planet

10 Dec 2013, 23:30 UTC NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed slender dark markings, possibly due to salty water, that advance seasonally down slopes surprisingly close to the Martian equator.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features

NASA Developing Natural Hazard Warning Systems

10 Dec 2013, 23:00 UTC Scientists have enhanced existing GPS technologies to develop new systems for California and elsewhere to warn of hazards from earthquakes, tsunamis and extreme weather events.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Fire vs. Ice: The Science of ISON at Perihelion

10 Dec 2013, 22:00 UTC Comet ISON lost mass in advance of reaching perihelion and eventually broke up completely during its closest approach.

NAOJ Top News

Science Results - Discovery of Hot Oxygen Gas Streaming Away from Distant Galaxies: Witnessing the Final Stage of Galaxy Buildup

10 Dec 2013, 19:00 UTC An international team of astronomers has used Suprime-Cam to make the first discovery of the large physical extent of energetic oxygen-gas outflows from distant galaxies.

NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features

What are Future Climate Projections for Precipitation and Temperature for Your County? USGS Website Lets You See

10 Dec 2013, 18:24 UTC For the first time, maps and summaries of historical and projected temperature and precipitation changes for the 21st century for the continental U.S. are accessible at a county-by-county level.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Countdown Begins for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission

10 Dec 2013, 16:08 UTC NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission began its countdown on December 9, at 7:43 PM EST, with 999 days remaining until the opening of the mission’s launch window in September 2016.

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited Press Releases

SSTL selected for first private Mars mission

10 Dec 2013, 15:58 UTC Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected to carry out a concept study to develop an interplanetary communications system for Mars One, the privately funded project to establish a human settlement on Mars.

ESA Human Spaceflight and Exploration

Rosetta’s twin

10 Dec 2013, 14:50 UTC Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Rosetta Engineering Qualification Model in a cleanroom at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre

ESA Top News

Wake up, Rosetta!

10 Dec 2013, 10:00 UTC Think it’s tough getting up in the morning when the alarm clock sounds? Imagine what it must be like waking up 673 million kilometres from the warmth of the Sun and with no coffee. You might need some help…

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10 Dec 2013
- 23:33 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA's Juno Gives Starship-Like View of Earth Flyby When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth, it received a boost in speed of more than 8,800 mph which set it on course for a July 4, 2016, rendezvous with ...
- 23:30 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Mars Spacecraft Reveals a More Dynamic Red Planet NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed slender dark markings, possibly due to salty water, that advance seasonally down slopes surprisingly close to the Martian equator.
- 23:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Developing Natural Hazard Warning Systems Scientists have enhanced existing GPS technologies to develop new systems for California and elsewhere to warn of hazards from earthquakes, tsunamis and extreme weather events.
- 22:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Fire vs. Ice: The Science of ISON at Perihelion Comet ISON lost mass in advance of reaching perihelion and eventually broke up completely during its closest approach.
- 19:00 UTC NAOJ Top News Science Results - Discovery of Hot Oxygen Gas Streaming A... An international team of astronomers has used Suprime-Cam to make the first discovery of the large physical extent of energetic oxygen-gas outflows from distant galaxies.
- 18:24 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... What are Future Climate Projections for Precipitation and... For the first time, maps and summaries of historical and projected temperature and precipitation changes for the 21st century for the continental U.S. are accessible at a county-by-county level.
- 18:08 UTC NASA Lunar Science ... NASA Highlights Mars, Ozone Hole, and the Sun at American... You can participate in the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), either at the convention center or remotely. NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range ...
- 16:08 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Countdown Begins for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission began its countdown on December 9, at 7:43 PM EST, with 999 days remaining until the opening of the mission’s launch window in September ...
- 15:58 UTC Surrey Satellite Te... SSTL selected for first private Mars mission Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected to carry out a concept study to develop an interplanetary communications system for Mars One, the privately funded project to establish a ...
- 15:39 UTC Science and Technol... Harwell Campus receives a double boost as new ESA Centre ... 10th December 2013 - The Harwell Oxford Campus has received a double boost with the UK Government announcing a £7m investment in a new innovation hub and the European Space ...
- 14:50 UTC ESA Human Spaceflig... Rosetta’s twin Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Rosetta Engineering Qualification Model in a cleanroom at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre
- 13:42 UTC American Astronomic... AAS Executive Office Is Closed Today The AAS Executive Office in Washington, DC, is closed today, Tuesday, 10 December 2013, because of the snowstorm battering the region. We expect to reopen tomorrow.
- 12:39 UTC ESA Science & Techn... Rosetta:Wake up, Rosetta! Think it&aposs tough getting up in the morning when the alarm clock sounds? Imagine what it must be like waking up 673 million kilometres from the warmth of the Sun ...
- 10:00 UTC ESA Top News Wake up, Rosetta! Think it’s tough getting up in the morning when the alarm clock sounds? Imagine what it must be like waking up 673 million kilometres from the warmth of the Sun ...
- 08:15 UTC Science@NASA The Coldest Place in the World Earth-orbiting satellites have found the coldest place on Earth. No surprise: It's in Antarctica. The coldest of the cold temperatures dropped to minus 135.8 F (minus 93.2 C) -- several ...
- 00:37 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... California Water Planners Hear NASA Long-Term Forecast NASA research tying California weather to large-scale atmospheric patterns contributed to the 2014 winter water forecast by the California Department of Water Resources.
9 Dec 2013
- 22:30 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Snow Mapper Reaps Big Benefits for California NASA's prototype Airborne Snow Observatory mission helped water managers for 2.6 million residents of the San Francisco Bay Area achieve near-perfect water operations this summer.
- 18:41 UTC National Optical As... Where do stars end and brown dwarfs begin? Stars come in a tremendous size range, from many tens of times bigger than the Sun to a tiny fraction of its size. But the answer to just how small ...
- 18:32 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Expl... NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions.
- 18:32 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Arrives at Kenne... NASA's newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) is in a temporary home at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida waiting to be attached to a United Launch Alliance ...
- 16:32 UTC NASA's MESSENGER Mi... MESSENGER Team Presents Latest Mercury Findings at AGU Fa... Members of the MESSENGER team will present a broad range of findings from the spacecraft's orbital investigation of Mercury during the 2013 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), ...
- 16:10 UTC ESA Top News CryoSat measures European storm surge ESA’s CryoSat satellite measured the storm surge from the recent North Sea storms, as high waters passed through the Kattegat sea between Denmark and Sweden.
- 16:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA-USGS Landsat 8 Satellite Pinpoints Coldest Spots on ... What is the coldest place on Earth? It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees ...
- 16:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Developing Legs for Space Station's Robonaut 2 NASA engineers are developing climbing legs for the International Space Station's robotic crewmember Robonaut 2 (R2), marking another milestone in space humanoid robotics.
- 16:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... NASA's GPM Mission Project Scientist Passes Away Dr. Arthur Hou, project scientist for the upcoming Global Precipitation Measurement mission, died Nov. 20, 2013.
- 16:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Opens Media Accreditation For TDRS-L Launch Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-L. Liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at ...
- 14:11 UTC ESA Human Spaceflig... Samantha’s mission has a name: Futura ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s mission to the International Space Station will be called Futura. The name for the joint mission with Italy’s ASI space agency, set for launch next November, ...
- 14:00 UTC ESA Top News Rosetta media briefing Watch our media briefing on the Rosetta wake-up and year ahead, live from ESA’s European Space Operations Centre on Tuesday, 10 December, 10:00–12:30 CET
- 08:50 UTC ESA Space Science Mars 360 Space science image of the week: see the martian north pole from all angles in this new movie from ESA’s Mars Express
- 06:00 UTC Planetary Society P... Bill Nye Calls on President Obama to Embrace Planetary Ex... Bill Nye the Science Guy and CEO of the Planetary Society sent President Barack Obama an open letter last week, asking him to move the country’s space program forward by ...
8 Dec 2013
- 21:29 UTC American Astronomic... Last Call for Renewals with Special Promotions The new year is just around the corner, and that means time is running out on the two special offers we're making available to AAS members during this year's renewal ...
7 Dec 2013
- 16:41 UTC American Astronomic... Undergraduates Invited to Apply for Space Policy Internsh... As part of its celebration of the 50th anniversary of its founding, in 2008 the Space Studies Board (SSB) of the National Research Council (NRC) expanded the scope of the ...
- 02:12 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Students Ace 'Hole-In-One' Contest at JPL Students from 19 high school teams across Southern California, as well as NASA professionals, took part in a "Hole-in-One" contest in this year's JPL Invention Challenge.
- 01:36 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Highlights Mars, Earth and Other Science at AGU Even... NASA researchers, including some from JPL, will present new findings on Earth and space science topics at the next week's American Geophysical Union meeting.
6 Dec 2013
- 22:48 UTC Southwest Research ... SwRI operating Connected Vehicle Affiliated Test Bed Southwest Research Institute, a leader in intelligent vehicle technology, is now serving as a Connected Vehicle Affiliated Test Bed, recognized by the U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology ...
- 22:20 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Thinking Inside the Box, Launching into Space Two tiny, cube-shaped research satellites hitched a ride to Earth orbit to validate new hardware and software technologies for future NASA Earth-observing instruments.
- 22:20 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Discusses Curiosity Radiation Findings NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 9, to discuss new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the rover ...
- 21:47 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA, CASIS Make Space Station Accessible for Stem Cell R... NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) are enabling research aboard the International Space Station that could lead to new stem cell-based therapies for medical ...
- 19:49 UTC NASA Lunar Science ... High School Team Tackles Lunar Mystery SSERVI-supported CLSE work of the Kickapoo High School lunar research team is featured in the latest issue of Science. Members of the 2011-12 Lunar Exploration Team: L-R Abby Delawder, Tori ...
- 19:16 UTC NASA Lunar Science ... GLXP Team Puli Visits Hawaii to Test Rover PISCES and Team Puli are eager to share their journey with the community. Puli is field testing their robotic spacecraft at PISCES, the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems ...
- 18:16 UTC Arianespace Press R... Arianespace starts construction of a New Filling Hall at ... Arianespace is starting the construction of a New Filling Hall (known by its French acronym NBR, for Nouveau Bâtiment de Remplissage) following the approval of its Board of Directors on ...
- 16:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Hubble Sees a Bizarre Cosmic Rarity: NGC 660 This new Hubble image shows a peculiar galaxy known as NGC 660, located around 45 million light-years away from us. NGC 660 is classified as a "polar ring galaxy," meaning ...
- 15:30 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Highlights Mars, Ozone Hole, and the Sun at American... NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics next week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
- 15:07 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast magnetic field is about to flip.
- 14:00 UTC ESA Top News Week in Images Our week through the lens: 02-06 December 2013
- 13:52 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Initiative Helps Launch Student-Built Satellites With help from NASA, four student-built CubeSat research satellites launched into space Friday from the California coast as part of the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative.
- 09:05 UTC ESA Top News Boca do Acre Earth observation image of the week: deforestation in the Amazon, also featured in the Earth from Space video programme
- 01:26 UTC American Astronomic... From the Executive Office Like most scientific societies, to encourage media coverage of its meetings the AAS offers complimentary press registration (a "press badge") to journalists, freelance science writers, and public-information officers (PIOs) who ...
- 00:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA Ames Highlights Mars and the Sun at American Geophys... NASA researchers from the agency’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics next week at the ...
5 Dec 2013
- 20:51 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Goddard Planetary Instruments Score a Hat Trick Planetary instruments from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., hit the trifecta on Dec. 4, running three experiments of the same kind at different places in space.