Icy ‘Spider’ on Pluto

Apr 08, 2016, at 02:46 pm

Washington, Apr 8 (IBNS) Sprawling across Pluto’s icy landscape is an unusual geological feature that resembles a giant spider.

NASA progresses towards SpaceX resupply mission to Space Station

Apr 06, 2016, at 03:08 pm

California, Apr 5 (IBNS): NASA provider SpaceX is scheduled to launch its eighth Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station on Friday, April 8. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

John Grunsfeld announces retirement from NASA

Apr 06, 2016, at 02:57 pm

California, Apr 6 (IBNS) John Grunsfeld will retire from NASA Apr 30, capping nearly four decades of science and exploration with the agency.

NASA's IMERG measures flooding rainfall in Pakistan

Apr 06, 2016, at 02:00 am

California, Apr 5 (IBNS) NASA on Tuesday said it used satellite data and added up heavy rainfall that has been occurring in northwestern Pakistan that caused flooding that killed more than 50 people.

NASA, Japan make ASTER Earth data available at no cost

Apr 02, 2016, at 04:34 pm

Washington, Apr 2 (IBNS) All Earth imagery from a prolific Japanese remote sensing instrument operating aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft since late 1999 is now available to users everywhere at no cost.

NASA’s Spitzer maps climate patterns on a Super-Earth

Mar 31, 2016, at 03:10 pm

California, Mar 31 (IBNS) Observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have led to the first temperature map of a super-Earth planet -- a rocky planet nearly two times as big as ours.

NASA's 'Spaceport of the Future' reaches another milestone

Mar 30, 2016, at 03:18 pm

Washington, Mar 30 (IBNS) NASA has completed a major milestone on its journey to Mars and is ready to begin another phase of work on its spaceport of the future, where the next generation of astronauts will launch to Mars and other deep-space destinations.

Ancient polar ice reveals tilting of Earth’s moon

Mar 24, 2016, at 02:25 pm

Washington, Mar 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): New NASA-funded research provides evidence that the spin axis of Earth’s moon shifted by about five degrees roughly three billion years ago.

NASA gets down to Earth this year with globe-spanning expeditions

Mar 24, 2016, at 04:26 am

Washington, Mar 23 (IBNS) NASA is sending scientists around the world in 2016 – from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet to the coral reefs of the South Pacific – to delve into challenging questions about how our planet is changing and what impacts humans are having on it.

NASA sends fire, meteor experiments to International Space Station on Commercial Cargo Spacecraft

Mar 23, 2016, at 06:26 pm

Washington, Mar 23 (IBNS) Scientific investigations of fire in microgravity and grippers inspired by geckos are among the nearly 7,500 pounds of cargo headed to the International Space Station aboard an Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft, along with equipment to support some 250 other experiments and studies aboard the world’s only orbital laboratory.

NASA study finds climate change shifting wine grape harvests in France ,Switzerland

Mar 22, 2016, at 02:17 am

Washington, Mar 21 (IBNS) A new study from NASA and Harvard University finds that climate change is diminishing an important link between droughts and the timing of wine grape harvests in France and Switzerland.

Launch, docking returns International Space Station crew to full strength

Mar 20, 2016, at 02:44 pm

Washington, Mar 20 (IBNS) NASA astronaut Jeff Williams is now the first American to become a three-time, long-term resident of the International Space Station.

Science papers reveal new aspects of Pluto and its Moons

Mar 18, 2016, at 02:45 pm

Washington, Mar 18 (IBNS): A year ago, Pluto was just a bright speck in the cameras of NASA’s approaching New Horizons spacecraft, not much different than its appearances in telescopes since Clyde Tombaugh discovered the then-ninth planet in 1930.

NASA selects proposals to build better solar technologies for Deep Space Missions

Mar 15, 2016, at 03:33 pm

Washington, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): NASA’s Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected four proposals to develop solar array technologies that will aid spacecraft in exploring destinations well beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars.

NASA measures U.S. south heavy rainfall from space

Mar 15, 2016, at 03:07 pm

Washington, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Extremely heavy rain fell over the southern United States during the past week and data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission core satellite and others in the GPM constellation provided a look at areas with heaviest rainfall. The data showed the largest amounts of rain fell from north central Louisiana to southern Arkansas.

NASA selects scientists for Mars Rover research projects

Mar 12, 2016, at 11:01 pm

Washington, Mar 12 (IBNS) NASA has selected 28 researchers as participating scientists for the Curiosity Mars rover mission, including six newcomers to the rover's science team.

What’s eating at Pluto?

Mar 12, 2016, at 10:33 pm

Washington DC, Mar 12 (IBNS) Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant “bite mark” on Pluto’s surface. They suspect it may be caused by a process known as sublimation—the transition of a substance from a solid to a gas. The methane ice-rich surface on Pluto may be sublimating away into the atmosphere, exposing a layer of water-ice underneath.

NASA, Air Force perform rescue operations on Boeing Starliner

Mar 11, 2016, at 09:40 pm

California, Mar 11 (IBNS) NASA astronaut Suni Williams cannonballs off a Boeing CST-100 Starliner test article after NASA engineers and Air Force pararescuemen climbed aboard the spacecraft to simulate rescuing astronauts in the event of an emergency during launch or ascent.

NASA Selects Instruments to Study Air Pollution, Tropical Cyclones

Mar 11, 2016, at 04:44 pm

Washington, Mar 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA has selected two proposals for new Earth science investigations that will put new instruments in low-Earth orbit to track harmful particulate air pollutants and study the development of tropical cyclones.

NASA Station leads way for improved measurements of Earth Orientation, shape

Mar 11, 2016, at 03:41 pm

Washington, Mar 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA has demonstrated the success of advanced technology for making precise measurements of Earth’s orientation and rotation – information that helps provide a foundation for navigation of all space missions and for geophysical studies of our planet.

Solar eclipse over South Pacific Ocean

Mar 10, 2016, at 02:55 pm

California, Mar 10 (IBNS) During the afternoon of March 9, 2016, a total solar eclipse was visible in parts of southeast Asia and a partial eclipse was visible in parts of Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and America Samoa.

NASA targets May 2018 launch of Mars InSight Mission

Mar 10, 2016, at 02:51 pm

California, Mar 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to study the deep interior of Mars is targeting a new launch window that begins May 5, 2018, with a Mars landing scheduled for Nov. 26, 2018.

NASA tests inflatable heat shield technology for deep space missions

Mar 09, 2016, at 04:03 pm

New york, Mar 9 (IBNS) Before NASA uses its new inflatable technology for slowing spacecraft that are entering the atmospheres of other planets, it will first need to be packed into the tight confines of a rocket.

NASA recognizes outstanding small businesses with industry awards

Mar 09, 2016, at 03:45 pm

New York, Mar 9 (IBNS) The winners of the Fiscal Year 2015 agency-level Small Business Industry Awards (SBIA) were announced Tuesday during the spring 2016 NASA Industry Forum meeting hosted by the agency’s Office of Small Business Programs at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Citizen scientists help NASA researchers understand Auroras

Mar 09, 2016, at 01:16 am

California, Mar 8 (IBNS) Space weather scientist Liz MacDonald has seen auroras more than five times in her life, but it was the aurora she didn’t see that affected her the most.

NASA to provide live coverage for March 8 solar eclipse

Mar 09, 2016, at 12:56 am

California, Mar 8 (IBNS) NASA, in partnership with the Exploratorium Science Center in San Francisco, will host activities around the Mar 8 total solar eclipse, including opportunities to talk with solar scientists and live coverage of the eclipse originating from Woleai island in Micronesia.

NASA awards contract for test evaluation, support

Mar 08, 2016, at 03:42 pm

California, Mar 8 (IBNS) NASA has awarded a contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, for continued test and operations support at the agency’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

NASA analyzes March 7 U.S. Pacific Northwestern Storm System

Mar 08, 2016, at 03:35 pm

California, Mar 7 (IBNS) NASA's RapidScat instrument spied tropical-storm-force winds in a weather system affecting the Pacific Northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada on Mar 6 and Mar 7.

NASA, Honeywell bring Hip-Hop education show to West Coast

Mar 08, 2016, at 03:20 pm

California, Mar 8 (IBNS) NASA and Honeywell are visiting the West Coast with the FMA Live! Forces in Motion show for a spring 2016 tour designed to ignite students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

NASA scientific balloon team hopes to break flight duration record with New Zealand launch

Mar 05, 2016, at 02:32 pm

Washington, Mar 4 (IBNS) After years of tests and development, NASA’s Balloon Program team is on the cusp of expanding the envelope in high-altitude, heavy-lift ballooning with its super pressure balloon (SPB) technology.