An
astronaut aboard the International Space Station will control NASA's
K10 planetary rover at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett
Field, Calif., from 8-11 a.m. PDT Friday, July 26, and media are invited
to watch.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
NASA'S Spitzer Observes Gas Emission From Comet Ison
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later this year.
NASA Creates Spacewalk Mishap Investigation Board
NASA
has appointed a board to investigate the July 16 early termination of a
spacewalk outside the International Space Station, develop a set of
lessons learned from the incident and suggest ways to prevent a similar
problem in the future.
Wching wetlands from space
The
use of satellite data to monitor wetlands for sustainable water
management is growing. Following promising results from monitoring
efforts in the Mediterranean, ESA is working with African partners to
expand its GlobWetland project even further.
NASA Releases Images of Earth Taken By Distant Spacecraft
Color
and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary
spacecraft July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from
millions of miles away in space.
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