Massachusetts Students Speak With Space Station Astronauts

Massachusetts Students Speak With Space Station Astronauts

06/06/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy, Luca Parmitano, and Karen Nyberg will speak from the International Space Station to students at Douglas Public Schools in Massachusetts at 11:35 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 10.

NASA Flights Target How Pollution, Storms and Climate Mix

NASA Flights Target How Pollution, Storms and Climate Mix

06/06/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA aircraft will take to the skies over the southern United States this summer to investigate how air pollution and natural emissions, which are pushed high into the atmosphere by large storms, affect atmospheric composition and climate.

NASA to Host June 7 Mars Rover Opportunity Teleconference

NASA to Host June 7 Mars Rover Opportunity Teleconference

06/06/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) on Friday, June 7, to provide an update about the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The 10th anniversary of this rover's launch is next month.

SMOS maps record soil water before flood

SMOS maps record soil water before flood

07-06-2013 09:26 AM CEST

As parts of central Europe are battling with the most extensive floods in centuries, forecasters are hoping that ESA's SMOS satellite will help to improve the accuracy of flood prediction in the future.

Mars Express: Searching for life

Mars Express: Searching for life

06-06-2013 12:55 PM CEST

On 2 June 2003 dawned a new era for the European Space Agency. 

From Baikonur Mars Express was the first planetary probe of the European Space Agency, sent a Russian Soyuz rocket on their trip to our neighboring red planet. 

On 25 December of the same year, they swung into orbit around Mars. Since then she has traveled more than 12.000mal him and her seven scientific instruments provide a reliable stream of data that can be our neighboring planets appear in a new light.

Image of the week

Image of the week

31-05-2013 09:53 AM CEST

In this week's image we see where the Okavango River empties into the inland Okavango Delta in Botswana

Atlantic Tropical Storm ANDREA Intermediate Advisory Number 6A

Atlantic Tropical Storm Andrea Intermediate Advisory Number 6a
06/07/2013 01:39 Am Edt
000 Wtnt31 Knhc 070539 Tcpat1 Bulletin
 

Tropical Storm Andrea Intermediate Advisory Number 6a
Nws National Hurricane Center Miami Fl Al012013
 

200 Am Edt Fri Jun 07 2013

...andrea Moving Northeastward A Little Faster...

Summary Of 200 Am Edt...0600 Utc...information
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• Location -  31.3n 81.7w
• About 65 Mi -  100 Km Ssw Of Savannah Georgia
• About 145 Mi -  235 Km Sw Of Charleston South Carolina
• Maximum Sustained Winds -  45 Mph...75 Km/h
• Present Movement -  ne Or 45 Degrees At 19 Mph...31 Km/h
• Minimum Central Pressure -  996 Mb...29.41 Inches