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Data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been processed, and a highly detailed and nearly global topographic map of the moon has been released. The topographic map was created at the Arizona State University in Tempe, at a pixel-scale resolution close to 100 meters. The Global Lunar DTM 100 m topographic model (GLD100), was [...]
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NASA successfully launched the NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite early this morning from Vandenberg Air Force. The polar-orbiting satellite is a joint project between NASA and NOAA, with NASA using it as a research project and NOAA collecting weather details for forecasting and environmental monitoring. The satellite features five [...]
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NASA has just launched the 15th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) crew, sending six astronauts, researchers and habitat technicians to live for ten days in an underwater habitat three miles off the coast of Key Largo. This is a training mission for plans to send a crew to visit an asteroid, using the weightless [...]
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NASA is working with space agencies around the world to make the International Space Station more open for scientists and citizens as a platform to address challenges of global importance. The International Space Apps Challenge embraces open data, open source, and open technology to accelerate the creation of solutions. The application challenge is currently in [...]
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Today, NASA launched its 14th earth science satellite into space with the launch of the Aquarius/SAC-D Sea Surface Salinity satellite. The satellite will provide a monthly map of sea salt movement and data that will help understand global climate change and ocean currents. The $287 million satellite measures the microwave energy emitted from the ocean [...]
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At the culmination of Esri’s Forestry GIS Solutions Conference there was a field day that began with a tour of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This facility in Pasadena, Calif. employs more than 5,000 people with the primary mission of robotic exploration of space. The highlight of the event was certainly the chance to overlook the [...]
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Just in time for the last shuttle launch tomorrow (OV-105 Endeavor at 8:56am EDT), NASA has developed a real-time means to track the launch and landing of the Endeavor in Google Earth using data from Mission Control. After installing the groundtrack file, you’ll be able to see a 3D model of the space shuttle’s position [...]
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In the second consecutive devastating loss of a climate observation satellite, NASA’s launch early this morning of the Glory satellite failed to reach orbit and crashed into the ocean. Reports of the launch aboard a Taurus XL rocket from Vanedenberg Air Force Base in California indicate that the protective fairing did not separate as expected. [...]
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NASA’s laser-based imager, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, is creating a precise and complete map of the moon. The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) propagates a single laser pulse through a Diffractive Optical Element that splits it into five beams that then strike and are backscattered from the lunar surface. The LOLA electronics determine the time [...]
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