VIIRS Opens Doors GREENBELT, Md. — The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired…
Month: November 2011
DIY Solar Collector
This is a great DIY Solar water heater project. Solar water heat may not be a sexy as solar electricity…
Russia’s stricken Mars probe ‘contacted’
MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) – The European Space Agency (ESA) has said it established contact with Russia’s Mars mission…
NASA finds Water Lakes on Europa
NASA Probe Data Show Evidence Of Liquid Water On Icy Europa WASHINGTON — Data from a NASA planetary mission have…
Bad Day to be a Russian Satellite Engineer
Reuters quotes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as saying that he believes those responsible for recent space program failures, like Phobos-Grunt,…
NASA’s future good or bad is up to us
NASA future uncertain Editoral – This year basically ended the United States Manned launch vehicle effort. The Space Shuttle…
NPP First Light Image
On October 28th NASA launched the NPP mission. This is the newest satellite in it’s fleet of Earth Observation Satellites.…
Greenhouse gas index continues climbing
(SOURCE NOAA ) NOAA’s Patricia Lang prepares to measure greenhouse gas levels inside a flask that is part of NOAA’s…
