NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna.
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NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite
AIRS Produces CO2 Snapshot
A new image from AIRS shows the transport of carbon dioxide across the globe.
NASA's Hurricane Page is All "a-Twitter"
In 2005, NASA created the NASA Hurricane and Tropical Cyclone Web page that covers NASA research on tropical cyclones around the world every day. Now, NASA's Hurricane page has a companion "Twitter" ...
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NASA Chat: Leonids Meteor Shower
A cooperative new moon is setting the stage for one of the best Leonids meteor showers in years. Ask a NASA Scientist your questions about the showers.
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El Niño Picking Up Steam
The latest image from the U.S./European Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Niño.
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Tropical Depression Phyan (Arabian Sea)
Cyclone Phyan broke a 43 year record when it made landfall north of the city of Mumbai, India during the evening hours on November 11.
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2012 – A Scientific Reality Check
The manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Office shares with you the scientific realities surrounding the celestial happenings in the year 2012.
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A Late-Season Ida Eyes the Northern U.S. Gulf Coast
Ida, the third hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season and now a tropical storm, churns through the Gulf of Mexico in a pair of NASA satellite images taken Monday, Nov. 9.
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GOES Offers Real-Time Hurricane Alley Movies
Thanks to NASA's GOES Project, individuals can now access real-time satellite data from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Latest News Releases
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Media Invited to International Earth Observation Briefing, Exhibit
11.16.09 - The United States is hosting the sixth plenary meeting of the Group on Earth Observations, or GEO, this week at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in Washington.
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NASA Hosts Native Peoples Workshop to Study Climate Change
11.16.09 - NASA will hold a second national strategies workshop to examine the impacts of climate change and extreme weather variability on native peoples and their homelands.
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NASA and Spaceward Foundation Award Prize Money for Successful Wireless Power Demonstration
11.09.09
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NASA Spinoff 2009 Highlights Technologies That Improve Life on Earth
11.06.09 - The 2009 edition of NASA's Spinoff, a publication that shows how NASA technology is being put to use in everyday life here on Earth, is available in print and online.
Earth Image of the Day
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Savage Islands, Atlantic Ocean →
Bright white waves break along the fringing beaches of the Savage Islands in these astronaut photos from October 22, 2009.
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