New NASA satellite to study earth's atmosphere

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Satellite to Study Earth's Atmosphere

Satellite to Study Earth's Atmosphere 07/11/2004 12:36 AM
Abcnews.go.com - Sat Jul 10, 08:16 am GMT

Satellite to study Earth's 'Aura'

Satellite to study Earth's 'Aura' 07/09/2004 11:29 PM
The US space agency is set to launch Aura - a satellite designed to check the health of the Earth's atmosphere - on Sunday.

Plane Soars Out of Earth's Atmosphere
(AP)

Plane Soars Out of Earth's Atmosphere
(AP) 06/21/2004 08:35 PM
AP - An ungainly-looking rocket plane punched through the Earth's atmosphere and then glided home to a desert landing Monday in history's first privately financed manned spaceflight — a voyage that could hasten the day when the final frontier is opened up to paying customers.

Study: Earth's Health Is Deteriorating

Study: Earth's Health Is Deteriorating 03/31/2005 12:15 AM
Sci-Tech Today Mar 31 2005 4:04AM GMT

NASA Launches Einstein Test Satellite
(AP)

NASA Launches Einstein Test Satellite
(AP) 04/20/2004 06:20 PM
AP - NASA launched into orbit Tuesday a $750 million satellite meant to erase any doubt about two of Albert Einstein's fundamental predictions about the universe.

Bad Weather Halts Launch of NASA Mercury
Satellite

Bad Weather Halts Launch of NASA Mercury
Satellite 08/02/2004 12:23 PM
Tropical Storm Alex caused the delay of NASA’s MESSENGER Mercury satellite today. NASA has announced that they will try again at 2:16 a.m. EDT on Tuesday. By that time NASA expects the storm to have cleared out. It has been nearly 10 years since NASA launched a satellite to Mercury, and I can hardly wait to see what images MESSENGER will be sending back in the future.

NASA has waited three decades for a second look at the planet Mercury, but now will have to wait at least one day longer as stormy weather on Monday kept its MESSENGER Mercury satellite on the launch pad. Tropical Storm Alex dumped torrents of rain on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station throughout the day leading up to the scheduled lift-off, though launch weather officers had predicted the storm would move far enough north to allow the Boeing Co Delta 2 rocket to blast off.

But as the countdown approached lift-off, heavy anvil clouds continued to envelop the Cape and NASA scrubbed the launch for the day. NASA said it would try again to launch MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) at 2:16 a.m. EDT on Tuesday. Weather officers predicted a 70 percent chance of favorable weather. "Tropical Storm Alex should be out of the way tomorrow and improve the situation at least somewhat," said NASA spokesman George Diller.

News source: Reuters

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High-resolution satellite photo of the
fires from NASA

High-resolution satellite photo of the
fires from NASA 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
A lot of Southern California

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Insurers Use Satellite Data to Study
Risk (AP)

Insurers Use Satellite Data to Study
Risk (AP) 09/25/2004 05:06 PM
AP - Insurance companies are using satellites to identify homes at high risk of fire damage because of their proximity to brush — a development that alarms some state regulators and privacy advocates.

Insurers Use Satellite Data to Study
Risk

Insurers Use Satellite Data to Study
Risk 09/25/2004 05:22 PM
San Jose Mercury News Sep 25 2004 9:05PM GMT

Northwest Gave Passenger Info to Secret
NASA Data-Mining Study

Northwest Gave Passenger Info to Secret
NASA Data-Mining Study 01/19/2004 03:58 AM
Northwest Airlines gave information on passengers to the federal government for a secret air-security project after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the airline said Saturday.

Round Up: Event-like atmosphere

Round Up: Event-like atmosphere 09/21/2004 12:53 PM
newmediazero Sep 21 2004 4:28PM GMT

Atmosphere Probe Lifts Off

Atmosphere Probe Lifts Off 07/15/2004 09:56 PM
CBS News Jul 16 2004 2:37AM GMT

Saturn's Moon Enceladus Has an
Atmosphere

Saturn's Moon Enceladus Has an
Atmosphere 03/17/2005 03:42 AM

Early Earth Atmosphere Favourable to
Life

Early Earth Atmosphere Favourable to
Life 04/09/2005 05:46 PM

Pilot Guides Private Plane Beyond
Atmosphere, a First

Pilot Guides Private Plane Beyond
Atmosphere, a First 06/21/2004 02:13 PM
Mike Melvill, a veteran civilian test pilot, became the first human to reach space in a privately financed mission today.

Saturn's Moon Has a Water Based
Atmosphere

Saturn's Moon Has a Water Based
Atmosphere 03/19/2005 02:23 AM

According to The New Scientist, Saturn’s white moon, Enceladus is surrounded by a thin, watery atmosphere. The moon is so tiny that it would not hold an atmosphere, so scientists think that the atmosphere is being created by more violent means such as volcanos or geysers.

The atmosphere is so thin it is invisible, but Cassini was able to discover it because it bends Saturn's magnetic fields. When the Sun ionises water molecules in Enceladus's atmosphere, the ions begin to be pulled by Saturn's magnetic field lines, which are rotating with the planet at a relative speed of 26 kilometres per second.

The magnetic field near the moon's atmosphere bends to accelerate the ions on Enceladus to that speed, says Christopher Russell, a Cassini team member and geophysicist at the University of California in Los Angeles, US.

"We can calculate how many ions it would take to bend the magnetic field by the amount seen," Russell told New Scientist. He estimates the moon is losing about 125 kilograms of water to space every second. That loss is too great for the atmosphere to be formed simply by the Sun's photons boiling off molecules from the moon's icy surface.

Pollution Is Blamed for Thinner Air at
Edge of Atmosphere

Pollution Is Blamed for Thinner Air at
Edge of Atmosphere 02/10/2004 02:45 AM
Scientists say they have found strong new evidence that carbon dioxide is cooling and shrinking the atmosphere's outermost layers.

Rover Enters Mars Atmosphere for Risky
Landing

Rover Enters Mars Atmosphere for Risky
Landing 01/04/2004 01:32 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 4 2004 0:37AM ET

how much of the earth's resources do you
use?

how much of the earth's resources do you
use? 04/19/2004 03:09 PM
How much of the Earth's resources do you use?

Geology of Earth's Moon

Geology of Earth's Moon 09/05/2004 07:59 AM
Geology of Earth's Moon

1) Lunar Seismology
http://mahi.ucsd.edu/rb ulow/lunars.html

2) Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)Planned Missions
http://home .cwru.edu/~sjr16/advanced/near_isas.html

3) PDS Map-A-Planet
http://pdsmaps.wr.usgs.gov/PDS/public/explorer/html/moonpick.htm

4) Volcanism on the Moon
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/planet_volcano/lunar/Overv iew.html

5) Moon Rocks through the Microscope: A Web Gallery of Images
http://www.cas.usf .edu/~jryan/moonrocks.html

6) Science Channel video clips
http://media.science.discovery.com/convergence/planets/video/ video.html

7) Understanding the Moon
htt p://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/research/moon/moon.cfm

8) Historical Lunar Data Archive
http://a strogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/LunarConsortium/

First, researchers at the University of California, San Diego discuss the importance of studying earthquakes on the moon, also known as moonquakes, and the Apollo Lunar Seismic Experiment (1). Users can discover the problems scientists must deal with when collecting the moon's seismic data. The students at Case Western Reserve University created the second website to address three missions the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) has planned between now and 2010, including a mission to the moon (2). Visitors can learn about the Lunar-A probe that will be used to photograph the surface of the moon, "monitor moonquakes, measure temperature, and study the internal structure." Next, the Planetary Data Service (PDS) at the USGS offers users four datasets that they can use to create an image of a chosen area of the moon (3). Each dataset can be viewed as a basic clickable map; a clickable map where users can specify size, resolution, and projection; or an advanced version where visitors can select areas by center latitude and longitude. The fourth site, produced by Robert Wickman at the University of North Dakota, presents a map of the volcanoes on the moon and compares their characteristics with those on earth (4). Students can learn how the gravitational forces on the Moon affect the lava flows. Next, Professor Jeff Ryan at the University of South Florida at Tampa supplies fantastic images and descriptive text of the lunar rocks obtained by the Apollo missions (5). Visitors can find links to images of meteorites, terrestrial rocks, and Apollo landings as well. At the Science Channel website, students and educators can find a video clip discussing the geologic studies on the moon along with videos about planets (6). Users can learn about how studying moon rocks help scientists better understand the formation of the earth. Next, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum presents its research of "lunar topography, cratering and impacts basins, tectonics, lava flows, and regolith properties" (7). Visitors can find summaries of the characteristics of the moon and the main findings since the 1950s. Lastly, the USGS Astrogeology Research Program provides archived lunar images and data collected between 1965 and 1992 by Apollo, Lunar Orbiter, Galileo, and Zond 8 missions (8). While the data is a little old, students and educators can still find valuable materials about the moon's topography, chemical composition, and geology. [From The NSDL Scout Report for the Physical Sciences, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Oceans Could Be Earth's Pantry

Oceans Could Be Earth's Pantry 11/05/2003 05:18 AM
CBS News Nov 5 2003 4:28AM ET

MADMEN as Earth's protectors?

MADMEN as Earth's protectors? 05/20/2004 02:16 PM
USA Today May 20 2004 6:49PM GMT

Water on earth's moon?

Water on earth's moon? 04/14/2005 06:53 PM
Come and get it? Some researchers believe there's water on the Moon in reach of human explorers. ...as we look towards the Moon with thoughts of setting up a permanent home there, one new question is paramount: does the Moon have water? Although none has been definitely detected, recent evidence suggests that it's there.

Earth's oldest object

Earth's oldest object 04/09/2005 01:15 PM
USA Today Apr 9 2005 5:00PM GMT

Korea's KT to have Earth's largest Wi-Fi
network?

Korea's KT to have Earth's largest Wi-Fi
network? 05/20/2004 02:32 PM

Earth's permafrost starts to squelch

Earth's permafrost starts to squelch 12/28/2004 09:08 PM
Scientists find many regions on Earth that once had permanent frozen ground are now experiencing a thaw.

Did Quake Speed Earth's Spin?

Did Quake Speed Earth's Spin? 01/05/2005 07:08 AM
A NASA scientist says the devastating Dec. 26 earthquake off Sumatra may have caused the planet to spin 3 millionths of a second faster and wobble about an inch on its axis. But scientists don't think such tiny shifts will have long-term effects.

Earth's Magnetic Field Weakening

Earth's Magnetic Field Weakening 12/15/2003 12:48 PM
CBS News Dec 15 2003 11:52AM ET

ESA to probe Earth's magnetic field

ESA to probe Earth's magnetic field 06/04/2004 05:57 AM
Satellites to launch in 2009

Earth's Asteroid Risk Downgraded

Earth's Asteroid Risk Downgraded 11/15/2003 05:37 PM

Earth's Oldest Known Object on Display
(AP)

Earth's Oldest Known Object on Display
(AP) 04/08/2005 05:46 PM
AP - A tiny speck of zircon crystal that is barely visible to the eye is believed to be the oldest known piece of Earth at about 4.4 billion years old. For the first time ever, the public will have a chance to see the particle Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where researchers in 2001 made the breakthrough discovery that the early Earth was much cooler than previously believed based on analysis of the crystal.

Quake may have altered Earth's rotation

Quake may have altered Earth's rotation 12/28/2004 11:11 PM
ZDNet Dec 29 2004 3:19AM GMT

The Earth's magnetic field may flip

The Earth's magnetic field may flip 07/14/2004 03:01 AM
trend for a magnetic flip .. changing magnetic fields

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There are Cracks in Earth's Magnetic
field at times!

There are Cracks in Earth's Magnetic
field at times! 12/05/2003 03:20 AM
If that statement does not make your hair stand up on end it out to. Very interesting read. [Yahoo News]...

Quake Changes Earth's Rotation, Moves
Islands

Quake Changes Earth's Rotation, Moves
Islands 12/29/2004 09:44 AM

Hole Drilled to Bottom of Earth's Crust

Hole Drilled to Bottom of Earth's Crust 04/10/2005 02:36 PM

Research Reveals Earth's Unsymmetrical
Auroras

Research Reveals Earth's Unsymmetrical
Auroras 04/06/2005 01:47 AM

CNN.com - Report: Earth's magnetic field
fading - Dec. 12, 2003

CNN.com - Report: Earth's magnetic field
fading - Dec. 12, 2003 12/14/2003 12:06 AM
Has anyone seen 'The Core'? The Earth's Magnetic Field is Fading .. We are sooo fukked ... buy velcro NOW! .. Read it all .. reports

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The New York Times On Earth's Magnetic
Flip-Flop

The New York Times On Earth's Magnetic
Flip-Flop 07/13/2004 09:03 AM

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