NASA’s TRMM satellite peers through clouds and can decipher the rate rain is falling within a tropical cyclone, and data from the satellite shows that the heaviest rainfall is occurring in the northwestern quadrant of the storm, away from Bermuda.
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Sometimes it takes an infrared eye to see where the strongest showers and thunderstorms are within a tropical cyclone …
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Infrared satellite imagery from NASA showed powerful convection building in the low pressure area formerly known as System 94W.
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Since the very early days of the American space program, NASA scientists have focused on the issue of providing astronauts nutritious food in space.
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NASA leaders will participate in two media events Wednesday, Sept. 14, to discuss the new Space Launch System that will take American astronauts farther into space than ever before.
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NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System that will take the agency’s astronauts farther into space than ever before, create high-quality jobs here at home, and provide the cornerstone for America’s future human space exploration efforts.
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NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a sole source letter contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. of Azusa, Calif., for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument planned for flight on the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1).
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Journalists are invited to a roundtable discussion at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 16, with NASA’s Space Technology Program Director Michael Gazarik during his visit to the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Va.
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The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact.
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NASA will host a news briefing at 11 a.m. PDT, Thursday, Sept. 15, to announce a new discovery by the Kepler mission.
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