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Comparison of Images
Comparison of high resolutio
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11/13/08
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Comparison of high resolution image showing the Earth at LPI website and LOIRP image. Photo Credit: LOIRP |
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11/13/08 |
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Lunar Orbiter 1
The world's first view of Ea
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11/13/08
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The world's first view of Earth as released to the public taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the NASA tracking station at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain. This crescent of the Earth was photographed August 23, 1966 at 16:35 GMT when the spacecraft was on its 16th orbit and just about to pass behind the Moon. Photo Credit: NASA / LOIRP |
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11/13/08 |
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LOIRP Moon
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NAS
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11/13/08
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MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966. Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon. Read press release Image Credit: NASA / LOIRP |
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11/13/08 |
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Big Blue Marble
NASA's mission has always be
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4/22/08
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NASA's mission has always been to explore, to discover and to understand the world in which we live from the unique vantage point of space, and to share our newly gained perspectives with the public. That spirit of sharing remains true today as NASA operates 18 of the most advanced Earth-observing satellites ever built, helping scientists make some of the most detailed observations ever made of our world. Image Credit: NASA |
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4/22/08 |
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Neither Perpendicular nor Pa
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Most ISS images are nadir, i
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11/3/08
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Most ISS images are nadir, in which the center point of the image is directly beneath the lens of the camera, but this one is not. This highly oblique image of northwestern African captures the curvature of the Earth and shows its atmosphere. The Earth's atmosphere is composed of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other constituents, and it shields us from nearly all harmful radiation coming from the sun and other stars. It also protects us from meteors, most of which burn up before they can strike the planet. Affected by changes in solar activity, the upper atmosphere contributes to weather and climate on Earth. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/UCSD/JSC |
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11/3/08 |
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Earthrise
Apollo 8, the first manned m
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12/24/08
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Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts--Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders--held a live broadcast from lunar orbit, in which they showed pictures of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. Said Lovell, "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth." They ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading from the book of Genesis. Visit the Apollo 8 page for audio and video of the historic mission. Image Credit: NASA |
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12/24/08 |
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Eclipse View from the ISS
The International Space Stat
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6/9/08
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The International Space Station (ISS) was in position to view the umbral (ground) shadow cast by the moon as it moved between Earth and the sun during a solar eclipse on March 29, 2006. This astronaut image captures the umbral shadow across southern Turkey, northern Cyprus and the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: NASA |
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6/9/08 |
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Total Eclipse of the Sun
On December 3, 2002, people
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6/9/08
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On December 3, 2002, people in Australia received a rare 32-second celestial show as the moon completely obscured the sun, creating a ring of light. Solar eclipses provide experts an opportunity to study the sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona. This total eclipse was the first to cover Australian shores since 1976. The next is not predicted to occur for several more decades. While people in Australia were observing the solar eclipse, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft also had its eye on the sun. From its unique vantage point in space, scientists have been able to monitor the explosions on the sun that can impact us here on Earth. This image combines a photograph of the solar eclipse (showing the halo-like corona) with data taken by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope instrument aboard SOHO (showing the green inner regions). Image credit: NASA/ESA Text credit: NASA's Earth Observatory |
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6/9/08 |
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Martian Moons Transit the Su
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The upper-left of these imag
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6/9/08
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The upper-left of these images shows the passing, or transit, of the Martian moon Deimos across the sun. This event is similar to solar eclipses seen from Earth in which our moon crosses in front of the sun. The bottom three images show Phobos, Mars's other moon, transiting the sun. The potato-shaped Phobos is roughly 15 miles across, about twice the size of Deimos. Deimos appears so much smaller because it is also a bit more than twice as far away from Mars as Phobos is. The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took images of both moons on different days in March 2004. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell |
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6/9/08 |
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GOES-10 Captures Solar Eclip
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The GOES-10 satellite captur
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6/9/08
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The GOES-10 satellite captured this image sequence on Feb. 26, 1998, during a solar eclipse. The images show the path of the moon's shadow across the surface of the Earth. "GOES" stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. > View image sequence as an animated GIF Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, using data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration GOES |
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6/9/08 |
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STEREO Sees Lunar Transit
This transit of the moon acr
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6/9/08
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This transit of the moon across the sun on Feb. 25, 2007, could not be seen from Earth. This sight was visible only from the STEREO-B spacecraft in its orbit about the sun, trailing behind the Earth. NASA's STEREO mission consists of two spacecraft launched in October 2006 to study solar storms. When STEREO-B captured this image, it was about one million miles from the Earth. That's about 4.4 times farther away from the moon than we are on Earth. As a result, the moon appeared about 4.4 times smaller than what we are used to. This alignment of STEREO-B and the moon was not just due to luck. It was arranged with a small tweak to STEREO-B's orbit in December 2006. The sun as it appears here is a composite of images in four different wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light that were separated into color channels and then recombined. Image credit: NASA |
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6/9/08 |
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The Rare Venus Transit
NASA joined the world June 8
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6/9/08
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NASA joined the world June 8, 2004, in viewing a rare celestial event, one not seen by any person now alive. The "Venus transit" -- the apparent crossing of our planetary neighbor in front of the sun -- was captured from the unique perspective of NASA's sun-observing TRACE spacecraft. The top image shows Venus on the eastern limb of the sun. The faint ring around the planet comes from the scattering of its atmosphere, which allows some sunlight to show around the edge of the otherwise dark planetary disk. The faint glow on the disk is an effect of the TRACE telescope. The bottom left image is in the ultraviolet, and the bottom right image is in the extreme ultraviolet. The last "Venus transit" occurred more than a century ago, in 1882, and was used to compute the distance between Earth and the sun. Scientists with NASA's Kepler mission hope to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars by searching for transits similar to this one. If people missed the June 8, 2004, Venus transit, they will have another chance in 2012 on June 6. After that, there will not be another Venus transit until Dec. 11, 2117. Image credit: NASA/LMSAL > View QuickTime movies in ultraviolet: 4.2 Mb | 1.4 Mb |
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6/9/08 |
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Aug. 1 Solar Eclipse Image S
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On August 1, a total solar e
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8/4/08
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On August 1, a total solar eclipse was visible in parts of Canada, northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia and China. The eclipse swept across Earth in a narrow path that began in Canada's northern province of Nunavut and ended in northern China's Silk Road region. Though the eclipse was not visible in most of North America, NASA TV and the Exploratorium made streaming video of the event available online. These images are taken from that video. The sun appears differently in some of the images because of the different filters used to capture the event. Times listed are approximate. At 6:54 a.m. ET, clouds began to roll in, threatening to block out the total eclipse. The clouds began to break at 7:06 a.m., and the sky cleared long enough for views of totality at 7:10 a.m. > Larger, unlabeled image Credit: NASA TV/The Exploratorium |
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8/4/08 |
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Arctic Eclipse
NASA's Terra satellite was r
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8/4/08
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NASA's Terra satellite was rounding the top of the globe, making its way from the eastern tip of Siberia and across the Arctic Ocean towards northern Norway and northwest Russia, when it captured this unique view of a total solar eclipse on Aug. 1, 2008. The circular disk of the Moon casts an oval-shaped shadow across the left edge of this image. In the region of totality, where the Moon entirely obscures the Sun, the shadow is complete. The edges of the shadow are fuzzy, gradually lightening from black to red, brown, and yellow until the shadow is no longer discernable. In these areas of semi-shadow, the Sun is only partially blocked. On any other day, the photo-like view captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite would be brilliant white since both the ever-present Arctic clouds and the ice that caps the northern sea reflect light. In this image, however, it is as if the world is painted in sepia: the low light casts a yellow-brown glow on much of the scene. The image was captured between 9:35 and 9:45 UTC. In the area shown in the image, the Sun was completely obscured for about two minutes. As Earth rotated, the shadow moved southeast across the surface. At the same time, the satellite crossed the Arctic, its path nearly perpendicular to the eclipse. Because the shadow was moving across Earth's surface as the satellite approached, it has a long oblong shape in this image. In an instantaneous snapshot from a platform that was not moving relative to Earth, the shadow would be more circular. Image credit: Jeff Schmaltz, NASA's MODIS Rapid Response Team Text credit: Holli Riebeek, NASA's Earth Observatory |
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8/4/08 |
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First Picture of the Earth a
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The picture of the Earth and
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8/1/08
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The picture of the Earth and Moon in a single frame, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded September 18, 1977, by NASA's Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometers) from Earth. |
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8/1/08 |
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Fires in California
Forest fires in Northern Cal
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8/12/08
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Forest fires in Northern California were slowly being contained in the first weeks of August 2008. Many of the fires started in the first week of summer when a rash of lightning strikes ignited hundreds of fires in the state. The image above was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on August 10. Places where the sensor detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. According to the National Interagency Fire Center's report for August 11, the Iron and Alps Complexes had a combined acreage of 95,171 acres. Other large fires included the Siskiyou Complex (61,404 acres), the Panther Fire (21,802 acres), and the Ukonom Complex (49,929 acres). > Unlabeled larger image Image credit: NASA's MODIS Rapid Response Team Text credit: Rebecca Lindsey, NASA's Earth Observatory |
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8/12/08 |
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Fires in Oregon and Northern
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A handful of large fires wer
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9/17/08
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A handful of large fires were burning in Oregon and Northern California as fall approached in 2008. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite shows the two states on September 15. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fires are marked with red dots. According to the National Interagency Fire Center report on September 16, the Rattle Fire was an estimated 5,733 acres and 25 percent contained, and the Lonesome Complex was 5,886 acres and 15 percent contained. Structures were threatened in both locations, and some evacuations were in effect. The Klamath Complex was an estimated 182,693 acres and 75 percent contained. Some of the fires in the Klamath Complex had been burning since the first weekend of summer. Image credit:Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of NASA's MODIS Rapid Response team Text credit: Rebecca Lindsey, NASA's Earth Observatory |
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9/17/08 |
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Ikhana Resumes Fire Mission
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NASA's Autonomous Modular Sc
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9/22/08
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NASA's Autonomous Modular Scanner mounted on the Ikhana remotely piloted aircraft captured this thermal-infrared imagery during two passes over the Hidden wildfire during a flight over the southern Sierras about 30 miles northeast of Visalia in Central California on Sept. 19, 2008. This false-color, three-dimensional image shows unburned vegetation in green, smoke and bare areas in bluish-white and fire hot spots in yellow and red, overlaid on a Google Earth Digital Globe terrain image. Text credit: NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center > Read more about the Ikhana mission |
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9/22/08 |
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Fires in Queensland
Scorching temperatures and d
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11/6/08
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Scorching temperatures and dry conditions kept fire danger high across Queensland in early November 2008. This image of the central part of the state was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA's Aqua satellite on November 6, 2008, and it shows places where the sensor detected active fires outlined in red. Beneath a scattering of small clouds, the landscape varies between shades of tan (grassland) and deep green (forest and woodlands). The more tree-covered areas are generally mountainous areas, and many of them were experiencing fires. Image credit: NASA's MODIS Rapid Response Team Text credit: Rebecca Lindsey, NASA's Earth Observatory |
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11/6/08 |
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Fires in California
Smoke from the recent outbre
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11/19/08
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Smoke from the recent outbreak of fires in Southern California can clearly be seen from NASA satellites. The top, photo-like, true-color image, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on November 16, 2008, shows the smoke drifting to the southwest from the Los Angeles basin over the waters of the Pacific Ocean. The lower image shows measurements of aerosols -- tiny particles within smoke -- as observed by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) onboard NASA's Aura satellite, overlaid on top of the MODIS image. In the lower image, aerosol concentrations are represented by an aerosol index, with the highest concentrations in pink, and the lowest in dark blue. The aerosol index is calculated based on the way the tiny particles absorb and scatter light. Specifically, the index is a measurement of the difference between the amount of ultraviolet light the smoke-filled atmosphere scatters back to the satellite compared to the amount of ultraviolet light that the atmosphere would scatter back if it were totally clear. The difference between these two measurements can effectively detect smoke that would otherwise be invisible in photo-like imagery. In the MODIS image, the smoke disappears when it moves over the bright surface of the low-level marine stratocumulus clouds. The OMI aerosol index measurement reveals, however, that smoke is present over the clouds. Such ultraviolet measurements from instruments like OMI are useful to scientists working to understand how aerosols affect clouds. Image credit: Colin Seftor, Aura OMI Science team Text credit: Colin Seftor and Holli Riebeek, NASA's Earth Observatory |
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11/19/08 |
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Fires in Queensland
Multiple bushfires burned ac
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11/19/08
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Multiple bushfires burned across Queensland's Cape York Peninsula on November 14, 2008, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead and captured this image. Made from a combination of visible and infrared light, the image highlights the location of hotspots (outlined in red) and burned areas (reddish brown). Vegetation is bright green, and bare or sparsely vegetated ground is pinkish-tan. In this kind of satellite image, the intense pink glow within the fire outlines is often a sign of open flames. Image credit: NASA's MODIS Rapid Response Team Text credit: Rebecca Lindsey, NASA's Earth Observatory |
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11/19/08 |
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Fires in California
Several days after it starte
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11/24/08
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Several days after it started, the Freeway Fire left a sprawling burn scar on the California landscape. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image on Nov. 22, 2008. In this false-color image, red indicates vegetation, tan indicates bare ground, gray-blue indicates buildings and paved surfaces, and dark blue indicates water. The Freeway Fire burn scar, stretching across the middle of the image, assumes a charcoal color. Along its southwestern margin, the burn scar intrudes into the curving suburban streets of Yorba Linda and Brea. Image credit: Robert Simmon, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team Text credit: Rebecca Lindsey, NASA's Earth Observatory |
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11/24/08 |
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California Fires Mid-Novembe
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One hundred eighty-seven hom
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11/27/08
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One hundred eighty-seven homes were destroyed by the Freeway Fire in Southern California in mid-November 2008. Driven by Santa Ana winds, the fire exploded out of the Chino Hills into communities at the foothills of the mountains. More than 30,000 acres were scorched by the fire. This natural-color image of the burned area was captured by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite on November 18, 2008. The top image shows the Chino Hills north of Riverside Freeway and west of Chino Valley Freeway, a mostly undeveloped area that encompasses Chino Hills State Park. Small cities and residential areas encircle the mountains. The burned area is charcoal, and it stretches across most of the Chino Hills. The lower image is a detailed view of the edge of the burned area in northwestern Yorba Linda. The fire crossed Telegraph Canyon and made forays southwestward into neighborhoods. One arm of the fire encircled Carbon Canyon Regional Park. Southeast of the Riverside Freeway (shown in the large image), is a part of Chino Hills State Park called the Coal Canyon area. The area has a dull greenish-brown color that is typical for the dry woodland/chaparral ecosystems native to the area. (In this part of California, bright green vegetation is the product of irrigation, for example, golf courses and lawns.) The Coal Canyon area was added to China Hills State Park in 2000, and it was the only part of the 14,000-acre park that was not burned, according to local news reports. NASA image by Robert Simmon, based on data provided by the EO-1 Mission Office. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey. |
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11/27/08 |
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Dave Kratz
Dave Kratz with the Climate
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5/13/08
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Dave Kratz with the Climate Science Branch sets up the solar telescope on the great lawn in front of the Ferguson Center for the Arts for participants attending EarthFest. The connection between the sun and the Earth is important for researchers at NASA Langley as they study climate change and the balance of energy and heat in our atmosphere. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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5/13/08 |
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EarthFest Face Painting
Juliann and Colleen Rink, da
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5/13/08
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Juliann and Colleen Rink, daughters of Chris Rink of the Office of Strategic Communications and Education, got their faces painted and took part in the group Earth mural at EarthFest. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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5/13/08 |
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Ask A Scientist
Scientists from the Science
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5/13/08
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Scientists from the Science Directorate at NASA's Langley Research Center, including Marty Mlynczak, Bruce Doddridge and Lin Chambers, participated in a series of "Ask a Scientist" panels for the public at EarthFest. Colleagues from the Virginia Institute for Marine Science and from the College of William and Mary also participated as panelists. The space also served as a gallery for Earth art, photographs and data images of our home planet from space. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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5/13/08 |
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Active Sensing of CO2 Emissi
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Researchers from the Science
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11/24/08
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Researchers from the Science Directorate at NASA Langley are working to better understand Earth's atmosphere and our changing climate. One group within the SD has partnered with ITT in Fort Wayne, Ind., to build and test a laser instrument called ASCENDS -- short for Active Sensing of CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons -- to study atmospheric carbon dioxide, an important greenhouse gas that is know to influence climate change. This fall, the teams met at the LaRC hangar to test-fly the instrument's Engineering Development Unit on the LaRC UC-12, a new aircraft at NASA Langley. In this photo, Mike Dobbs, instrument Co-Principal Investigator from ITT, pours liquid nitrogen to be used to cool the laser detector while in flight. The UC-12 is directly behind Dobbs awaiting take-off. Ultimately, the ASCENDS team hopes to see their instrument concept flown in space as Advanced CO<sub>2</sub> and Climate Laser International Mission (ACCLAIM), one of the 15 missions of critical importance recommended by the 2007 decadal survey for Earth science. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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11/24/08 |
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Skylab -- August 1973
Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skyl
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7/16/08
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Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab 3 commander, flies the M509 Astronaut Maneuvering Equipment in the forward dome area of the Orbital Workshop on the space station cluster in Earth orbit. Bean is strapped into the back-mounted, hand-controlled Automatically Stabilized Maneuvering Unit, or ASMU. He is wearing a pressure suit for this run of the M509 experiment, but other ASMU tests are done in shirt sleeves. The dome area where the experiment is conducted is about 22 feet in diameter and 19 feet from top to bottom. |
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7/16/08 |
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Skylab -- August 1973
On a spacewalk, astronaut Ow
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7/16/08
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On a spacewalk, astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, retrieves an imagery experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount attached to the Skylab in Earth orbit. |
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7/16/08 |
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Skylab -- August 1973
Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Sk
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7/16/08
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Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, participates in the Aug. 6, 1973 spacewalk. He and astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, deployed the twin-pole solar shield to help shade the Orbital Workshop. Note the striking reflection of Earth in Lousma's helmet visor. |
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7/16/08 |
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Constellation -- January 200
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Illustrations of the propose
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7/18/08
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Illustrations of the proposed Constellation Spacesuit System depict different preliminary configurations of the new spacesuit system. On the left, the "initial capability" suit will provide basic pressure suit functions for use inside the Orion spacecraft for launch, entry and on-orbit activities during low-Earth orbit missions to the International Space Station. On the right, the "lunar capability" suit will use core components of the initial capability suit and additional hardware, including a new thermal micro-meteoroid protection garment. It will be the lunar exploration suit for the Constellation Program. In the center, another illustration of the lunar capability suit shows additional equipment and the micrometeoroid outer garment highlighted in blue. |
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7/18/08 |
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Apollo-Soyuz -- April 1975
An exhibit illustrates the s
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7/16/08
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An exhibit illustrates the spacesuits designed for the Soviet cosmonaut crewmen of the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking in Earth orbit mission. These suits were on display in the training building at the Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, near Moscow. |
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7/16/08 |
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Apollo-Soyuz -- July 1975
The two Soviet crewmen for t
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7/16/08
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The two Soviet crewmen for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, or ASTP, mission are photographed at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the morning of the Soviet ASTP liftoff on July 15, 1975. They are cosmonauts Aleksey A. Leonov (left), commander, and Valeriy N. Kubasov, flight engineer. Leonov is waving to well-wishers at the launch pad. The Soviet ASTP launch preceded the American ASTP Apollo liftoff by seven and one-half hours. The American and Soviet spacecraft were docked in Earth orbit for a total of about 47 hours on July 17-19, 1975. Image Credit: USSR Academy of Sciences |
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7/16/08 |
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Apollo-Soyuz -- July 1975
Astronauts Thomas P. Staffor
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7/16/08
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Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left) and Donald K. "Deke" Slayton hold containers of Soviet space food in the Soyuz Orbital Module during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking in Earth orbit mission. The containers hold borsch (beet soup) over which vodka labels have been pasted. This was the crews' way of toasting each other. |
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7/16/08 |
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Mercury -- September 1962
Astronaut Walter M. "Wally"
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7/16/08
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Astronaut Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 Earth-orbital spaceflight, goes through a suiting-up exercise at Cape Canaveral several weeks prior to his scheduled Oct. 3, 1962 flight. |
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7/16/08 |
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Gemini -- June 1965
Astronaut Edward H. White, p
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7/16/08
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Astronaut Edward H. White, pilot for the Gemini IV spaceflight, floats in space during the first spacewalk by an American. The extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, was performed during the third Earth orbit of the Gemini IV mission. White is attached to the spacecraft by a 25-foot umbilical line and a 23-foot tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand White carries a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit. The visor of his helmet is gold-plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun. |
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7/16/08 |
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Space Shuttle -- March 1979
Taking advantage of a brief
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8/5/08
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Taking advantage of a brief period of microgravity afforded aboard a KC-135 flying a parabolic curve, the flight crew of the first space shuttle orbital flight test (STS-1) goes through a spacesuit-donning exercise. Astronaut John W. Young has just entered the hard-material torso of the shuttle spacesuit by approaching it from below. He is assisted by astronaut Robert L. Crippen. The torso is held in place by a special stand here, simulating the function provided by the airlock wall aboard the actual shuttle craft. The life support system is mated to the torso on Earth and remains attached to the torso during the flight. |
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8/5/08 |
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Space Shuttle -- April 1983
Astronauts F. Story Musgrave
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7/18/08
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Astronauts F. Story Musgrave, left, and Donald H. Peterson float in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger during their April 7, 1983 extravehicular activity on the STS-6 mission. Their "floating" is restricted via tethers to safety slide wires. Thanks to the tether and slide wire combination, Peterson is able to translate, or move, along the port side hand rails. |
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7/18/08 |
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Space Shuttle -- November 19
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Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, g
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7/29/08
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Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, getting his turn in the Manned Maneuvering Unit, prepares to dock with the spinning WESTAR VI satellite during the STS-51A mission. Gardner used a large tool called the Apogee Kick Motor Capture Device to enter the nozzle of a spent WESTAR VI engine and stabilize the communications spacecraft sufficiently to capture it for return to Earth in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery. |
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7/29/08 |
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Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rock
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Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rock
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3/4/08
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Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rockets conduct nuclear fission reactions similar to those safely employed at nuclear power plants including submarines. The energy is used to heat the liquid hydrogen propellant. Advocates of nuclear powered spacecraft point out that at the time of launch, there is almost no radiation released from the nuclear reactors. The nuclear-powered rockets are not used to lift off the Earth. Nuclear thermal rockets can provide great performance advantages compared to chemical propulsion systems. Nuclear power sources could also be used to provide the spacecraft with electrical power for operations and scientific instrumentation. Pat Rawlings (SAIC) |
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3/4/08 |
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Multifunction Mars Base
On their way to perform surf
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3/4/08
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On their way to perform surface experiments, two residents of the first Martian outpost pause to look at their home. Extensive use of natural Martian resources for propulsion would greatly reduce the cost of establishing such a base, and in addition to continued use for propulsion, material processing plants would provide products that would minimize reliance on the Earth-to-Mars supply line. NASA Glenn is a world leader in space power systems research. acrylic painting by Les Bossinas (Cortez III Service Corp.), 1991 |
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3/4/08 |
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Flight Over Venus
Now that humans have mastere
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3/4/08
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Now that humans have mastered atmospheric flight above the Earth, researchers at Glenn have set their sights on flight above our neighboring planets. Venus provides several advantages for flying a solar-powered aircraft. At the top of the cloud level, the solar intensity is comparable to or greater than solar intensities above Earth. The atmospheric pressure would make flight much easier than on planets such as Mars. In addition, Venus' slow rotation would allow an airplane to fly in continuous sunlight, eliminating the need for energy storage for nighttime flight. These factors make Venus a prime choice for a long-duration solar-powered aircraft for scientific research. Exploratory planetary mapping and atmospheric sampling over Venus may lead to a greater understanding of the greenhouse effect not only on Venus but on Earth as well. digital art by Les Bossinas (InDyne, Inc.), 2001 |
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3/4/08 |
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NASA 360 Episode 1
This is not your typical NAS
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2008
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This is not your typical NASA program. NASA 360 discovers how technologies developed for Space, Aeronautics and general applications can help people here on Earth. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program. |
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2008 |
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NASA 360 Episode 2
NASA 360 discovers how techn
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2008
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NASA 360 discovers how technologies developed for Space, Aeronautics and general applications can help people here on Earth. What has NASA done for you lately? Watch and find out! This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program. |
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NASA 360 Episode 5
This episode of NASA 360 con
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2008
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This episode of NASA 360 contains updates on Mars. Highlights include: the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, or CRISM, mission as it looks for evidence of water on Mars, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to look at Earth and explore deep space, exploring the "final frontier" of Earth's atmosphere, using satellites to measure the height of the oceans, and the impact of changing sea levels on human civilizations. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program. |
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2008 |
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What is a Cloud?
In this NASA video segment l
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2008
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In this NASA video segment learn about the different types of clouds and cloud formation. Find out more about the relationship between clouds and weather on Earth. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program. |
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2008 |
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The Moon
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2008
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This NASA video segment looks at the moon and its relationship to Earth. This segment takes a close look at the moon???s surface, gravity, and moon phases. A demonstration is provided to help explain moon phases. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program. |
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2008 |
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What is a Tide?
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2008
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In this NASA video segment learn how the Sun, moon, and gravity all play a role in the creation of tides and waves. Color animation demonstrates how the moon, Sun, and Earth interact to create tides. A quick overview of waves is demonstrated in this video segment. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program. |
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2008 |
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Earth System Science
This NASA video segment intr
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2008
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This NASA video segment introduces Earth System Science. Examples are provided that explain how systems are created by parts interconnecting with other parts to make a whole. Color animation and examples of systems model how they work. The use of graphs, charts, and drawings to communicate thinking is emphasized in this segment. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program. |
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2008 |
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Radiation
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2008
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This NASA video segment looks at radiation in space and on Earth. Learn more about two types of radiation and how NASA engineers are developing better shielding material to protect astronauts during long missions in space. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program. |
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2008 |
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