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Odyssey over Mars' South Pol …
title Odyssey over Mars' South Pole
description NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars' south pole in this artist's concept illustration. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Odyssey mission for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. The gamma-ray spectrometer was provided by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and Institute for Space Research, which provided the high-energy neutron detector, and the Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico, which provided the neutron spectrometer. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. *Image Credit*: NASA/JPL
Dr. Mae C. Jemison, First Af …
Title Dr. Mae C. Jemison, First African-American Woman in Space
Full Description The first African-American woman in space, Dr. Mae C. Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama but considers Chicago, Illinois her hometown. She received a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering (and completed the requirements for a Bachelor in African and Afro-American studies) at Stanford University in 1977. Dr. Jemison also received a Doctorate degree in medicine from Cornell University in 1981. After medical school she did post graduate medical training at the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center. As an area Peace Corps medical officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa, she managed the health care delivery system for U.S. Peace Corps and U.S. Embassy personnel. Jemison's background includes work in the areas of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and reproductive biology. She also developed and participated in research projects on the Hepatitis B vaccine and rabies. Jemison was a General Practitioner and attending graduate Engineering classes in Los Angeles when she was named an astronaut candidate in 1987. She flew her first flight as a science mission specialist on STS-47, Spacelab-J, in September 1992. She was co-investigator for the Bone Cell Research Experiment on that mission. In completing her first space flight, Jemison logged 190 hours, 30 minutes and 23 seconds in space. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993. In 1994, she founded and began a term as chair of The Earth We Share (TEWS), an annual international science camp where students, aged 12 to 16, work together to solve current global dilemmas. From 1995- 2002 she was a professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College. She is currently director of the Jemison Institute for Advancing Technology in developing countries. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame and several corporate boards of directors on the Texas Governor's State Council for Science and Biotechnology Development. Dr. Jemison published her memoirs, Find Where DE:the Wind Goes:Moments from My Life in 2001. She currently resides in Houston, Texas.
Date 07/1992
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Female Astronauts
Title Female Astronauts
Full Description Astronauts Dr. N. Jan Davis (left) and Dr. Mae C. Jemison (right) were mission specialists on board the STS-47 mission. Born on November 1, 1953 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, Dr. N. Jan Davis received a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1983 followed by a Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1985. In 1979 she joined NASA Marshall Space Flight Center as an aerospace engineer. A veteran of three space flights, Dr. Davis has logged over 678 hours in space since becoming an astronaut in 1987. She flew as a mission specialist on STS-47 in 1992 and STS-60 in 1994, and was the payload commander on STS-85 in 1997. In July 1999, she transferred to the Marshall Space Flight Center, where she became Director of Flight Projects. Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama but considers Chicago, Illinois her hometown. She received a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering (and completed the requirements for a Bachelor degree in African and Afro-American studies) at Stanford University in 1977, and a Doctorate degree in medicine from Cornell University in 1981. After receiving her doctorate, she worked as a General Practitioner while attending graduate engineering classes in Los Angeles. She was named an astronaut candidate in 1987, and flew her first flight as a science mission specialists on STS-47, Spacelab-J, in September 1992, logging 190 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds in space. In March 1993, Dr. Jemison resigned from NASA, thought she still resides in Houston, Texas. She went on to publish her memoirs, Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life, in 2001. The astronauts are shown preparing to deploy the lower body negative pressure (LBNP) apparatus in this 35mm frame taken in the science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavor. Fellow astronauts Robert L. Gibson (Commander), Curtis L. Brown (Junior Pilot), Mark C. Lee (Payload Commander), Jay Apt (Mission Specialist), and Mamoru Mohri (Payload Specialist) joined the two on their maiden space flight. The Spacelab-J mission was a joint effort between Japan and the United States.
Date 09/15/1992
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
STS-107 Astronauts Rick Husb …
Title STS-107 Astronauts Rick Husband and Willie McCool
Full Description Astronauts Rick D. Husband (left) and William C. McCool, STS-107 mission Commander and Pilot, respectively, give a "thumbs-up" as they await a training session in one of the trainer/mockups (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Husband and McCool are wearing training versions of the full-pressure launch and entry suit. For more information on STS-107, please see GRIN Columbia General Explanation [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GRINColumbiaGenExpl.html ]
Date 09/18/2001
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Mars: Closest Encounter
Title Mars: Closest Encounter
Mars: Closest Encounter
Title Mars: Closest Encounter
NASA engineer Wayne Peterson …
Photo Date December 13, 2001
Photo Description The sun begins to break through the clouds over NASA's two 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on the NASA Dryden ramp after a rain shower in February 2001.
Project Description NASA uses two modified Boeing 747 jetliners, originally manufactured for commercial use, as Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). One is a 747-100 model, while the other is designated a 747-100SR (short range). The two aircraft are identical in appearance and in their performance as Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The 747 series of aircraft are four-engine intercontinental-range swept-wing "jumbo jets" that entered commercial service in 1969. The SCAs are used to ferry space shuttle orbiters from landing sites back to the launch complex at the Kennedy Space Center, and also to and from other locations too distant for the orbiters to be delivered by ground transportation. The orbiters are placed atop the SCAs by Mate-Demate Devices, large gantry-like structures which hoist the orbiters off the ground for post-flight servicing, and then mate them with the SCAs for ferry flights. Features which distinguish the two SCAs from standard 747 jetliners are: - Three struts, with associated interior structural strengthening, protruding from the top of the fuselage (two aft, one forward) on which the orbiter is attached - Two additional vertical stabilizers, one on each end of the standard horizontal stabilizer, to enhance directional stability - Removal of all interior furnishings and equipment aft of the forward No. 1 doors - Instrumentation used by SCA flight crews and engineers to monitor orbiter electrical loads during the ferry flights and also during pre- and post-ferry flight operations. The two SCAs are under the operational control of NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tex. NASA 905 NASA 905 was the first SCA. It was obtained from American Airlines in 1974. Shortly after it was accepted by NASA it was flown in a series of wake vortex research flights at the Dryden Flight Research Center in a study to seek ways of reducing turbulence produced by large aircraft. Pilots flying as much as several miles behind large aircraft have encountered wake turbulence that have caused control problems. The NASA study helped the Federal Aviation Administration modify flight procedures for commercial aircraft during airport approaches and departures. Following the wake vortex studies, NASA 905 was modified by Boeing to its present SCA configuration and the aircraft was returned to Dryden for its role in the 1977 Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT). This series of eight captive and five free flights with the orbiter prototype Enterprise, in addition to ground taxi tests, validated the aircraft's performance as an SCA, in addition to verifying the glide and landing characteristics of the orbiter configuration -- paving the way for orbital flights. A flight crew escape system, consisting of an exit tunnel extending from the flight deck to a hatch in the bottom of the fuselage, was installed during the modifications. The system also included a pyrotechnic system to activate the hatch release and cabin window release mechanisms. The flight crew, escape system was removed from the NASA 905 following the successful completion of the ALT program. NASA 905 was the only SCA used by the space shuttle program until November 1990, when NASA 911 was delivered as an SCA. Along with ferrying Enterprise and the flight-rated orbiters between the launch and landing sites and other locations, NASA 905 also ferried Enterprise to Europe for display in England and at the Paris Air Show. NASA 911 The second SCA is designated NASA 911. It was obtained by NASA from Japan Airlines (JAL) in 1989. It was also modified by Boeing Corporation. It was delivered to NASA 20 November 1990.
Photo Date February 13, 2001
Research pilot Mark Pestana
Photo Date April 16, 2001
Image Transformations-Montse …
Title Image Transformations-Montserrat
Description A slightly oblique digital photograph of Montserrat [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=6759 ] taken from the International Space Station was posted to Earth Observatory in December 2001. An Earth Observatory reader used widely available software to correct the oblique perspective and adjust the color. The story of how he modified the image includes step-by-step instructions that can be applied to other photographs. Photographs of Earth taken by astronauts [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4573 ] have shaped our view of the Earth and are part of our popular culture because NASA makes them easily accessible to the public. Read the Transformations Story [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/newsletter/Transformations/ ] for more information. The original image was digital photograph number ISS002-E-9309, taken on July 9, 2001, from the International Space Station and was provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ] at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/ ]Bill Innanen [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://mni.ms ] provided the transformed image and the story of how he did it.
Lake Natron, Tanzania
Title Lake Natron, Tanzania
Description This image of the southern half of Lake Natron shows the characteristic colors of lakes where very high evaporation occurs. As water evaporates during the dry season, salinity levels increase to the point that salt-loving organisms begin to thrive. Salt-loving organisms include some cyanobacteria, tiny bacteria that grow in water and make their own food with photosynthesis as plants do. The red pigment in the cyanobacteria produce the deep reds of the open water of the lake, and orange colors of the shallow parts of the lake. In the inset, numerous, near-white salt-crust "rafts" pepper the shallowest parts of the lake. Bright white clouds are also visible just right of center and on the top margin. The lake is quite shallow, less than three meters deep, and varies in width depending on its water level. In this image, the lake is about ten kilometers wide. Tan lines run north-south, parallel to the eastern lake shore on the right side of the image. Called fault scarps, these lines are the steep, step-like slopes created when the land was pushed up during earthquakes along faults in the Great Rift Valley system of East Africa. Also part of the rift system is Gelai Volcano, the slopes of which appear in the lower right corner. The four main environments typical of salt (alkali) lakes in East Africa are illustrated well in the image. The delta of one of two dominant streams that flow into the lake (top left) shows where fresh water enters the basin. Open water, salt flats with salt crusts, and mud flats succeed each other in a west-to-east progression towards the shallow side of the lake. Vast numbers of the pink Lesser Flamingo (2.5 million by one calculation) rely on Lake Natron as their only breeding ground in the Rift Valley. The flamingoes feed on the nutrient-rich cyanobacteria. As salinity increases, so do the number of cyanobacteria, and the lake can support more nests. Threats to the salinity balance from increased fresh water influxes will come from projected logging in Natron watersheds and a planned hydroelectric power plant. Although development plans include construction of a dike at the north end of the lake to contain the fresh water, the threat of dilution to this breeding ground may still be serious. The government of Tanzania recognized both the threat and the uniqueness of the habitat in 2001, when it placed Lake Natron on the list of Wetlands of International Importance [ http://www.ramsar.org/key_sitelist.htm ] as part of the Ramsar Convention, an intergovernmental treaty meant to protect wetlands. Images of Lake Natron from four other dates can be seen on the Earth Observatory [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=10852 ], and associated links. The area and shape of the open water and salt-raft zones depend on lake levels, controlled mainly by local rainfall and evaporation. Patterns of these sub-environments therefore appear different across the span of a few years. Astronaut photograph ISS012-E-20456 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS012&roll=E&frame=20456 ] was acquired March 15, 2006, with a Kodak 760C digital camera using a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. The International Space Station Program [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html ] supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ]
Americans Defeat Russians in …
Title Americans Defeat Russians in First Space Quidditch Match
Explanation A historic first Space Quidditch [ http://library.thinkquest.org/J001738F/quidditch.htm ] match came to a spectacular conclusion last night as astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria caught the Golden Snitch [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Snitch#The_Golden_Snitch ] to give the Americans a hard fought victory over the Russians. "The Russians used brilliant strategy, but only NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] had the T2KQMU (Thunderbolt 2000 Quidditch Maneuvering Unit),"http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070401.html commented Lopez-Alegria [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lopez-al.html ], pictured above squeezing the elusive Golden Snitch [ http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/home.asp ] in his left hand. Happy April Fools Day [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool's_Day ] from the folks at APOD [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html ]. In reality, Astronauts Jeff Wisoff [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/wisoff.html ] and Lopez-Alegria are shown [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-92/html/jsc2000e26663.html ] space-walking in 2001 October during a space shuttle mission [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070401.html http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-92/html/sts092-706-005.html ] to help build the International Space Station [ http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/ISS_OVR/ ].
Earth at Twilight
Title Earth at Twilight
Explanation No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061001.html ] in this gorgeous view [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/ photo.pl?mission=ISS002&roll=E&frame=7377 ] of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/ ]. Instead, the shadow line or terminator [ http://sci.gallaudet.edu/daylight.html ] is diffuse and shows the gradual transition to darkness we experience as twilight. With the Sun illuminating the scene from the right, the cloud tops reflect gently reddened sunlight filtered [ http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14B.html ] through the dusty troposphere, the lowest layer of the planet's nurturing atmosphere [ http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/ atmosphere.html ]. A clear high altitude layer, visible along the dayside's upper edge, scatters blue [ http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14.html ] sunlight and fades into the blackness of space. This picture actually [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030324.html ] is a single digital photograph taken in June of 2001 from the International Space Station orbiting at [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021103.html ] an altitude of 211 nautical miles [ http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/sea.htm ].
To Fly Free in Space
Title To Fly Free in Space
Explanation What would it be like to fly free over the seas and clouds of Earth? The first to experience such an "untether [ http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wtether.html ]ed space walk [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990801.html ]" were NASA astronauts [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/index.html ] Bruce McCandless [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mccandless-b.html ] and Robert Stewart [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/stewart-rl.html ] during Space Shuttle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990411.html ] mission 41-B [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/STS41B.htm ] in 1984. McCandless, pictured above [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/STS41B/10061758.htm ], used a Manned Maneuvering Unit [ http://www.astronautix.com/craft/shulemmu.htm ] (MMU) to move in and around the cargo bay of the space shuttle. The MMU [ http://galacticvoyager.com/pat/mmu/ ] works by shooting jets of nitrogen [ http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/7.html ] and has since been used to help deploy and retrieve satellites. With a mass over 140 kilograms, an MMU is heavy on Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010204.html ], but, like everything, is weightless in space. The MMU was replaced in 2001 with the SAFER [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011002.html ] backpack propulsion unit.
Mir Dreams
Title Mir Dreams
Explanation This dream [ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/day.html ]-like image of Mir [ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/tour.html ] was recorded by astronauts as the Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Rockets/ShuttleNames.asp ] approached the Russian space station prior to docking during the STS-76 mission. Sporting spindly appendages and solar panels, Mir resembles a whimsical flying insect hovering about 350 kilometers above New Zealand's [ http://www.rasnz.org.nz/index.htm ] South Island and the city of Nelson near Cook Strait [ http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm ]. In late March 1996, Atlantis shuttled astronaut Shannon W. Lucid [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lucid.html ] to Mir for a five month visit, increasing Mir's occupancy from 2 to 3. It returned to pick Lucid up and drop off astronaut John Blaha [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/blaha.html ] during the STS-79 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-79/mission-sts-79.html ] in August of that year. Since becoming operational in 1986, Mir has [ http://www.cosmicimages.com/Mir/index.html ] been visited by over 100 spacefarers from the nations of planet Earth including, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Austria, Kazakhstan and Slovakia. After joint Shuttle-Mir [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/ ] training missions in support of the International Space Station [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html ], continuous occupation of Mir ended in August 1999. The Mir was deorbited [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010323.html ] in March 2001.
Earth at Twilight
Title Earth at Twilight
Explanation No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020810.html ] in this gorgeous view [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/ photo.pl?mission=ISS002&roll=E&frame=7377 ] of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/ ]. Instead, the shadow line or terminator [ http://sci.gallaudet.edu/daylight.html ] is diffuse and shows the gradual transition to darkness we experience as twilight. With the Sun illuminating the scene from the right, the cloud tops reflect gently reddened sunlight filtered [ http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14B.html ] through the dusty troposphere, the lowest layer of the planet's nurturing atmosphere [ http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/ atmosphere.html ]. A clear high altitude layer, visible along the dayside's upper edge, scatters blue [ http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14.html ] sunlight and fades into the blackness of space. This picture actually [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030324.html ] is a single digital photograph taken in June of 2001 from the International Space Station orbiting at [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021103.html ] an altitude of 211 nautical miles [ http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/sea.htm ].
Earth at Twilight
Title Earth at Twilight
Explanation No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020810.html ] in this gorgeous view [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/ photo.pl?mission=ISS002&roll=E&frame=7377 ] of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/ ]. Instead, the shadow line or terminator [ http://sci.gallaudet.edu/daylight.html ] is diffuse and shows the gradual transition to darkness we experience as twilight. With the Sun illuminating the scene from the right, the cloud tops reflect gently reddened sunlight filtered [ http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14B.html ] through the dusty troposphere, the lowest layer of the planet's nurturing atmosphere [ http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/ atmosphere.html ]. A clear high altitude layer, visible along the dayside's upper edge, scatters blue [ http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14.html ] sunlight and fades into the blackness of space. This picture actually [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030324.html ] is a single digital photograph taken in June of 2001 from the International Space Station orbiting at [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021103.html ] an altitude of 211 nautical miles [ http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/sea.htm ].
NASA engineer Wayne Peterson …
Title NASA engineer Wayne Peterson from the Johnson Space Center reviews postflight checklists following a
Description NASA engineer Wayne Peterson from the Johnson Space Center reviews postflight checklists following a spectacular flight of the X-38 prototype for a crew recovery vehicle that may be built for the International Space Station. The X-38 tested atmospheric flight characteristics on December 13, 2001, in a descent from 45,000 feet to Rogers Dry Lake at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center/Edwards Air Force Base complex in California.
Date 12.13.2001
Odyssey over Mars' South Pol …
Title Odyssey over Mars' South Pole
Description NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars' south pole in this artist's concept illustration. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Odyssey mission for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. The gamma-ray spectrometer was provided by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and Institute for Space Research, which provided the high-energy neutron detector, and the Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico, which provided the neutron spectrometer. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Date 10.28.2003
Odyssey over Mars' South Pol …
Title Odyssey over Mars' South Pole in 3-D
Description NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars' south pole in this artist's concept illustration. This red-blue anaglyph artwork can be viewed in 3-D on your computer monitor or in color print form by wearing red-blue (cyan) 3-D glasses. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Odyssey mission for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. The gamma-ray spectrometer was provided by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and Institute for Space Research, which provided the high-energy neutron detector, and the Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico, which provided the neutron spectrometer. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Date 10.28.2003
Odyssey over Martian Sunrise
Title Odyssey over Martian Sunrise
Description NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above a portion of the planet that is rotating into the sunlight in this artist's concept illustration. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Odyssey mission for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. The gamma-ray spectrometer was provided by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and Institute for Space Research, which provided the high-energy neutron detector, and the Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico, which provided the neutron spectrometer. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Date 10.28.2003
Odyssey over Martian Sunrise …
Title Odyssey over Martian Sunrise, 3-D
Description NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above a portion of the planet that is rotating into the sunlight in this artist's concept illustration. This red-blue anaglyph artwork can be viewed in 3-D on your computer monitor or in color print form by wearing red-blue (cyan) 3-D glasses. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Odyssey mission for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. The gamma-ray spectrometer was provided by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and Institute for Space Research, which provided the high-energy neutron detector, and the Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico, which provided the neutron spectrometer. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Date 10.28.2003
The five crew members of the …
Title The five crew members of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-98 mission depart NASA Dryden to retu
Description The five crew members of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-98 mission depart NASA Dryden to return to the Johnson Space Center at Houston. They briefly extended greetings to Dryden staff members on the ramp area behind Dryden's Main Building at a crew ceremony on February 21, 2001. Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at 12:33 p.m. February 20, 2001, on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is located. The mission, which began February 7, logged 5.3 million miles as the shuttle orbited earth while delivering the Destiny science laboratory to the International Space Station. Inclement weather conditions in Florida prompted the decision to land Atlantis at Edwards. The last time a space shuttle landed at Edwards was Oct. 24, 2000.
Date 02.21.2001
X-38 flies free from NASA's …
Title X-38 flies free from NASA's B-52 mothership, July 10, 2001
Description The second free-flight test of an evolving series of X-38 prototypes took place July 10, 2001 when the X-38 was released from NASA's B-52 mothership over the Edwards Air Force Base range in California's Mojave Desert. Shortly after the photo was taken, a sequenced deployment of a drogue parachute followed by a large parafoil fabric wing slowed the X-38 to enable it to land safely on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards. NASA engineers from the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, and the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, are developing a "lifeboat" for the International Space Station based on X-38 research.
Date 07.10.2001
Description Dr. Cary Zeitlin (not pictured), Principal Investigator for the Martian Radiation Environment ExperimentMARIE Instrument site [ http://marie.jsc.nasa.gov ] [ http://marie.jsc.nasa.gov ] Stephenie Lievense, Mars Outreach CoordinatorBiography [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/mission/profileLievense.html ]Mars Education [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/index.html ]   Participant Survey We would greatly appreciate your feedback. Please fill out a participant survey [ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/surveys/mars/odyssey.php ]. More Information Since the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter arrived at Mars on October 23, 2001 we are learning what chemical elements (e.g., carbon, iron, etc.) and minerals are present at the planet's surface. Surprised scientists have found enormous quantities of buried treasure lying just under the surface of Mars -- enough water ice to fill Lake Michigan twice over. There are also tantalizing indications emerging from the thousands of infrared images already taken that Mars experienced a series of environmental changes during active geological periods in its history. Paving the way for future astronauts, Odyssey is also recording the Martian radiation environment to determine health risks for any future human explorers. During and after its science mission, the Odyssey orbiter will also support other missions in the Mars Exploration program. It will provide the communications relay for U.S. and international landers, including the next mission in NASA's Mars Program, the Mars Exploration Rovers, to be launched in 2003. Scientists and engineers will also use Odyssey data to identify potential landing sites for future Mars missions. Latest images from Mars [ http://themis.la.asu.edu/latest.html ] Please visit the Odyssey web site at: marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey [ http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey ]
Chetumal Bay Coral Reef : Im …
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date 2001-01-23
creator NASA -- Image courtesy eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth .
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Chetumal Bay Coral Reef : Im …
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Chetumal Bay lies on the Bor …
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mediatype IMAGE
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date 2001-01-23
creator NASA -- Image courtesy eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth .
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Downtown Houston from Space …
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ISS001-ESC-6283
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date 2001-12-17
creator NASA -- Image eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS001&roll=E&frame=6283 ISS001-E-6283 was provided by the eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
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Downtown Houston from Space …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
A series of digital photogra …
ISS001-ESC-6283
mediatype IMAGE
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date 2001-12-17
creator NASA -- Image eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS001&roll=E&frame=6283 ISS001-E-6283 was provided by the eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
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Odyssey over Mars' South Pol …
PIA04816
Title Odyssey over Mars' South Pole
Original Caption Released with Image NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars' south pole in this artist's concept illustration. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Odyssey mission for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. The gamma-ray spectrometer was provided by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and Institute for Space Research, which provided the high-energy neutron detector, and the Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico, which provided the neutron spectrometer. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Odyssey over Martian Sunrise …
PIA04819
Title Odyssey over Martian Sunrise, 3-D
Original Caption Released with Image NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above a portion of the planet that is rotating into the sunlight in this artist's concept illustration. This red-blue anaglyph artwork can be viewed in 3-D on your computer monitor or in color print form by wearing red-blue (cyan) 3-D glasses. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Odyssey mission for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. The gamma-ray spectrometer was provided by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and Institute for Space Research, which provided the high-energy neutron detector, and the Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico, which provided the neutron spectrometer. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Odyssey over Mars' South Pol …
PIA04817
Title Odyssey over Mars' South Pole in 3-D
Original Caption Released with Image NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars' south pole in this artist's concept illustration. This red-blue anaglyph artwork can be viewed in 3-D on your computer monitor or in color print form by wearing red-blue (cyan) 3-D glasses. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Odyssey mission for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. The gamma-ray spectrometer was provided by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and Institute for Space Research, which provided the high-energy neutron detector, and the Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico, which provided the neutron spectrometer. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Odyssey over Martian Sunrise
PIA04818
Title Odyssey over Martian Sunrise
Original Caption Released with Image NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above a portion of the planet that is rotating into the sunlight in this artist's concept illustration. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Odyssey mission for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. The gamma-ray spectrometer was provided by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and Institute for Space Research, which provided the high-energy neutron detector, and the Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico, which provided the neutron spectrometer. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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