Final flight: NASA names astronauts for last space shuttle voyage next yearSeptember 18th, 2009 Veteran crew named for final space shuttle flightWASHINGTON — NASA's chief astronaut will shut off the lights on America's space shuttle program. NASA announced Friday the crew for the last scheduled space shuttle mission, targeted for next September.
DC authorities: Suspicious white powder found in envelope at NASA headquarters not hazardousSeptember 16th, 2009 White powder at NASA HQ not toxic, DC fire saysWASHINGTON — Authorities say a suspicious white powder found in an envelope at NASA headquarters in Washington is not hazardous. D.C. fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says hazardous materials teams were sent about 2 p.m.
DC authorities investigate suspicious white powder found on envelope at NASA headquartersSeptember 16th, 2009 Authorities investigate white powder at NASA HQWASHINGTON — Authorities are investigating a suspicious white powder found in an envelope at NASA headquarters in Washington. D.C. fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says hazardous materials teams have been sent to NASA headquarters in northwest Washington.
Summer, August post world's warmest ocean temperatures on recordSeptember 16th, 2009 Worlds oceans warmest on record this summerWASHINGTON — The world's in hot water. Sea-surface temperatures worldwide have been the hottest on record over the last three months, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday.
Arctic warmest in 2,000 years, reversing long-term cooling trend in the regionSeptember 3rd, 2009 Arctic reverses trend, is warmest in two millenniaWASHINGTON — The Arctic is warmer than it's been in 2,000 years, even though it should be cooling because of changes in the Earth's orbit that cause the region to get less direct sunlight. Indeed, the Arctic had been cooling for nearly two millennia before reversing course in the last century and starting to warm as human activities added greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
Methane under permafrost could speed up global warming 20-foldSeptember 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Melting permafrost in arctic regions, triggered by global warming, will release underground methane. Once released, methane would speed up global warming by trapping the earths heat radiation about 20 times more efficiently than the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.
From Maine to the Mediterranean, summer seas seem on boil as global oceans smash heat recordsAugust 20th, 2009 In hot water: World's ocean temps warmest recordedWASHINGTON — The world's oceans this summer are the warmest on record. The National Climatic Data Center, the government agency that keeps weather records, says the average global ocean temperature in July was 62.6 degrees.
With space shuttle launch on hold, NASA unmanned moon rocket aims for Thursday liftoffJune 17th, 2009 NASA aims for unmanned moon rocket launch ThursdayWASHINGTON — NASA plans to launch an unmanned rocket to the moon Thursday, the first such mission in a decade. The space agency announced plans for the Cape Canaveral launch Wednesday after deciding to postpone a space shuttle mission because of a hydrogen gas leak.
NASA images reveal changes in Earth's plant growth over past 11 yrsJune 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new series of NASA images has illustrated how Earth's plant growth has changed over the past 11 years. The images, which are part of the series, "World of Change: Global Biosphere", show the yearly changes in plant growth between 1999 and 2008 based on data on chlorophyll on the ocean's surface and vegetation density on land.
NASA astronauts to pay $51 mn to Russia for space flightsMay 14th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian space agency Roscosmos and the US space agency NASA have agreed on a new price for ferrying US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) after 2012, an official said. NASA will now pay $51 million for a single seat on Soyuz spacecraft.
Atlantis scheduled for launch May 11, says NASAMay 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US space agency NASA will launch its space shuttle Atlantis on May 11 to upgrade the Hubble telescope. The Atlantis and its seven crewmembers will depart from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre at 2 p.m.
Online poll for NASA's greatest hits beginsApril 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA is inviting the public to vote online for the most important contribution the space agency has made to exploring Earth and improving the way we live on our home planet. NASA is conducting the survey as part of its celebration of Earth Day, April 22.
This February was the Earth's ninth warmest since 1880March 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The combined land and ocean surface average temperature for February was the ninth warmest since records began in 1880, according to an analysis by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The analysis in NOAA's National Climatic Data Centre (NCDC) global reports are based on preliminary data, which are subject to revision.
Kepler camera launched: Other 'earths', where are you?March 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA late Friday sent the Kepler satellite into Earth's orbit with instructions to search for extraterrestrial life on Earth-type planets orbiting other stars. The launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida on board a Delta-II-rocket was reported on a live blog operated by the Kepler project on the internet.
NASA readies search for other Earths with Kepler launchMarch 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Are we alone in the universe? Are there other planets like Earth? Scientists will attempt to answer those questions with a telescope being launched into orbit Friday. The Kepler spacecraft is to launch at 10:49 p.m.
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