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What's Next For NASA?
NASA has a robust program of exploration, technology development and scientific research that will last for years to come.
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Aura Satellite Measures Pollution From Fires
NASA's Aura Satellite has provided a view of nitrogen dioxide levels coming from the fires in New Mexico and Arizona.
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La Niña's Exit Leaves Climate Forecasts in Limbo
The Pacific Ocean is currently in between its periodic El Niño and La Niña climate patterns. And that generally means headaches for weather and climate forecasters.
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Chilean Volcano Still Spewing
The Puyehue-Cordón volcano in Chile continues to spew ash that is still disrupting travel as far as Australia and New Zealand.
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Landsat Reveals Historic N.D. Flooding
Landsat satellites captured views of Minot, N.D., showing extensive flooding following heavy rains in Canada.
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Students to Design Tiny Satellite for Future Launch Services Program Mission
Merritt Island High School engineering club members are taking their vibration data collection idea to new heights
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NASA Sets Sail on Mission's Final Arctic Voyage
Scientists embark this week on the second and final leg of a NASA oceanographic field campaign to study how changing conditions in the Arctic affect the ocean's chemistry and ecosystems.
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Paving the Way for Space-Based Air Pollution Sensors
NASA is diagnosing the air we breathe this summer. The low-altitude P-3B aircraft will be viewable along the I-95/Balt.-Wash. Pkwy during the mission.
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GOES Releases 2-Week Movie of Chilean Volcanic Eruption
The NASA/NOAA GOES satellite Project released a satellite animation of two-weeks of eruptions from the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano in Chile.
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Miss. Floodwaters Linger
On May 19, 2011, the Mississippi River reached a historic crest at Vicksburg. By early June flooding had receded but water remains high.
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Landsat Helps Fight Largest Fire in Arizona History
Arizona's largest fire in history continues to burn and Landsat data is being used to plan firefighting containment strategies and mitigation efforts.
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Chilean Volcano Ash Tracked Around the World
Several NASA satellites have tracked the ash plume from the eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle around the world.
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Climate Change, Sea Levels and Barrier Islands
What do a changing climate and rising sea levels mean for thousands of small islands that hug the coasts of the world's landmasses?
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J-2X Test Series Proves Part Integrity
The J-2X engine's fuel turbopump first stage nozzle passed a test to ensure it can withstand its extreme operating environment.
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NASA's 'Age of Aquarius' Dawns With California Launch
NASA's 'Age of Aquarius' dawned Friday with the launch of an international satellite carrying the agency-built Aquarius instrument that will measure the saltiness of Earth's oceans to advance our understanding of the global water cycle and improve climate forecasts.
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Landsat Satellite Images Compare Before and After Mass. Tornado
Landsat 5 satellite images showing the area between Springfield and Sturbridge, Mass. before and after the tornado on June 1, 2011
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Two-Satellite View of Chilean Volcano
Two NASA satellites unique views of the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano in Chile this week.
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Aquarius/SAC-D Launch Mission Status Update
The Aquarius/SAC-D observatory has successfully separated from its rocket, ground controllers have acquired its signal, and its solar arrays have been deployed.
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Betsiboka River
The Betsiboka River is located in north-central Madagascar.
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Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Tornado Track near Sturbridge, Massachusetts
The Thematic Mapper on the Landsat 5 satellite captured this natural-color image on June 5, 2011.