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GREENBELT, Md., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An oversized semi-trailer truck carrying NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for launch. This NASA and U.S. Geological Survey mission will continue a 40-year record of measuring change on the planet from space. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) LDCM is the eighth satellite in the Landsat series, which...

NASA NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., helped advance the agency’s overall mission of Earth and space science and aerospace technology research as it continued supporting NASA's four mission areas during 2012. Aeronautics X-48 Blended/Hybrid Wing Body The remotely piloted "C" version of the X-48 Blended Wing Body sub-scale research aircraft successfully flew for the first time on Aug. 7. The new X-48C model was modified from its earlier X-48B...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The launch of a Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket for the Department of Defense scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 18, from Wallops Flight Facility has been postponed. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) A new launch date has not been determined. The next launch from the Wallops Flight Facility is a NASA Terrier-Orion suborbital sounding rocket scheduled for late January 2013....

NASA For a second year the NASA Goddard Veterans Advisory Committee, or VAC, conducted an operation in support of those who continue to defend the American liberties we all enjoy. “Operation Give Thanks 2012” also provided an opportunity for Goddard community members to send a few comforts of home to active duty members currently serving on a battlefield somewhere overseas. “America is daily afforded the opportunity to live under the protection of so many who are willing to serve...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The launch of a Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket for the Department of Defense tonight, Dec. 14, from NASA's launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia has been postponed. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The new launch date is 8 to 8:30 p.m. EST, December 18. More information on these and other missions at Wallops is available on the Internet at: http://www.nasa.gov/wallops...

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center [ Watch The Video ] NASA satellites have been monitoring Tropical Cyclone Evan and providing data to forecasters who expected the storm to intensify. On Dec. 13, Evan had grown from a tropical storm into a cyclone as NASA satellites observed cloud formation, height and temperature, and rainfall rates. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed above intensifying tropical storm Evan in the South Pacific Ocean on Dec. 11, 2012 at...

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center The date 12-12-12 may be numerically significant, but for the residents of American Samoa and Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean, it means a newborn tropical storm named Evan is causing problems. NASA's Aqua satellite and NOAA's GOES-15 satellite both captured imagery of the newborn storm's cloud cover. Tropical Storm Evan caused regional warnings to be posted on Dec. 12. In American Samoa, a gale warning and storm watch are in effect for Tutuila, Aunuu,...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket is scheduled between 9 and 9:30 p.m. EST December 14 for the Department of Defense from NASA's launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The backup launch day is December 18 between 8 and 8:30 p.m. The rocket may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region. Launch updates and a map showing the area in...

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's Aqua satellite got "eyeballed" from Cyclone Claudia in the Southern Indian Ocean when two instruments captured the storm's eye in infrared and visible light. Satellite data indicates that Claudia's eye is about 10 nautical miles wide. On Dec. 10 at 0841 UTC (3:41 a.m. EST), NASA's Aqua satellite's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured an infrared view of Cyclone Claudia which showed a clear eye surrounded by powerful...

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Infrared data from NASA's Aqua satellite have watched the strong thunderstorms in Typhoon Bopha fizzle and shrink in area over the weekend as wind shear increased. Bopha has now dissipated in the South China Sea, just west of Luzon, Philippines. NASA's Aqua satellite has been providing data on Bopha since the day it formed on Nov. 26. In the storm's last days, Aqua's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured infrared data of the storm and...