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Weather and Climate Meet on NPP Satellite
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Published October 29, 2011
NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite soars into space aboard a Delta II rocket, tasked with improving weather forecasts and continuing long-term climate records.
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Ponds on the Ocean
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Published July 14, 2011
Melt ponds cover the surface of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean off of Alaska.
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Atlantis Rides Into History
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Published July 9, 2011
In July 2011, the Space Shuttle Atlantis lit its rockets and roared into space for the 135th and last flight of the U.S. space transportation system.
Aquarius Rising
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Published June 11, 2011
On June 10, 2011, NASA launched Aquarius/SAC-D, an international earth-monitoring satellite and NASA's first new spaceborne tool for studying the Earth since 2008.
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Lining Up the Sun, Moon, and ISS
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Published January 7, 2011
While the Moon was busy passing between the Sun and Earth for an eclipse in 2011, the space station made a cameo.
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Auroral Rocket in Norway
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Published January 4, 2011
Photographers captured these digital photos of a four-stage Black Brant XII sounding rocket and the aurora borealis on December 12, 2010, during the NASA-funded Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling (RENU).
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Kilauea Lava Enters the Ocean
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Published October 5, 2010
Lava from Kilauea Volcano flows into the ocean near Kalapana, Hawaii.
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Global Hawk, NASA’s New Remote-Controlled Plane
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Published March 30, 2010
The Global Hawk, NASA's new remote-controlled airplane, banks for a landing over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base in California at the end of a test flight on October 23, 2009.