Sunday, June 19th, 2011
1:500 topographic digital mapping for the developed portion of the City of St.John’s. Mapping at the 1:500 scale is currently being undertaken for the Goulds area. To aid city staff and others in maintenance of city infrastructure and carrying out the city programs for St. John’s. Read More
Friday, June 17th, 2011
On May 19, 2011, the Mississippi River reached a historic crest at Vicksburg. According to the Advanced Hydrological Prediction Service (AHPS) of the U.S. National Weather Service, the river reached 57.10 feet (17.40 meters) that day. By early June, flooding had receded considerably around Vicksburg, but water remained high. On June 14, the AHPS reported
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Since its eruption in early June, several NASA satellites have captured images of the ash plume from the eruption of the Chilean Volcano called Puyehue-Cordón Caulle and have tracked it around the world. NASA has collected them in the NASA Goddard FLICKR image gallery that shows the progression of the plume around the southern hemisphere.
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Euroconsult along with the consulting firm Omnis have announced the findings of a study foreseeing a significant shift in NASA spending toward Earth science and R and D programs and away from legacy spaceflight activities. According to the report “NASA Spending Outlook: Trends to 2016,” NASA’s budget, which will remain flat at around $18.7 billion
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The oracles of modern climate science are the computer models used to forecast climate change. These models, which rely on a myriad of data from many sources, are effective in predicting many climate variables, such as global temperatures. Yet data for some pieces of the climate puzzle have been scarce, including the concentration of dissolved
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
You can now track the space shuttle during launch and landing in Google Earth using real-time data from Mission Control. Using live shuttle data, a 3D model of NASA’s space shuttle is plotted in Google Earth to show its current position and trajectory. Learn More
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Recent Landsat satellite data captured by the USGS and NASA on May 10 shows the major flooding of the Mississippi River around Memphis, Tenn., and along the state borders of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Arkansas as seen from 438 miles above the Earth. The flood crest of 47.87 feet on May 10 is the second highest
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The Thematic Mapper on Landsat 5 captured the top image on May 10, 2011, and the bottom image (showing non-flooded conditions) on April 21, 2010. Both images are natural color and show the area as it would look to the human eye. In May 2011, muddy water has pushed over the Mississippi’s banks both east
Friday, March 4th, 2011
In a rare event, two NASA launch vehicles currently rise above California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, as NASA’s two, new Earth monitoring satellites, Glory and Aquarius, ready for their respective launches. Read More
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
NASA’s Glory spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Friday, March 4. Technical issues with ground support equipment for the Taurus XL launch vehicle led to the scrub of the original Feb. 23 launch attempt. Those issues have been resolved. Data from the Glory mission will allow scientists to better understand how the sun and tiny
