Category: Found on the Internet
Orion: Trial By Fire
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NASA’s newest spacecraft, Orion, will be launching into space for the first time in December 2014, on a flight that will take it farther than any spacecraft built to carry humans has gone in more than 40 years and through temperatures twice as hot as molten lava to put its critical systems to the test.
Arctic Death Spiral and the Methane Time Bomb
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Tracking Ocean Heat with Magnetic Fields
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Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center are developing a new way to use satellite observations of magnetic fields to measure heat stored in the ocean.
European Space Agency 2019 Preview
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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will return to the International Space Station, in Science Cheops will look at exoplanets, while the EDRS-C satellite will start the era of super-fast data relay on orbit.
Environment Prize-Winner Uses Satellites to Reveal Human Impact
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Eric Lambin, the winner of the 2014 Volvo Environment Prize is a remote sensing pioneer using satellite images and advanced data collection to analyse land use and the influence of humans on the planet. Watch the video on Eric Lambin’s research and about the Ecology of Happiness. Read more about the Volvo Environment Prize at: http://www.environment-prize.com/
Environmental Geography
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Students deploy river-temperature sensors to make environmental predictions.
SpaceX CRS-11 Liftoff for International Space Station
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The SpaceX CRS-11 Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center sending a Dragon spacecraft on the company's 11th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 5:07 p.m. EDT on June 3, 2017.
Reshuffling Heat on a Warming Planet
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Earth's oceans could be concealing a mystery about climate change. Researchers have recently found evidence of hidden heat hundreds of meters below the ocean's surface.
NASA’s 3D View Shows Hurricane Matthew’s Intensity
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NASA scientists used satellite data to peer into Hurricane Matthew, learning how and why the massive storm changed throughout its course.
Living History: The John Feathers Map Collection
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LAPL Map Librarian Glen Creason tells the tale of an amazing hidden map collection that doubled the library's archive in a single day. http://lareviewofbooks.org/av/
