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NASA to Present First Findings of Solar Mission in Media Teleconference

05 December, 2019

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission has traveled closer to the Sun than any human-made object before it. Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL Nasa,December 2,2019 :  NASA will announce the first results from the Parker Solar Probe mission, the agency’s revolutionary mission to “touch” the Sun, during a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. …

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NASA Television to Air Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking

05 December, 2019

The Russian Progress 72 cargo craft is pictured shortly before undocking from the Pirs docking compartment of the International Space Station on July 29, 2019. The Progress 74 spacecraft is scheduled to launch Dec. 6, 2019, and dock at the same compartment two days later. Credits: NASA Nasa,December 3,2019:  NASA …

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First NASA Parker Solar Probe Results Reveal Surprising Details About Our Sun

05 December, 2019

The WISPR image on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured imagery of the constant outflow of material from the Sun during its close approach to the Sun in April 2019. Credits: NASA/NRL/APL NASA,DECEMBER 4,2019:The Sun is revealing itself in dramatic detail and shedding light on how other stars may form and …

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SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo

05 December, 2019

SpaceX launches its 19th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station at 12:29 p.m. EST Dec. 5, 2019, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credits: NASA TV NASA,DECEMBER 5,2019: A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space …

NASA TV Coverage Set for Complex Spacewalks, Briefings
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NASA TV Coverage Set for Complex Spacewalks, Briefings

08 November, 2019

This picture, taken by NASA astronaut Ron Garan during a spacewalk on July 12, 2011, shows the International Space Station with space shuttle Atlantis docked at the edge of the frame on the far right and a Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked to Pirs, below the sun. In the foreground is the Alpha Magnetic …

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NASA to Provide Coverage of Key Events at 70th International Astronautical Congress

21 October, 2019

NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green will be among the NASA speakers at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, held Oct. 21-25 in Washington. Credits: NASA/Carla Cioffi NASA,OCRTOBER 18,2019 : NASA will provide live coverage on NASA Television of key events at the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which takes place Oct. …

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NASA Administrator Selects Douglas Loverro as Next Human Spaceflight Head

16 October, 2019

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine named Douglas Loverro as the agency’s new associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate on Oct. 16, 2019. Credits: Department of Defense NASA, OCTOBER 16,2019: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Wednesday named Douglas Loverro as the agency’s new associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. …

Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Mission Ends After 11 Successful Years The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and understanding of climate change. These observations are being continued by its successor, Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed to measure sea surface height, successfully ended its science mission on Oct. 1. NASA and its mission partners made the decision to end the mission after detecting deterioration in the spacecraft’s power system. Jason-2/OSTM contributed to a long-term record of global sea levels. This image shows areas in the Pacific Ocean where sea levels were lower (blues) or higher (reds) than normal during the first week of January 2018. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Jason-2/OSTM, a joint NASA mission with the French space agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), launched in June 2008. The mission extended the long-term record of sea surface height measurements started by the NASA-CNES TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions. Jason-2/OSTM’s 11-year lifetime well exceeded its three-year design life. These measurements are being continued by its successor, Jason-3, launched in 2016. “Today we celebrate the end of this resoundingly successful international mission,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Jason-2/OSTM has provided unique insight into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and our understanding of climate change.” Since its launch, Jason-2/OSTM charted nearly 2 inches (5 centimeters) of global sea level rise, a critical measure of climate change. The mission has also resulted in the distribution of over a million data products and the publication of more than 2,100 science papers. “Jason-2/OSTM was a high point of operational satellite oceanography as the first Jason mission to formally include EUMETSAT and NOAA as partners,” said Steve Volz, assistant administrator of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service. “During its 11-year run, Jason-2/OSTM helped improve NOAA’s hurricane intensity forecasts and provided important observations of marine winds and waves and in doing so has anchored these essential ocean altimetry observations in NOAA’s operational observing system requirements.” With the recent degradation of the spacecraft’s power system, mission partners decided to end the mission to decrease risks to other satellites and future altimetry missions, and to comply with French space law. Final decommissioning operations for Jason-2/OSTM are scheduled to be completed by CNES on Oct. 10. “With the involvement of EUMETSAT and NOAA, Jason-2 brought high precision monitoring of ocean surface topography and mean sea level to operational status,” said Alain Ratier, EUMETSAT’s director general. “Its 11-year lifetime in orbit was rewarding for the four program partners and the ocean and climate user community.” Global sea level has shown a steady rise since the early 1990s as measured by Jason-2/OSTM, its predecessor missions, and Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Jason-2/OSTM’s mission might have ended earlier if not for the ingenuity of its mission teams. In July 2017, the degradation of critical onboard components and control systems required that Jason-2/OSTM move from its original science orbit, deplete excess propellant reserves, and be maneuvered into a slightly lower orbit away from functioning satellites. In close collaboration with the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team, mission partners identified an orbit that would allow for the continuation of the Jason-2/OSTM measurements, while still being compatible with orbital debris mitigation constraints and of scientific benefit. This new orbit resulted in less frequent observations of the same location on Earth but overall resolution of the data improved because the ground tracks of the observations were closer together. This improved resolution is extremely useful for marine gravity studies and the mapping of seafloor topography. It also allowed for valuable operational oceanographic and science observations. “Not only did Jason-2 extend the precise climate record established by TOPEX/Poseidon and continued by Jason-1, it also made invaluable observations for small to medium-scale ocean studies in its second, interleaved orbit,” said CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall. “Even when moved to the ‘graveyard’ orbit, Jason-2 continued to make unprecedented new observations of the Earth’s gravity field, with precise measurements right until the end.” The technological advancements proven on Jason-1, Jason-2/OSTM, and Jason-3 will be put to use well into future decades. Following Jason-3 will be two future Sentinel-6/Jason-CS satellites, planned for launch in 2020 and 2025. For more information about NASA’s Earth science activities, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/earth -end- Press Contacts Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Esprit Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4269 esprit.smith@jpl.nasa.gov Pascale Bresson CNES, Paris, France 33-01-44-76-75-39 pascale.bresson@cnes.fr Raphaël Sart CNES, Paris, France 33-01-44-76-74-51 raphael.sart@cnes.fr John Leslie NOAA National Environmental Satellite and Information Service, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-0214 john.leslie@noaa.gov Neil Fletcher EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 49-6151-807-8390 neil.fletcher@eumetsat.int NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to hqnews-request@newsletters.nasa.gov. To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to hqnews-request@newsletters.nasa.gov.
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Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Mission Ends After 11 Successful Years The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and understanding of climate change. These observations are being continued by its successor, Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed to measure sea surface height, successfully ended its science mission on Oct. 1. NASA and its mission partners made the decision to end the mission after detecting deterioration in the spacecraft’s power system. Jason-2/OSTM contributed to a long-term record of global sea levels. This image shows areas in the Pacific Ocean where sea levels were lower (blues) or higher (reds) than normal during the first week of January 2018. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Jason-2/OSTM, a joint NASA mission with the French space agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), launched in June 2008. The mission extended the long-term record of sea surface height measurements started by the NASA-CNES TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions. Jason-2/OSTM’s 11-year lifetime well exceeded its three-year design life. These measurements are being continued by its successor, Jason-3, launched in 2016. “Today we celebrate the end of this resoundingly successful international mission,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Jason-2/OSTM has provided unique insight into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and our understanding of climate change.” Since its launch, Jason-2/OSTM charted nearly 2 inches (5 centimeters) of global sea level rise, a critical measure of climate change. The mission has also resulted in the distribution of over a million data products and the publication of more than 2,100 science papers. “Jason-2/OSTM was a high point of operational satellite oceanography as the first Jason mission to formally include EUMETSAT and NOAA as partners,” said Steve Volz, assistant administrator of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service. “During its 11-year run, Jason-2/OSTM helped improve NOAA’s hurricane intensity forecasts and provided important observations of marine winds and waves and in doing so has anchored these essential ocean altimetry observations in NOAA’s operational observing system requirements.” With the recent degradation of the spacecraft’s power system, mission partners decided to end the mission to decrease risks to other satellites and future altimetry missions, and to comply with French space law. Final decommissioning operations for Jason-2/OSTM are scheduled to be completed by CNES on Oct. 10. “With the involvement of EUMETSAT and NOAA, Jason-2 brought high precision monitoring of ocean surface topography and mean sea level to operational status,” said Alain Ratier, EUMETSAT’s director general. “Its 11-year lifetime in orbit was rewarding for the four program partners and the ocean and climate user community.” Global sea level has shown a steady rise since the early 1990s as measured by Jason-2/OSTM, its predecessor missions, and Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Jason-2/OSTM’s mission might have ended earlier if not for the ingenuity of its mission teams. In July 2017, the degradation of critical onboard components and control systems required that Jason-2/OSTM move from its original science orbit, deplete excess propellant reserves, and be maneuvered into a slightly lower orbit away from functioning satellites. In close collaboration with the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team, mission partners identified an orbit that would allow for the continuation of the Jason-2/OSTM measurements, while still being compatible with orbital debris mitigation constraints and of scientific benefit. This new orbit resulted in less frequent observations of the same location on Earth but overall resolution of the data improved because the ground tracks of the observations were closer together. This improved resolution is extremely useful for marine gravity studies and the mapping of seafloor topography. It also allowed for valuable operational oceanographic and science observations. “Not only did Jason-2 extend the precise climate record established by TOPEX/Poseidon and continued by Jason-1, it also made invaluable observations for small to medium-scale ocean studies in its second, interleaved orbit,” said CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall. “Even when moved to the ‘graveyard’ orbit, Jason-2 continued to make unprecedented new observations of the Earth’s gravity field, with precise measurements right until the end.” The technological advancements proven on Jason-1, Jason-2/OSTM, and Jason-3 will be put to use well into future decades. Following Jason-3 will be two future Sentinel-6/Jason-CS satellites, planned for launch in 2020 and 2025. For more information about NASA’s Earth science activities, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/earth -end- Press Contacts Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Esprit Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4269 esprit.smith@jpl.nasa.gov Pascale Bresson CNES, Paris, France 33-01-44-76-75-39 pascale.bresson@cnes.fr Raphaël Sart CNES, Paris, France 33-01-44-76-74-51 raphael.sart@cnes.fr John Leslie NOAA National Environmental Satellite and Information Service, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-0214 john.leslie@noaa.gov Neil Fletcher EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 49-6151-807-8390 neil.fletcher@eumetsat.int NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to hqnews-request@newsletters.nasa.gov. To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to hqnews-request@newsletters.nasa.gov.

04 October, 2019

The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and understanding of climate change. These observations are being continued by its successor, Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed …

Australian Government Commits to Join NASA in Lunar Exploration and Beyond
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Australian Government Commits to Join NASA in Lunar Exploration and Beyond

21 September, 2019

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, top left, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, top right, witness the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency by NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, and Dr. Megan Clark, Head of the Australian Space Agency, right, Saturday, Sept. …

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