Chinese Rocket Body Disintegrates over North America

Source - Space Weather News for Feb. 24, 2015: http://spaceweather.com

Last night, Feb. 23-24, observers across the western half of North America witnessed a spectacular cluster of bright lights in the sky.  It was the re-entry and disintegration of a Chinese rocket body.  Coincidentally, a geomagnetic storm was in progress at the time and more than one photographer caught the rocket's debris cutting across curtains of Northern Lights.  Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and more information.

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NASA Rocket Redefines What Astronomers Think of as Galaxies

Source - NASA Science News for Nov. 6, 2014

Findings from a NASA rocket are redefining what scientists think of as galaxies. Galaxies may not have a set boundary of stars, but instead stretch out to great distances, forming a vast, interconnected sea of stars.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/06nov_ciber/

Endeavour Launches for ISS on This Week @NASA

Source - NASAtelevision on May 16, 2011

Space shuttle Endeavour lifted off Monday from the Kennedy Space Center for the International Space Station and STS-134. Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates began their mission with a picture-perfect launch at 8:56 a.m. Eastern. An electrical problem that scuttled the last STS-134 launch attempt, on April 29, has since been corrected.

Also, Dawn breaks new ground; spring flood imagery; Discovery crew visits HQ; two new Webbys; two new Astro Hall of Famers; and, NASA at Kings Dominion.

SDO Sundog Mystery

Source - NASA Science News for Feb. 11, 2011

One year ago, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory amazed observers when it destroyed a sundog en route to orbit. A new analysis of the event is shedding light on the surprising way rocket shock-waves interact with clouds.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/11feb_sundogmystery/

Video is from the SDOmission2009 YouTube channel

Stunning Spiral Light Show over Norway

Source - Space Weather News for Dec. 9, 2009: http://spaceweather.com

This morning in arctic Norway, onlookers were stunned when a gigantic luminous spiral formed in the northern sky. Veteran observers accustomed to the appearance of Northern Lights say they have never seen anything like it. It was neither a meteor nor any known form of atmospheric optics. Rumors that the spiral was caused by the botched launch of a Russian rocket have not yet been confirmed.

Visit http://spaceweather.com for images and eyewitness reports of this mysterious apparition.

Update: Click here to read an article from Universe Today about the Norway spiral, and be sure to check out the YouTube video below:

NASA Puts the Right Stuff into the Right Hands

Source - NASA Science News for April 22, 2009

All research and no application makes data a dull toy. NASA's SPoRT program brings data to life by putting it in the hands of people who can use it best--the National Weather Service forecasters who send us scurrying for cover when severe weather looms.

FULL STORY at:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/22apr_severeweather.htm?list894285

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Ares Super-chute

Source - NASA Science News for March 13, 2009

NASA and U.S. Air Force test pilots have dropped a 50,000-pound "dummy" rocket booster on the Arizona desert--and stopped it before it crashed. It's all part of NASA's plan to return to the Moon.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/13mar_superchute.htm?list894285

Winter Wonder Rocket Movie

Source - NASA Science News for January 15, 2009

The last place you'd expect to find icicles is around the rim of a scalding hot and thundering rocket engine. Yet an engine being used by NASA to develop technologies for next-generation lunar landers has been caught producing icicles of unlikely beauty. Watch the process in action in today's story from Science@NASA.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/15jan_cece.htm?list894285

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Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy

Source - NASA Science News for January 14, 2009

NASA's next great Moon rocket promises to do more than land astronauts on the Moon. In its spare time, it could revolutionize the science of astronomy.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/14jan_rocketastronomy.htm?list894285

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