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This composite image created with data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the far side of the moon. A mysterious piece of space junk is set to crash into the far side Friday morning.

In a first, a mysterious rocket part is about to slam into the moon — by accident

Mar 03, 2022
A rocket part set to slam into the far side of the moon Friday morning highlights the growing issue of space junk in orbit around Earth, experts say
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Science
A U.S. satellite captures cloud cover over North America on Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it has upgraded its weather forecasting model to use more satellite weather data.

NOAA Upgrades Forecasts As Climate Change Drives More Severe Storms

Mar 22, 2021
The computer model that predicts the weather is getting more power. Climate change is upping the stakes for forecasters as extreme weather gets more common and residents demand earlier warnings.
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Europe
The Montsec Astronomical Park opened in 2009. The area, in Lleida, a province of Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia, has been used by amateur astronomers taking advantage of its dark skies.

Catalonia Is Set To Launch Its Own Space Agency. Will It Fly?

Mar 17, 2021
Leaders in Spain's northeastern region have pushed for independence from the country. Now they want to go their own way in space, launching a first nanosatellite this month from Kazakhstan.
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Science

NASA Satellite To Measure Global Sea Level Rise

Nov 19, 2020
Space is the best place — maybe the only place — to get a complete picture of how climate change is affecting the Earth's oceans. And what happens in the ocean does not stay in the ocean.
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The Salt
Kansas farmer Derek Klingenberg is using satellite images to capture cow art from space.

Have You Herd? Farmer Writes A Memoo Using Cows And Satellite Imagery

Mar 21, 2018
A Kansas farmer is becoming somewhat of a celebrity for making agriculture-themed pop-music parodies and calling his cattle by playing Lorde's "Royals" on the trombone. Now, he's making space cow art.
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The Two-Way
The IMAGE spacecraft undergoes preflight testing in March 2000.

Amateur Astronomer Finds NASA Satellite Long Given Up For Dead

Jan 30, 2018
Scott Tilley was searching for a secret U.S. spy satellite when he found the spacecraft. "The odds are extremely good that it's alive," said a mission co-investigator.
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The Two-Way
Malaysia Airlines says the new system, which is expected to be operational in 2018, will use 66 low-earth-orbit satellites.

Malaysia Airlines Says It Will Use Satellites To Track Its Fleet

Apr 19, 2017
Three years after MH Flight 370 disappeared from radar, Malaysia's national carrier says it will use satellites to track its planes at all times and that it will be the first airline to do so.
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The Two-Way
An image of Western Hemisphere lightning storms, captured Feb. 14 over the course of one hour. Brighter colors indicate more lightning energy was recorded (the key is in kilowatt-hours of total optical emissions from lightning.) The most powerful storm s

WATCH: Tracking Lightning Strikes, From Space

Mar 06, 2017
NOAA's new weather satellite is carrying the first lightning detector ever parked in orbit over Earth. It has sent back its first images of real-time lightning storms in the Western Hemisphere.
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The Two-Way
For years, the satellites that make up America's Global Position System have been carrying sensors that measure the weather in space. This image illustrates the orbital planes in which GPS satellites travel around Earth.

Government Releases 16 Years Of Data About Solar Weather

Jan 30, 2017
It's the first time the U.S military has made public the data collected by GPS satellites about solar events. It may help people predict Earth disasters caused by space weather.
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The Two-Way
GOES-16 captured this view of the moon while looking across the surface of the Earth on Jan. 15. The satellite uses the moon to calibrate its imaging device in much the same way a photographer uses a light meter.

'Like High-Definition From The Heavens'; NOAA Releases New Images Of Earth

Jan 23, 2017
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the first public images from its new weather satellite. The agency says the satellite's data will lead to more accurate weather forecasts.
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The Two-Way
In this handout provided by the NASA, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket sits on the launching pad with the JCSAT-14 communications satellite in May 2016.

WATCH: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 Rocket, Months After Blast

Jan 14, 2017
The private space company's Falcon 9 rocket is bearing 10 satellites into orbit. SpaceX's launch came months after a blast wrecked its most recent test.
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The Two-Way
Jeff Stankiewicz is a space weather forecaster with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colo.

New Satellite Provides Weather Forecasts For The Final Frontier

Nov 18, 2016
The GOES-R satellite is scheduled to enter orbit Saturday. It'll sit 22,000 miles above the Americas, monitoring weather on the planet — and in space.
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Joe's Big Idea
Preparations to launch NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft are nearing completion in Titusville, Fla., near Kennedy Space Center.

Satellite Set To Stream Daily Images Of Earth From Space

Feb 07, 2015
In 1998, Al Gore proposed using a satellite and the Internet to let us all see the awe-inspiring view of Earth that wows space travelers. That satellite may finally launch later this year.
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