NASA - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/nasa/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:47:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 NASA - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/nasa/ 32 32 103504436 New NASA Satellite Will Measure Changes in Earth’s Rivers, Lakes, Oceans https://houstonnewmedia.org/new-nasa-satellite-will-measure-changes-in-earths-rivers-lakes-oceans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-nasa-satellite-will-measure-changes-in-earths-rivers-lakes-oceans Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:47:13 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36846 Early in the morning on December 16, 2022, NASA launched a new satellite that will map and subsequently measure changes in virtually all of the Earth’s rivers, lakes and oceans. High-resolution imaging will even be able to measure changes in ocean currents and temperatures. Scientists will use the imaging capabilities to better understand flooding, droughts […]

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]]> 501465 Winter Solstice | December 2022 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/winter-solstice-december-2022-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winter-solstice-december-2022-sky-happenings Sun, 04 Dec 2022 15:30:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32593 Editor’s Note: Look to the skies as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of December, including the science behind our winter solstice. Jupiter is still in the evening sky; look for it in the south at nightfall.  ...

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]]> 485571 Artemis has arrived at the Moon! https://houstonnewmedia.org/artemis-has-arrived-at-the-moon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artemis-has-arrived-at-the-moon Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:48:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32581 At 12:47 am CST on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, the Artemis I mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral. Thus begins NASA’s return to the Moon, as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of our last manned mission to the Moon, Apollo 17. Ea...

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]]> 484003 Louisiana Loses Hundreds of Square Miles of Wetlands https://houstonnewmedia.org/louisiana-loses-hundreds-of-square-miles-of-wetlands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=louisiana-loses-hundreds-of-square-miles-of-wetlands Fri, 11 Nov 2022 21:47:05 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36370 A new study estimates that Louisiana lost approximately 750 square miles of wetlands between 1984 and 2020. Using a first-of-its kind model, researchers quantified those wetlands losses at nearly 21 square miles per year since the early 1980s. Even after accounting for gains in some areas due to sediment transported by rivers, the net loss was still […]

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]]> 467204 Eyes on Artemis | November 2022 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/eyes-on-artemis-november-2022-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eyes-on-artemis-november-2022-sky-happenings Thu, 03 Nov 2022 21:53:40 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32571 Editor’s Note: Look to the skies as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of November, including the highly anticipated rescheduled Artemis I launch. Jupiter is still up most of the night; look for it in the southeast a...

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]]> 458950 The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived! https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-arrived/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-arrived Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:45:25 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=31953 Astronomers worldwide got a special Christmas gift this past year with the liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope. It has just arrived (as of January 24) at its destination. By summer, it will begin 10 years (or more) of probing the deepest regions ...

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]]> 242410 Where Winter and Spring Stars Meet | April 2021 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/where-winter-and-spring-stars-meet-april-2021-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-winter-and-spring-stars-meet-april-2021-sky-happenings Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:23:49 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31423 Mars continues to fade a little bit each night now that Earth has overtaken it and is pulling away. However, it fades out gradually; Mars remains almost as bright as the stars around it in April 2021. And Mars is high in the west–well placed for ...

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