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Where and How to Watch NASA’s Final Space Shuttle Launch

admin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:49:27 +0000

NASA‘s last space shuttle launch in history is set to blast off from Florida on July 8 2011.

Location: If you don’t want to shell out that kind of money, there’s good news. Great viewing spots abound on Florida’s Space Coast, and they’re free.

The city of Titusville, just 12 miles across the Indian River from Kennedy Space Center, is a premiere spot. It affords great views from numerous parks along the water, including Space View Park and Parrish Park (on the causeway between Titusville and the spaceport).

The town of Port Canaveral, a popular harbor for cruise ships, is also a good choice, affording largely unobstructed views.

Another good option for shuttle viewing is a spot along the coast in the nearby city of Cocoa Beach.

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Video: NASA Warns of Solar Storm Threat in 2013

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 00:42:16 +0000

The strength of solar storms is anticipated to peak in 2013 and may possibly devastate vital infrastructure like satellite communications, navigation methods and electric transmission equipment.

Video: NASA has revised their prediction for solar maximum to now occur around mid-May of 2013
http://youtu.be/4_TzIUlaQok

Video: Solar Storm Warning 2012-2013
http://youtu.be/8wpPZxpvXDg

Video: Nasa’s 2013 solar flare warning: how much do we need to worry?
http://youtu.be/kzppctVaY3U

nasa solar storms dimensional images space nasa

admin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:01:01 +0000

Scientists are saying that the Sun’s surface is eerily devoid of activity at the moment. It’s “Like the quiet before a storm,” says NASA. When the sun’s surface quiets down, we can expect an incredible burst of activity in the form of communications disrupting solar flares and storms. This is referred to as a maxima in an 11-year cycle of sunspots. But there is one glimmer of hope. Scientists are unsure how to predict these maxima and admit that the upcoming maxima in 2012 could be as viscious as in 1958, or as meek as in 1805. We can “expect to see the first sunspots of the next cycle appear in late 2006 or 2007â€”and Solar Max to be underway by 2010 or 2011,” says David Hathaway of the National Space Science & Technology Center (NSSTC).

NASA Creates First 3-D View Of Solar Eruptions

A view of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) in three dimensions. The Sun is the orange sphere in the middle of the image, and the CME appears in false color as the white areas. This CME was launched from the Sun on June 29, 1999 and was directed toward Earth. Researchers analyzed ordinary two-dimensional images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft in a new way to yield the 3D images. (Credit: NASA, the European Space Agency, Tom Moran, Tom Bridgman)

NASA Spacecraft Make First 3-D Images of Sun

Image of our Sun (in 2-D) was captured by SECCHI/Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on March 20, 2007. The blue false color image show the sun’s atmospheres at a temperatures of 1 million degrees C (171 E), credit NASA