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Saturday, 31 March 2018
Friday, 30 March 2018
Technology Then and Now
Before there were computers and software that could stitch together digital images, they were printed on photo paper, trimmed by hand, and taped in place on a large black board. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Gqyvtz
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Disease outbreak news from the WHO: Cholera – Somalia
The ongoing cholera outbreak in Somalia started in December 2017. As of 18 March 2018, a total of 1613 cholera cases, including nine deaths (case fatality rate = 0.6 %), have been reported from four regions: Hiraan, Banadir, Lower Juba and Middle Shabelle.
Published on March 29, 2018 at 01:00AM
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Published on March 29, 2018 at 01:00AM
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Getting InSight on the Interior of Mars
Inside the Astrotech processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, Mars lander is tested ahead of its scheduled launch on May 5, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/2urTvyE
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
This is TESS, Our Newest Planet-Hunter
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is the next step in the search for planets outside of our solar system, including those that could support life. via NASA https://ift.tt/2J1kCU9
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Curiosity Rover Gets Ready for Its Next Adventure
This mosaic, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover, looks uphill at Mount Sharp. via NASA https://ift.tt/2pOJ4j9
Monday, 26 March 2018
Claudia Alexander and Her Life Well-Lived
Claudia Alexander, the project scientist overseeing NASA's support role in the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, stands on the view deck of mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. via NASA https://ift.tt/2pHX9yJ
Sunday, 25 March 2018
Saturday, 24 March 2018
Friday, 23 March 2018
Disease outbreak news from the WHO: Lassa Fever – Nigeria
From 1 January through 18 March 2018, 1495 suspected cases and 119 deaths have been reported from 19 states (Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Federal Capital Territory, Gombe, Imo, Kaduna, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, and Taraba). During this period 376 patients were confirmed, nine were classified as probable, 1084 tested negative and 26 are awaiting laboratory results (pending). Among the 376 cases classified as confirmed and nine classified as probable, 95 deaths were reported (case fatality rate for confirmed and probable cases = 24.7%).
Published on March 23, 2018 at 02:00AM
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Published on March 23, 2018 at 02:00AM
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Disease outbreak news from the WHO: Human infection with a seasonal reassortant A(H1N2) influenza virus – Netherlands
On 20 March 2018, the National International Health Regulations focal point for the Netherlands notified WHO about a human infected with a new reassortant A(H1N2) of seasonal influenza viruses that was detected in the routine sentinel influenza surveillance for influenza-like illness and other acute respiratory infections in the Netherlands. The patient is a child aged less than two years old, who had onset of symptoms in early March 2018. He was seen by a general practitioner, but did not require hospitalization and has fully recovered.
Published on March 23, 2018 at 01:20AM
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Published on March 23, 2018 at 01:20AM
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Hubble’s Exquisite View of a Stellar Nursery
An underlying population of infant stars embedded in the nebula NGC 346 are still forming from gravitationally collapsing gas clouds. via NASA http://ift.tt/2pxRyfc
Thursday, 22 March 2018
A View From a Launch
The Soyuz MS-08 rocket launched Wednesday, March 21, 2018, bringing three new crewmembers to the International Space Station. via NASA http://ift.tt/2Gjdlk2
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The Beauty of Light
The Soyuz MS-08 rocket is launched with Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA, March 21, 2018, to join the crew of the Space Station. via NASA http://ift.tt/2FYN9Yx
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Space Station Bound!
Workers are seen on the launch pad as the Soyuz rocket arrives after being rolled out by train, Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. via NASA http://ift.tt/2pqzV0K
Monday, 19 March 2018
Going for Atmospheric GOLD
In late Jan. 2018, NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument was launched into space aboard a commercial satellite. via NASA http://ift.tt/2GHMTyz
Sunday, 18 March 2018
Saturday, 17 March 2018
Friday, 16 March 2018
Rose-Colored Jupiter
This image captures a close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter. via NASA http://ift.tt/2FESHeN
Thursday, 15 March 2018
The Aurora Named STEVE
What's in a name? If your name is Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement aka STEVE, then there's quite bit behind the name. via NASA http://ift.tt/2FF42f2
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
There's Always Pi!
Just by determining how circular a given crater is – using pi and the crater’s perimeter and area – planetary geologists can reveal clues about how the crater was formed and the surface that was impacted. via NASA http://ift.tt/2IncexY
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Running a Real-Time Simulation of Go-No-Go for Apollo 17
Not everyone gets to become a part of history, but mathematician Billie Robertson is one of the lucky ones. In this image taken on Nov. 27, 1972, she was running a real-time simulation of Translunar Injection (TLI) Go-No-Go for the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. via NASA http://ift.tt/2FS6VIG
Monday, 12 March 2018
Dramatic Dione
Cassini captured this striking view of Saturn’s moon Dione on July 23, 2012. via NASA http://ift.tt/2p6YbUu
Sunday, 11 March 2018
Saturday, 10 March 2018
Disease outbreak news from the WHO: Yellow fever – Brazil
Disease news outbreak for Yellow fever in Brazil.
Published on March 09, 2018 at 12:10AM
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Published on March 09, 2018 at 12:10AM
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Friday, 9 March 2018
Veggies in Space!
The crew aboard the International Space Station have grown two batches of mixed greens (mizuna, red romaine lettuce and tokyo bekana cabbage), and are now running two Veggie facilities simultaneously. via NASA http://ift.tt/2Fvm1Av
Disease outbreak news from the WHO: Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Somalia
Circulation of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) has been confirmed in Somalia. Disease news outbreak for Somalia.
Published on March 09, 2018
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Published on March 09, 2018
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Thursday, 8 March 2018
Imaging the Universe
Known as the 'Mother of Hubble,' Nancy Grace Roman is shown here at the Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago in 1948, where she was studying for her doctorate in astronomy. via NASA http://ift.tt/2FDE2zJ
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Structural Test Version of the Intertank for NASA's New Deep Space Rocket
The intertank is the second piece of structural hardware for the massive Space Launch System core stage, built at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and delivered to Marshall Space Flight Center for testing. via NASA http://ift.tt/2D7lKBx
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
The Case of the Martian Boulder Piles
This image was originally meant to track the movement of sand dunes near the North Pole of Mars, but what's on the ground in between the dunes is just as interesting! via NASA http://ift.tt/2tjh9wx
Monday, 5 March 2018
Building the Space Station
Astronauts Joan Higginbotham (foreground) and Suni Williams refer to a procedures checklist as they work the controls of the Canadarm2, in this 2006 image. via NASA http://ift.tt/2FrgsWT
Sunday, 4 March 2018
Saturday, 3 March 2018
Friday, 2 March 2018
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