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The Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Spacecraft Engineering Department and Space Science Division, launched October 18, 2009 on the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F18 (flight 18) satellite, observed first light on December 1, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news178993932.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:32:56 EST news178993932 (PhysOrg.com) -- At today's launch countdown status briefing held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, managers reported space shuttle Atlantis, its payload and crew are ready for launch at 2:28 p.m. EST on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news177340580.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:02 EST news177340580 Sunspots, which rotate around the sun's surface, tell us a great deal about our own planet. Scientists rely on them, for instance, to measure the sun's rotation or to prepare long-range forecasts of the Earth's health. http://www.physorg.com/news177169609.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:50:01 EST news177169609 Three of the satellite instruments that will fly on an upcoming satellite mission called "FASTSAT" have been created at one NASA center and have arrived at another for more tests to ensure they are flight ready for launch. They're now at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. for further testing. http://www.physorg.com/news175792882.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:50:08 EST news175792882 Following a fast-paced 16 month design and development process, NRL's Remote Sensing and Space Science Divisions and the Naval Center for Space Technology provide the first-ever high quality and real-time monitoring of space weather and coastal ocean environment directly from the new Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) on the International Space Station (ISS). http://www.physorg.com/news171809604.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:10:05 EST news171809604 (PhysOrg.com) -- Proba-2 has reached Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, where it is being prepared for launch this November. Among the smallest satellites ever built by ESA, it was transported there aboard an Ilyushin cargo plane. http://www.physorg.com/news171546932.html Space & Earth Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:56:14 EST news171546932 (PhysOrg.com) -- Proba-2, one of the smallest satellites ESA has ever built for space, is about to leave its Belgian homeland. Its development and testing complete, the satellite is being packed up for the first leg of its journey to orbit - shipment to the distant Plesetsk launch site in northern Russia. http://www.physorg.com/news166106624.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:20:04 EST news166106624 University of Leicester researchers have taken a step forward in helping to create a defence for earth's technologies -from the constant threat of space weather. http://www.physorg.com/news163244037.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:35:15 EST news163244037 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle. Solar Cycle 24 will peak, they say, in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots. http://www.physorg.com/news163083874.html Space & Earth Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:05:13 EST news163083874 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international panel of experts has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle, stating that Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots. Led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and sponsored by NASA, the panel includes a dozen members from nine different government and academic institutions. Their forecast sets the stage for at least another year of mostly quiet conditions before solar activity resumes in earnest. http://www.physorg.com/news162653480.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 May 2009 14:32:07 EST news162653480 (AP) -- When the sun sneezes it's Earth that gets sick. It's time for the sun to move into a busier period for sunspots, and while forecasters expect a relatively mild outbreak by historical standards, one major solar storm can cause havoc with satellites and electrical systems here. http://www.physorg.com/news161026403.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 May 2009 18:33:52 EST news161026403 (PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have allowed scientists to reveal for the first time the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of solar explosions known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. http://www.physorg.com/news160162452.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:34:44 EST news160162452 (PhysOrg.com) -- Twin NASA spacecraft have provided scientists with their first view of the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of powerful explosions from the sun known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. This new capability will dramatically enhance scientists' ability to predict if and how these solar tsunamis could affect Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news158940323.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:06:02 EST news158940323 Did you know a solar flare can make your toilet stop working? http://www.physorg.com/news151862269.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:58:31 EST news151862269 A satellite about the size of a loaf of bread will be designed and built at the University of Michigan and deployed to study space weather, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation. http://www.physorg.com/news142097622.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:33:42 EST news142097622 Global and real-time "space weather" observations of near-Earth space--and the solar storms that can knock out electric power grids--is about to happen for the first time, thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). http://www.physorg.com/news135859469.html Space & Earth Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:44:29 EST news135859469 When you flip a light switch to illuminate the pages of your favorite book or reach into your refrigerator for that last piece of key lime pie, you expect the electric current coursing through the outlets to power everything from your lights to your nifty new big-screen television. When the power goes out, it can be more than just an inconvenience. http://www.physorg.com/news134138203.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:36:43 EST news134138203