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Remote auroral observations by EMM paired with in-situ plasma observations made by MAVEN open new avenues for understanding the Martian atmosphere. This collaboration was made possible by recent data-sharing between the two missions and highlights the value of multi-point observations in space.Learn more about this discovery by MAVEN and EMM. || ", "hits": 94 }, { "id": 14134, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14134/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-05-02T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Simulation Suggests Some Volcanoes Might Warm Climate, Destroy Ozone Layer", "description": "Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music is \"Good Omens\" by Count Zero and Rohan Stevenson and \"Blue Moons\" by Gresby Race Nash of Universal Production Music || 14134_thumb.jpg (1920x1080) [450.5 KB] || volcanism_14134.00242_searchweb.png (320x180) [71.1 KB] || volcanism_14134.00242_thm.png (80x40) [5.5 KB] || volcanism_14134.mp4 (1920x1080) [377.7 MB] || volcanism_14134.webm (1920x1080) [27.0 MB] || volcanism_14134_caption.en_US.srt [4.9 KB] || volcanism_14134_caption.en_US.vtt [4.7 KB] || ", "hits": 71 }, { "id": 13972, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13972/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2021-10-20T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Ten Mysteries of Venus", "description": "Ten mysteries of our sister planet, Venus.Music is \"Spring into Life\" by Oliver Worth of Univeral Production Music.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 13972_mysteriesvenusthumb.jpg (1920x1080) [385.7 KB] || 13972_venusmysteries.01764_searchweb.png (320x180) [65.7 KB] || 13972_venusmysteries.01764_thm.png (80x40) [4.6 KB] || 13972_venusmysteries.mp4 (1920x1080) [299.0 MB] || 13972_venusmysteries_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [53.1 MB] || 13972_venusmysteries_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [317.0 MB] || 13972_venusmysteries_twitter_720.webm (1280x720) [32.1 MB] || 13972_venusmysteries_caption.en_US.srt [6.3 KB] || 13972_venusmysteries_caption.en_US.vtt [5.9 KB] || ", "hits": 245 }, { "id": 13729, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13729/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2020-10-08T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Tour of Asteroid Bennu", "description": "Take a narrated tour of asteroid Bennu’s remarkable terrain. 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The new result helps scientists better understand the origins of this \"rubble pile\" asteroid. Music is \"Mechanical Systems\" by David Edwards of Universal Production Music. || Vesta_thumb.jpg (3840x2160) [280.8 KB] || Vesta_13707.00234_searchweb.png (320x180) [53.2 KB] || Vesta_13707.00234_thm.png (80x40) [5.1 KB] || Vesta_13707_FINAL_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [147.5 MB] || Vesta_13707_FINAL_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [26.9 MB] || Vesta_13707_FINAL.webm (960x540) [26.4 MB] || Vesta_13707_caption.en_US.srt [3.7 KB] || Vesta_13707_caption.en_US.vtt [3.6 KB] || Vesta_13707_FINAL.mp4 (3840x2160) [154.3 MB] || ", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 13625, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13625/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2020-05-25T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "First Map of Mars Electric Currents", "description": "MAVEN data have enabled the first map of the electric current systems (blue and red arrows) that shape the induced magnetic field surrounding Mars.Credit: NASA/Goddard/MAVEN/CU Boulder/SVSUniversal Production Music: “A Lucid Dream” and “Shimmer Oscillations” by James Joshua OttoWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || MarsElectricCurrentsPreview6_print.jpg (1024x576) [305.8 KB] || MarsElectricCurrentsPreview6.jpg (1920x1080) [853.6 KB] || MarsElectricCurrentsPreview6_searchweb.png (320x180) [50.6 KB] || MarsElectricCurrentsPreview6_thm.png (80x40) [5.3 KB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_Twitter.mp4 (1280x720) [63.8 MB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_Facebook.mp4 (1920x1080) [359.1 MB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_YouTube.webm (3840x2160) [91.7 MB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_Captions.en_US.srt [7.2 KB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_Captions.en_US.vtt [6.8 KB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_YouTube.mp4 (3840x2160) [2.8 GB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_MASTER.mov (3840x2160) [14.2 GB] || 13625_Mars_Electric_Currents_Facebook.mp4.hwshow [134 bytes] || ", "hits": 89 }, { "id": 12397, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12397/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-02-04T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Mars' Magnetic Tail", "description": "Mars' magnetic tail is shaped and twisted by the solar wind. || Mars_vs_Solar_Storm_1024x576.jpg (1024x576) [131.3 KB] || Mars_vs_Solar_Storm_print.jpg (1024x576) [145.9 KB] || Mars_vs_Solar_Storm.png (3840x2160) [9.8 MB] || Mars_vs_Solar_Storm_searchweb.png (320x180) [96.6 KB] || Mars_vs_Solar_Storm_thm.png (80x40) [6.4 KB] || ", "hits": 319 }, { "id": 12986, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12986/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-07-23T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mars Proton Aurora", "description": "On Earth, the northern and southern lights occur when the solar wind (electrically charged particles from the Sun) follow our planet's geomagnetic field lines to the poles and collide with the upper atmosphere. Mars lacks a global magnetic field, so instead the solar wind piles up in front of Mars in a bow shock, which blocks charged particles from reaching the bulk of the atmosphere. However, in a process first observed by the MAVEN mission, some solar wind protons can slip past the bow shock by first bonding with electrons from the Mars upper atmosphere to form hydrogen atoms. Because these hydrogen atoms are electrically neutral, they can pass through the bow shock and go on to create an ultraviolet proton aurora on the dayside of Mars.Learn more about MAVEN's observation of a proton aurora at Mars. || ", "hits": 144 }, { "id": 13000, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13000/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-07-16T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Pluto's Underground Ocean", "description": "Pluto and Charon may keep their interiors warm enough to support liquid water oceans. || PIA19717_1024x576.jpg (1024x576) [6.1 KB] || PIA19717_print.jpg (1024x576) [6.4 KB] || PIA19717_thm.png (80x40) [1.1 KB] || PIA19717_searchweb.png (320x180) [4.5 KB] || PIA19717.tif (1280x720) [2.6 MB] || ", "hits": 357 }, { "id": 12951, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12951/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-06-07T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Ancient Organics Discovered on Mars", "description": "The Curiosity rover has discovered ancient organic molecules on Mars, embedded within sedimentary rocks that are billions of years old. Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music provided by Killer Tracks: \"Crystalline\" by Enrico Cacace & Manuel Bandettini, \"Based On True Events\" by Eric Chevalier, \"Mirrored Cubes\" by Laurent Dury, \"Lost In The Sky\" by Matthews Samar || CuriosityResultPreview.jpg (1920x1080) [829.9 KB] || CuriosityResultPreview_searchweb.png (320x180) [120.7 KB] || CuriosityResultPreview_thm.png (80x40) [8.3 KB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_Preview.mp4 (1280x720) [55.2 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_720.webm (1280x720) [26.8 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_1080_Small.mp4 (1920x1080) [149.4 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_1080_Medium.mp4 (1920x1080) [240.7 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_720.mp4 (1280x720) [312.3 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_1080_Large.mp4 (1920x1080) [659.9 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_Master_APR_Output.en_US.srt [4.8 KB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_Master_APR_Output.en_US.vtt [4.8 KB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_APR.mov (1920x1080) [3.1 GB] || ancient-organics-discovered-on-mars.hwshow || ", "hits": 300 }, { "id": 12962, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12962/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-05-24T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Searching for Signs of Life on Mars", "description": "The European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin rover will search for signs of life on Mars, using a NASA-built instrument called MOMA. Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music provided by Killer Tracks: \"Fast Motion\" by Stephen Daniel Lemaire, \"Game Show Spheres 5-6\" by Anselm Kreuzer, \"Floating\" by Ben Niblett & Jon Cotton || ExoMarsPreview.jpg (1920x1080) [175.9 KB] || ExoMarsPreview_searchweb.png (320x180) [80.6 KB] || ExoMarsPreview_thm.png (80x40) [6.3 KB] || TWITTER_720_12962_MOMA_Profile_Master_APR_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [69.5 MB] || 12962_MOMA_Profile_Master.webm (960x540) [125.9 MB] || FACEBOOK_720_12962_MOMA_Profile_Master_APR_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [377.8 MB] || YOUTUBE_1080_12962_MOMA_Profile_Master_APR_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [510.9 MB] || 12962_MOMA_Profile_Master_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [856.3 MB] || 12962_MOMA_Profile_Master_APR_Output.en_US.srt [6.0 KB] || 12962_MOMA_Profile_Master_APR_Output.en_US.vtt [6.0 KB] || 12962_MOMA_Profile_Master_APR.mov (1920x1080) [7.2 GB] || Moma.hwshow [108 bytes] || ", "hits": 53 }, { "id": 20252, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20252/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2017-10-18T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Phobos Electric Charging", "description": "The interaction of the solar wind with the Martian moon Phobos creates a complex electrical environment that could impact future exploration. 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Enlarge or click \"download\" for print-resolution versions. Also available in text-readable PDF for the visually impaired. || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic_print.jpg (1024x450) [159.1 KB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic.jpg (7500x3300) [4.1 MB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic.png (7500x3300) [27.0 MB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic_searchweb.png (320x180) [72.3 KB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || MAVEN_Argon_Infographic.tif (7500x3300) [27.2 MB] || maven-reveals-mars-argon-loss-to-space.hwshow || ", "hits": 188 }, { "id": 12208, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12208/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-06-20T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Electric Wind of Venus", "description": "Venus has an \"electric wind\" strong enough to remove the components of water from its upper atmosphere. This action may have played a significant role in stripping Earth's twin planet of its oceans, according to new research results from the European Space Agency's Venus Express mission led by NASA-funded researchers. Lead author of the research paper, Glyn Collinson, explains that \"electric wind\" can strip Earth-like planets of oceans and atmospheres. || ", "hits": 86 }, { "id": 12181, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12181/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-03-22T16:56:00-04:00", "title": "Mars Gravity Map", "description": "Scientists have used small fluctuations in the orbits of three NASA spacecraft to map the gravity field of Mars. || c-1024.jpg (1024x576) [238.0 KB] || c-1280.jpg (1280x720) [324.9 KB] || c-1920.jpg (1920x1080) [504.9 KB] || c-1024_print.jpg (1024x576) [251.2 KB] || c-1024_searchweb.png (320x180) [97.5 KB] || c-1024_web.png (320x180) [97.5 KB] || c-1024_thm.png (80x40) [7.0 KB] || ", "hits": 68 }, { "id": 11080, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11080/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-09-20T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Inside Out", "description": "What happens when a star explodes? Astronomers sorting through pieces of a star that burst about 330 years ago discovered it might have blown up from the inside out. Data from ground-based observatories and NASA's Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes reveal material forged deep inside the star, such as iron, was on the outer edge of the explosion. The blast, called a supernova, takes place when a massive star runs out of fuel and collapses under its own gravity. This process ignites a runaway nuclear reaction that can outshine a hundred billion suns. The explosion, meanwhile, can launch elements into space—including those found in the star's core—that give rise to new stars, planets and even life. Watch the video to see how astronomers pieced together the inside-out nature of the explosion by mapping the trail of elements it left behind. || ", "hits": 52 }, { "id": 11060, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11060/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-08-30T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Stuck In Neverland", "description": "Like the storybook character Peter Pan, Saturn's moon Phoebe may have a serious case of arrested development. One of 62 moons orbiting the ringed planet, Phoebe has some traits of what's called a planetesimal, a planetary building block. A team including NASA scientists took data from the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn and plugged it into a model of Phoebe's chemistry, geology and geophysics to learn more about this intriguing object. They found that the moon most likely evolved actively for a time after it formed. This is unlike most asteroids and comets, which haven't changed much since the solar system's formation about 4.5 billion years ago. Scientists think that if Phoebe was born early enough in the solar system's history, its gravity could have pulled in radioactive material that would have produced enough heat to warm the interior and reshape the moon. Watch the video to learn more about Phoebe's lifetime. || ", "hits": 18 }, { "id": 10948, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10948/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-04-05T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Shrinking, Growing Moon", "description": "Ever since getting whacked by asteroids and cooked by heat radiating from unstable elements during its violent formation, the moon has cooled. Many things shrink as they cool and the moon is no exception. But tiny valleys discovered in new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) indicate that the forces causing the moon to shrink were accompanied in some places by other forces acting to pull it apart. This tectonic tug-of-war taking place on the supposedly inert lunar surface surprised scientists. Not only that, it suggests the moon never completely melted in its early stages of evolution—unlike Earth and the other rocky planets—and instead was covered by an expansive ocean of molten rock. Watch the videos below to see evidence of these lunar valleys, called graben, and to learn more about the moon's fascinating geologic past. || ", "hits": 160 }, { "id": 10915, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10915/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-02-20T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA Spacecraft Reveals Recent Geological Activity on the Moon", "description": "New images acquired by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft show that the moon's crust is being slightly stretched, forming small valleys - at least in some small areas. High-resolution images obtained by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) provide evidence that these valleys are very young, suggesting the moon has experienced relatively recent geologic activity. || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 10599, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10599/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-04-16T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified", "description": "New research from NASA's Lunar Science Institute indicates that the solar wind may be charging certain regions at the lunar poles to hundreds of volts. In this short video Dr. Bill Farrell discusses this research and what it means for future exploration of the Moon's poles.For complete transcript, click here. || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_ipod_lg.01527_print.jpg (1024x576) [65.3 KB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_ipod_lg_web.png (320x180) [127.7 KB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [54.2 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_appletv.m4v (960x720) [127.6 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_youtube.mov (1280x720) [59.2 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [112.9 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.7 GB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [39.2 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_ipod_sm.m4v (320x180) [16.5 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_NASA_PORTAL.wmv (346x260) [31.6 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_SVS.mpg (512x288) [33.9 MB] || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 3587, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3587/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-03-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Scouts for Safe Landing Sites - Stereoscopic Version", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is NASA's scouting mission to prepare for a return to the moon. One of its primary objectives will be to assess the lunar terrain for areas that would provide safe landing sites for future missions, both manned and unmanned, that plan to touch down on the moon's surface. This video helps explain how LRO will accomplish its objective.This visualization is a modified 3D stereo version of animation entry:#10349: LRO Scouts for Safe Landing Sites.The raw stereoscopic visualization sequence used to create this narrated animation can be viewed and downloaded from entry: #3567: How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon - Stereoscopic Version. || ", "hits": 51 }, { "id": 3567, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3567/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-01-27T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon - Stereoscopic Version", "description": "The first attempt to land humans on the moon - Apollo 11 - was a triumph that almost ended in disaster. At just 400 feet from the lunar surface, with only about a minute's worth of fuel remaining, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin saw that their ship's computer was taking them directly into a crater the size of a football field, strewn with SUV-sized boulders. They quickly took control from the computer, flew over the crater and touched down in a smoother area beyond, cutting the engine with just 30 seconds of fuel left. In general, good landing sites need to be level and free from large boulders that could damage or tip the spacecraft as it attempts to land. And it's up to the Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission to make those landings as safe as possible. Astronauts will want to avoid places with steep slopes that could tip the spacecraft, so LRO includes a laser ranging system that will build an elevation map to show the contours of the polar surface. The instrument, called the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA ), records the time it takes for a laser pulse to travel from the spacecraft to the lunar surface and back to calculate the height of the lunar terrain. After a year in orbit aboard LRO, LOLA will have created an elevation map of the polar regions that is accurate to within a half-meter (20 inches) vertically and 50 meters (about 160 feet) horizontally. LRO will also use data from another instrument that measures temperatures to double-check the safe zone map. Temperatures change more rapidly in areas with loose materials (lots of rocks). By analyzing how quickly temperatures change in potential landing zones, planners using the instrument, named Diviner, can rule out areas that appear smooth but actually are likely to be rocky. LRO also carries a pair of eagle-eyed cameras, called the Narrow Angle Cameras (NACs) which together can take images that reveal details as small as a half-meter (almost 20 inches) over swaths 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles) wide. As LRO orbits over the poles, the moon rotates beneath the spacecraft, and the NACs will gradually build up a detailed picture of the region. It will be used to identify safe landing zones free of large boulders and craters, allowing astronauts to avoid surprises like Apollo 11. LRO is being assembled and managed by NASA Goddard, and is scheduled to be launched in early 2009. NASA plans to have astronauts back on the moon by 2020. As astronauts close in on a new landing site late in the next decade, they can thank NASA Goddard's small robot scout for showing the safest approach. This visualization is a modified stereoscopic version of: #3533: How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon The modifications applied in the production of the stereoscopic visualization include: extension of the time range of the animation, color adjustments, scale bar and text overlay treatment.The crater depicted in this visualization is ficticious and only intended for illustrative purposes. The visualization begins with the reveal of a digital elevation map showing sample lunar topography illustrating the kind of data that LRO's LOLA instrument will collect. From this topographic data level surface areas can be derived as the first step to determining safe landing sites. Next, an example temperature map of the lunar surface is revealed to show the sort of data Diviner will collect. Changes in surface temperature will help determine small rock hazards, since they retain and release heat at a different rate than the surrounding regolith. Large rock hazards can be found with LROC's surface imagery. Finally, removing rock hazard areas from level surface areas reveals potential safe landing sites for future lunar missions.In this page the visualization content is offered in various modes to accomodate different types of stereoscopic viewing, such as: Left and Right Eye separate, and Left and Right Eye side-by-side combined on the same frame. || ", "hits": 69 }, { "id": 10349, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10349/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-09-03T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Scouts for Safe Landing Sites (Narrated)", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is NASA's scouting mission to prepare for a return to the moon. One of its primary objectives will be to assess the lunar terrain for areas that would provide safe landing sites for future missions, both manned and unmanned, that plan to touch down on the moon's surface. This video helps explain how LRO will accomplish its objective.The raw animation sequences used to create this video feature as well as high resolution stills from the video can be viewed and downloaded from How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon (#3533). || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 3533, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3533/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-09-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon (No Narration)", "description": "The first attempt to land humans on the moon - Apollo 11 - was a triumph that almost ended in disaster. At just 400 feet from the lunar surface, with only about a minute's worth of fuel remaining, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin saw that their ship's computer was taking them directly into a crater the size of a football field, strewn with SUV-sized boulders. They quickly took control from the computer, flew over the crater and touched down in a smoother area beyond, cutting the engine with just 30 seconds of fuel left. In general, good landing sites need to be level and free from large boulders that could damage or tip the spacecraft as it attempts to land. And it's up to LRO to make those landings as safe as possible. Astronauts will want to avoid places with steep slopes that could tip the spacecraft, so LRO includes a laser ranging system that will build an elevation map to show the contours of the polar surface. The instrument, called the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), records the time it takes for a laser pulse to travel from the spacecraft to the lunar surface and back to calculate the height of the lunar terrain. After a year in orbit aboard LRO, LOLA will have created an elevation map of the polar regions that is accurate to within a half-meter (20 inches) vertically and 50 meters (about 160 feet) horizontally. LRO will also use data from another instrument that measures temperatures to double-check the safe zone map. Temperatures change more rapidly in areas with loose materials (lots of rocks). By analyzing how quickly temperatures change in potential landing zones, planners using the instrument, named Diviner, can rule out areas that appear smooth but actually are likely to be rocky. LRO also carries a pair of eagle-eyed cameras, called the Narrow Angle Cameras (NACs) which together can take images that reveal details as small as a half-meter (almost 20 inches) over swaths 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles) wide. As LRO orbits over the poles, the moon rotates beneath the spacecraft, and the NACs will gradually build up a detailed picture of the region. It will be used to identify safe landing zones free of large boulders and craters, allowing astronauts to avoid surprises like Apollo 11. LRO is scheduled to launch in 2009.For a 3D stereo version of this visualization, please visit animation #3567: How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon - Stereoscopic versionFor a feature version of this visualization with narration and music, please visit Goddard Multimedia #10349: LRO Scouts for Safe Landing Sites || ", "hits": 175 }, { "id": 3484, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3484/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-12-10T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "The First Season of Noctilucent Clouds from AIM", "description": "The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission is the first satellite dedicated to the study of noctilucent clouds. Noctilucent clouds, sometimes called Polar Mesospheric Clouds, were first reported in 1885. Forming at altitudes above 50 miles, they are so faint that they can only be seen from the ground in the reflected light of the Sun after it has set below the horizon. Since their discovery, their cause has been a subject of study as a possible indicator of climate change. For those interested in observing noctilucent clouds from the ground, there are images and information at SpaceWeather's Gallery of Noctilucent Clouds. || ", "hits": 62 }, { "id": 3431, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3431/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-05-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Coronal Mass Ejections (CME): Radio Quiet Variety", "description": "This is a simple comparison of SOHO/LASCO/C3 difference images (left side) combined with radio data from Wind/WAVES (right side).The LASCO difference images are produced from a time series of images by subtracting the previous image from the current image. Moving material therefore appears white on the leading edge and dark behind it. The WAVES spectrograph shows the variation of radio intensity (black is low, violet is high) in frequency (vertical axis) and time(horizontal axis). A vertical white bar marks the time of the LASCO image.This CME shows no radio-loud emission between 0.2-1.0 MHz. || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 3432, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3432/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-05-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Coronal Mass Ejections (CME): Radio Loud Variety", "description": "This is a simple comparison of SOHO/LASCO/C3 difference images (left side) combined with radio data from Wind/WAVES (right side).The LASCO difference images are produced from a time series of images by subtracting the previous image from the current image. Moving material therefore appears white on the leading edge and dark behind it. The WAVES spectrograph shows the variation of radio intensity (black is low, violet is high) in frequency (vertical axis) and time(horizontal axis). A vertical white bar marks the time of the LASCO image.The radio-loud emission of the CME is the yellow-orange band between 0.2-1.0 MHz. || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 3211, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3211/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-08-16T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Space Weather Forecasting: Quiet Times Ahead", "description": "SOHO/MDI magnetograms combined with the Potential-Field Source-Surface (PFSS) model can be used to generate a model of magnetic field lines in the lower part of the solar corona. When these models are compared to the loops visible in TRACE imagery, a good match (as in this case) indicates that the region will not generate flare events over the next few days. || ", "hits": 6 }, { "id": 3212, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3212/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-08-16T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Space Weather Forecasting: Active Times Ahead", "description": "SOHO/MDI magnetograms combined with the Potential-Field Source-Surface (PFSS) model can be used to generate a model of magnetic field lines in the lower part of the solar corona. When these models are compared to the loops visible in TRACE imagery, a bad match (as in this case) indicates that the region will generate flare events over the next few days. || ", "hits": 7 }, { "id": 2959, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2959/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-07-08T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Halloween Solar Storms from SOHO/EIT, 195 Angstroms", "description": "This view from SOHO/EIT in the 195 angstrom band, shows the multitude of solar flares released in the Fall of 2003 as a group of active regions rotated back into view. This movie is synchronized to play with animation IDs 2960 and 2961. For more information on how X-ray solar flares are classified (B, C, M, X), visit SpaceWeather.com. || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 2960, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2960/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-07-08T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Halloween Solar Storms from SOHO/EIT, 304 Angstroms", "description": "This view from SOHO/EIT in the 304 angstrom band, shows a group of active regions rotating back into view. This movie is synchronized to play with animation IDs 2959 and 2961. One obvious difference is that solar flares are not as visible at this wavelength than at the 195 angstrom band. The 304 angstrom filter was not used as frequently as the 195 angstrom filter, so this movie has more jumps in its time coverage. For more information on how X-ray solar flares are classified (B, C, M, X), visit SpaceWeather.com. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 2961, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2961/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-07-08T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Halloween Solar Storms from SOHO/EIT and SOHO/LASCO", "description": "This movie is a combination of SOHO/EIT at 195 angstroms as well as the LASCO/C2 and C3 cameras. At this scale we can see the flashes from solar flares in SOHO/EIT (green) and the subsequent coronal mass ejections in SOHO/LASCO/C2 (red) and SOHO/LASCO/C3 (blue). This movie is synchronized to play with animation IDs 2960 and 2959. For more information on how X-ray solar flares are classified (B, C, M, X), visit SpaceWeather.com. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 2962, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2962/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-07-08T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Computer Simulations of the Martian Atmosphere Interacting with the Solar Wind", "description": "Mars possesses no significant intrinsic magnetic field. The absence of magnetic protection allows the supersonic solar wind flow to directly interact with the Martian ionosphere (an almost fully ionized region of the Mars upper atmosphere). When the velocity of the solar wind increases, the Martian ionosphere is compressed and the ionopause (a boundary layer between the ionosphere and the solar wind) is displaced to lower altitudes. The ions of planetary origin such as O+ and O2+ escape from the upper atmosphere of Mars due to solar wind induced scavenging processes. Many more planetary ions are scavenged when the solar wind velocity increases because a much larger part of the planetary atmosphere is exposed to the solar wind as the ionopause is pushed inwards towards the planetary surface. There are some indications that the solar wind flow, as well as the Sun's x-ray and extreme ultraviolet radiation, were much more intense early in solar system history. It is thought that some 3.5 billion years ago, these extreme interplanetary conditions may have caused a much larger rate of water loss from the Martian atmosphere. We estimate that the solar wind scavenging pictured here under the extreme conditions in the early solar system would have caused the loss of a 10 meter global equivalent ocean layer from Mars over the last 3.5 billion years. This loss is less than one tenth of the 156 m global equivalent ocean layer estimated to have existed on early Mars using the Mars Global Surveyor observations. Arrows represent the flow of the ions of planetary origin. The colors represent the density of the Martian ionosphere, with red as high and blue as low. || ", "hits": 81 }, { "id": 2963, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2963/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-07-08T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "The NOAA POES Satellite Detects Record Particle Flows into the Earth's Upper Atmosphere", "description": "This set of still images from the NOAA/POES satellite are derived from measurements by particle detectors in low Earth orbit. The data are sampled along the orbit track and then interpolated in time and position for the rest of the polar region. This interpolation is responsible for the curved block-shaped artifacts in the images. || ", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 2964, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2964/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-07-08T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "IMAGE Views of the Aurora from Space", "description": "The IMAGE spacecraft observed intense auroral displays in the Fall of 2003 as the material from the coronal mass ejection swept past the Earth. The pressure against the Earth's magnetosphere caused it to dump more electrons into the upper atmosphere, creating auroral displays, as we see here over the South Pole. This is a view of the IMAGE data reprojected onto a model of the Earth. || ", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 2936, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2936/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-05-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "The fastest CME of Cycle 23 overtakes another fast CME", "description": "On November 4, 2003, the Sun produced its fastest coronal mass ejection (CME) for cycle 23 out of the active region 0486 located near the southwest limb of the Sun. The CME was expelled with a speed of approximately 2700 km/s. At the time of the launch of this CME, there was another ejection in progress from the same region. The previous ejection started about 7 hours earlier with a speed of about 1000 km/s. The fastest CME overtook the previous one within 2 hours and produced a spectacular radio radiation detected by the Wind, Ulysses and Cassini spacecraft. The movie shows the radio emission and the two interacting CMEs as observed by the SOHO spacecraft. || ", "hits": 33 }, { "id": 2861, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2861/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-12-04T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Reconnection: Solar Wind Breaches the Earth's Magnetic Shield", "description": "The Far Ultraviolet camera aboard the IMAGE spacecraft captured this view of a proton aurora (the bright spot near the center of the view) as well as the ring of the electron aurora. The protons for this aurora came from the incoming solar wind. They made it though the Earth's magnetic shield in a magnetic reconnection event higher in the magnetosphere which was detected by the Cluster satellite. Note: A 'corner' appears in the data in the beginning as the IMAGE spacecraft moves into a position where it can view the entire north polar region. || ", "hits": 33 }, { "id": 2856, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2856/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-11-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Model of the Heliosphere Over the Solar Cycle", "description": "This magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) model shows how the heliosphere of the Sun might interact with the local interstellar medium (ISM) over the course of a single 11 year solar cycle. The sun (and the orbit of the Earth) is located in the tiny blue region in the center. The ISM is moving from left to right. The solar wind varies from 400 km/s up to 566 km/s and back down to 400 km/s over the cycle in this particular model. The colors are logarithmically scaled to represent temperature, with blue around 10,000 Kelvins (in the undisturbed ISM and the region immediately around the Sun) and red over 1,000,000 Kelvins (corresponding to the bow shocked region in the plasma). The green region around the Sun has a radius that varies between 100-200 Astronomical Units. || ", "hits": 87 }, { "id": 2750, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2750/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-02T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "RHESSI Observes 2.2 MeV Line Emission from a Solar Flare", "description": "The solar flare at Active Region 10039 on July 23, 2002 exhibits many exceptional high-energy phenomena including the 2.223 MeV neutron capture line and the 511 keV electron-positron (antimatter) annihilation line. In the animation, the RHESSI low-energy channels (12-25 keV) are represented in red and appears predominantly in coronal loops. The high-energy flux appears as blue at the footpoints of the coronal loops. Violet is used to indicate the location and relative intensity of the 2.2MeV emission. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 2495, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2495/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-07-25T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "SOHO/EIT views solar 'Grand Slam'", "description": "A full view of the sun at 195 angstroms from SOHO/EIT. The time covers July 15-23, 2002. Four X-class flares erupted: an X3.0 on July 15, an X1.8 on July 18, a X3.3 on July 20 and an X4.0 on July 23. || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 2496, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2496/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-07-25T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "SOHO/EIT Views Solar 'Grand Slam' with Zoom", "description": "A view of the sun at 195 angstroms from SOHO/EIT. The time covers July 15-23, 2002. Four X-class flares erupted: an X3.0 on July 15, an X1.8 on July 18, a X3.3 on July 20 and an X4.0 on July 23. The version zooms in slightly to the flare region. || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 2435, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2435/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-05-09T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "IMAGE/LENA Observes Oxygen Atoms in the near-Earth Environment", "description": "Electrically charged oxygen atoms (green) are ejected into the magnetosphere due to heating in the ionosphere. The red 'thermometer' displays the intensity of the solar wind (dynamic pressure) measured by the Geotail spacecraft. The yellow 'thermometer' represents the source intensity or hydrogen counts as measured by IMAGE/LENA. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 2444, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2444/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-05-09T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "IMAGE/HENA Views Oxygen in the Magnetosphere (Rainbow Version)", "description": "IMAGE/HENA observes the oxygen ions, expelled from the Earth's atmosphere by the solar wind, return to the polar regions via the magnetic field. || Movie of IMAGE-HENA data using a rainbow color table for oxygen intensity. || a002444.00100_print.png (720x480) [373.3 KB] || HENArainbow_pre.jpg (320x288) [13.5 KB] || a002444.webmhd.webm (960x540) [8.1 MB] || a002444.dv (720x480) [112.3 MB] || HENArainbow.mpg (320x288) [942.9 KB] || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 2445, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2445/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-05-09T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "IMAGE/HENA Views Oxygen in the Magnetosphere (Blue Version)", "description": "IMAGE/HENA observes the oxygen ions, expelled from the Earth's atmosphere by the solar wind, return to the polar regions via the magnetic field. || Movie of IMAGE-HENA data using a blue color table for oxygen intensity. || a002445.00010_print.png (720x480) [371.4 KB] || HENAblue_pre.jpg (320x320) [7.9 KB] || a002445.webmhd.webm (960x540) [8.1 MB] || a002445.dv (720x480) [153.6 MB] || HENAblue.mpg (320x320) [1.3 MB] || ", "hits": 13 } ] }