Satellite Sees Global View of Sandy's Life to Landfall
An animation of satellite observations from ct. 21-30,
2012, shows the birth of Tropical Storm Sandy in the
Caribbean Sea, the intensification and movement of Sandy
in the Atlantic Ocean along the U.S. East Coast, and the
landfall of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey on Oct. 29. This
visualization was created by the NASA GOES Project at
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., using
observations from NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15
satellites.
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Antares Rocket Raised on Launch Pad
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the
Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen in this time-lapse
movie as it is raised at launch Pad-0A, Thursday, July 10,
2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The
Antares will launch with the Cygnus spacecraft filled with
over 3,000 pounds of supplies for the lnternational Space
Station, including science experiments, experiment
hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions. The Orbital-2
mission is Orbital Sciences' second contracted cargo
delivery flight to the space station for NASA. Photo Credit:
(NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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