USA Today, San Diego Union-Tribune, Reuters, Spaceflight Now, Science Daily and many other media sources featured an article on the launching of the Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) and the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPSat) on Sun, Jan 12 form Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. ICESat will measure the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica to determine the cause of rising and falling global sea levels and CHIPSat will provide information about the hot gas between the stars.

Space Science
Observance of a cold ring of gas around a supermassive black hole at the core of a quasar was a featured article at BBC News. Johannes Staguhn at Goddard is quoted in the article explaining what could be discovered if the capabilities of the National Science Foundation's Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association (BIMA) radio telescope array were extended. In addition, the Knight Ridder newspaper featured and article about solar storms and its' past damages to radio transmissions, sensitive electronic equipment and communication satellites. The article made reference to some of NASA's spacecrafts such GENESIS and IMAGE that assist with monitoring solar space-weather, as well as NASA's Living with A Star program that will study the effect of solar fares and eruptions on our planet. In addition, the Knight Ridder news service filed a story about solar storms and their past damages to radio transmissions, sensitive electronic equipment and communication satellites. The article made reference to some of NASA's spacecraft such GENESIS and IMAGE that assist with monitoring solar space-weather, as well as NASA's Living with A Star program that will study the effect of solar fares and eruptions on our planet.

Earth Science
ABC News, Scientific Germany, Google News, Science Daily, United Press International, The Weather Channel and several other media sources featured the research paper authored David Atlas of Goddard and co-author Christopher Williams about the scanning of an evolving thunderstorm in the tropics with the use of TRMM's advanced radar equipment to provide a remarkable picture of the stormís anatomy. The observations are expected to help double-check satellite rainfall measurements, improve computer models of storms, and make the skies safer for airplanes to navigate.