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Inactive account - find us now at @NASA_Ice!
Joined March 2009
We’re moving! @NASA_ICESat2 content is heading over to @NASA_ICE to provide a one-stop twitter shop for all of your news on #ICESat2, #icebridge, NASA polar research, and more. We hope to see you over at @NASA_ICE & following #ICESat2!
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Less than 6 weeks til #ICESat2 launch, now scheduled for no earlier than 9/15! Media accreditation now open:
nasa.gov
Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15, with a
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Melting permafrost, drained lakes and an increase in wildfires are all changing Alaska. More than 30 years of @NASA_Landsat data show scientists changes linked to Alaska’s warming temperatures and the effects they could have on plants, animals and humans. https://t.co/J4hxUIVbxU
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We're launching @NASA_ICESat2 in September, and you have the chance to see the spacecraft off. Apply to join us at Vandenburg Air Force Base in California to watch the launch with a @NASASocial. But hurry, the application closes Sunday at 11:59pm ET! https://t.co/pdpqyzOsyj
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One more day! Apply to watch #ICESat2 launch as part of our @NASASocial by 11:59pm ET Sunday.
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Want to see ICESat-2 launch on this #DeltaII rocket? (Once it has its faring & payload added, of course) Apply for our @NASASocial! Deadline is Sunday.
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The next time our lasers fire, ICESat-2 will be orbiting Earth and beginning its mission to monitor changes in ice sheets, glaciers and sea ice. https://t.co/tfpSfy1D3k
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ICESat-2 launches in September- and you could be there! Applications now accepted for our @NASASocial at Vandenberg AFB. Ice, space lasers & the last liftoff of @ulalaunch's #DeltaII rocket – it’s the stuff great tweets are made of! https://t.co/ppFVeVHoRA
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Our #DeltaII ride into space from @ulalaunch is coming together at Vandenberg AFB! https://t.co/nvekbXpAJV
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Contemporary Artist Zaria Forman joined the Operation IceBridge flight crew in 2017 over Greenland. She took aerial photos aboard the @NASA_Wallops-based P-3 Orion research aircraft, and creates massive drawings in her studio. HT: @NASA_ICE Via: @NatGeo:
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We’ve arrived! Our ICESat-2 satellite travelled from @northropgrumman in AZ to Vandenberg AFB, CA, this week-- ready to take its place in @ulalaunch's last Delta II rocket. Only 3 months til scheduled liftoff!! @NASA_LSP
https://t.co/h9zNOssXoT
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Ice losses from Antarctica have tripled since 2012, increasing global sea levels by 0.12 inch (3 millimeters) in that timeframe alone, according to a major new international climate assessment funded by @NASA and @esa. https://t.co/ll38N8WKHw
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!!!!! 🚀🛰️❄️ !!!!! (We might be a bit excited)
Heads up! The ULA #DeltaII rocket slated to launch NASA’s @ICESat-2 mission is vertical on the launch pad at Vandenberg AFB! See you in Sept as we launch this important Earth science mission – the final for the storied #DeltaII. Photos: @NASA_LSP @NASA_Edge
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Our colleagues at @uafairbanks recently wrapped up Operation #IceBridge Alaska’s 2018 spring campaign. Here's a photo of the Wrangell Mountains, showing the persistent clouds the team had to work with throughout the campaign. (CREDIT: Chris Larsen)
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Gravitational lensing was predicted by Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. A galaxy can be so massive it warps the fabric of space-time, forcing light to travel along curved paths like the greenish streak seen by @NASAHubble – lower center. https://t.co/ywBnQtC19y
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In @NASA's Building 8337 at @30thSpaceWing, technicians and engineers cleaned and took samples from the payload fairing that will protect @NASA_ICESat2 🛰️ during launch. Liftoff atop a @ulalaunch Delta II 🚀 is scheduled for Sept. 12, 2018. More photos: https://t.co/7TBz9PsGse
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At @30thSpaceWing a @ulalaunch Delta II booster was removed from its shipping container. The rocket will be carrying @NASA_ICESat2, which will help scientists investigate why, and how much, Earth’s frozen and icy areas are changing. More: https://t.co/mLgV5EPOGr
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Set your alarm and tune in TODAY at https://t.co/ueERagFr2z at 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET to learn more about #GRACEFO, launching tomorrow on #SpaceX from Vandenberg AFB. Got questions? #askNASA
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