Month: December 2004

INSTRUMENT STUDIES AWARDED FOR NOAA GOES-R SPACECRAFT On behalf of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA has awarded two contracts to perform design and risk reduction for the Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) of instruments for NOAA’s next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R series spacecraft. NOAA is an agency of the […]

NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONNECTS WITH COMMUNICATION NETWORK TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is working with the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System to establish a new communication link with NOAA’s National Weather Service to increase public safety through improved dissemination of weather forecasts and warnings. NOAA is an agency of […]

738-foot Freighter Selendang Ayu Sits in Two Pieces ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The 738-foot freighter Selendang Ayu sits in two pieces and hard aground off the northern shore of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Island chain.  Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game738-foot Freighter Selendang Ayu Sits in Two Pieces ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The 738-foot freighter Selendang Ayu sits in […]

NOAA: WHERE SCIENCE CREATES VALUE FOR AMERICA Dec. 16, 2004 — NOAA, the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is a science-based agency with nearly 12,500 employees across the nation who work each day to preserve the nation’s natural resources, protect the lives and property of its citizens and support the economy. The agency […]