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Posted: 2/15/2013 6:15:04 PM EST
The passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system, is depicted in this handout image from NASA. On February 15, 2013, an asteroid, 150 feet (45 meters) in diameter will pass close, but safely, by Earth. The flyby creates a unique opportunity for researchers to observe and learn more about asteroids. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout
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Posted: 2/15/2013 6:15:04 PM EST
The passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system, is depicted in this handout image from NASA. On February 15, 2013, an asteroid, 150 feet (45 meters) in diameter will pass close, but safely, by Earth. The flyby creates a unique opportunity for researchers to observe and learn more about asteroids. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout
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Posted: 2/15/2013 6:13:58 PM EST
The passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system, is depicted in this handout image from NASA. On February 15, 2013, an asteroid, 150 feet (45 meters) in diameter will pass close, but safely, by Earth. The flyby creates a unique opportunity for researchers to observe and learn more about asteroids. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout
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Posted: 2/15/2013 6:13:58 PM EST
The passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system, is depicted in this handout image from NASA. On February 15, 2013, an asteroid, 150 feet (45 meters) in diameter will pass close, but safely, by Earth. The flyby creates a unique opportunity for researchers to observe and learn more about asteroids. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout
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Posted: 2/15/2013 4:48:46 AM EST
This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The 150-foot object will pass within 17,000 miles of the Earth. NASA scientists insist there is absolutely no chance of a collision as it passes. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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Posted: 2/11/2013 5:08:32 PM EST
An Atlas 5 rocket, built by United Launch Alliance, carrying the Landsat Data Continuity Mission for NASA launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, Calif., Monday Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/The Santa Maria Times,Daniel Dreifuss )
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Posted: 2/11/2013 5:08:32 PM EST
An Atlas 5 rocket, built by United Launch Alliance, carrying the Landsat Data Continuity Mission for NASA flies over head after being launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, Calif., Monday Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/The Santa Maria Times,Damiel Dreifuss )
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Posted: 2/11/2013 2:48:24 PM EST
FILE - This file image provided by NASA on Feb. 22, 2006 from it's Hubble Space Telescope shows Pluto and three of it's five moons. Astronomers announced a contest Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 to name the two tiny moons of Pluto discovered over the past two years. Twelve choices are available at the website “plutorocks.” (AP Photo/NASA, File)
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Posted: 2/11/2013 2:48:24 PM EST
In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 photo provided by NASA, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks as NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana looks on during a media briefing in front of the ULA Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft onboard at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch Feb. 11. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
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Posted: 2/11/2013 2:48:24 PM EST
In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 photo provided by NASA, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft onboard is seen at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) mission is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data record of monitoring the Earth's landscapes from space. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch Feb. 11. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
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Posted: 2/11/2013 2:48:24 PM EST
In a photo provided by NASA the launch pad tower at SLC-3 is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft onboard on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission mission is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data record of monitoring the Earth's landscapes from space. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch later today. (AP Photo/NASA,Bill Ingalls)
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Posted: 2/11/2013 2:48:24 PM EST
The United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission pacecraft onboard is seen as it launches on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission mission is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data record of monitoring the Earth's landscapes from space. Photo Credit: (AP Photo/NASA,Bill Ingalls)
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Posted: 2/11/2013 2:48:24 PM EST
The United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft onboard is seen as it launches on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission mission is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data record of monitoring the Earth's landscapes from space. (AP Photo/NASA,Bill Ingalls)
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Posted: 2/9/2013 12:23:23 PM EST
This image released by NASA on Saturday Feb. 9, 2013 shows a fresh drill hole, center, made by the Curiosity rover on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 next to an earlier test hole. Curiosity has completed its first drill into a Martian rock, a huge milestone since landing in an ancient crater in August 2012. (AP Photo/NASA)
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Posted: 2/8/2013 7:08:35 PM EST
This image released by NASA from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured at 9:01 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 shows a massive winter storm coming together as two low pressure systems merge over the northeast U.S. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. (AP Photo/NASA)
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Posted: 2/8/2013 3:23:32 PM EST
This artist rendering released by NASA shows the Landsat satellite in orbit around Earth. The satellite is slated to launch Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. It’s the eighth satellite in a program that began in 1972. (AP Photo/NASA)
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Posted: 2/8/2013 4:56:43 AM EST
Image courtesy of NASA shows an artist's concept of a broken-up asteroid. Scientists think that a giant asteroid, which broke up long ago in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, eventually made its way to Earth and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout
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Posted: 2/8/2013 4:56:43 AM EST
Image courtesy of NASA shows an artist's concept of a broken-up asteroid. Scientists think that a giant asteroid, which broke up long ago in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, eventually made its way to Earth and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout
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Posted: 2/7/2013 6:25:44 PM EST
Image courtesy of NASA shows an artist's concept of a broken-up asteroid. Scientists think that a giant asteroid, which broke up long ago in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, eventually made its way to Earth and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout
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Posted: 2/7/2013 3:43:31 PM EST
This image provided by NASA shows the aftermath of a test drill by the Curiosity rover on Mars. The six-wheel rover landed near the Martian equator in August 2012 and is preparing for its first actual drill into a rock. Completion of this "mini drill" test in preparation for full drilling was confirmed in data from Mars received late Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/NASA)
