NASA Sponsors Odyssey of the Mind Creative Problem-Solving Program
September 25 — NASA is partnering with Odyssey of the Mind to develop an Earth science problem for the 2001-2002 program year. More

Taurus Rocket Fails to Deliver QuikTOMS to Orbit
September 21 — The NASA QuikTOMS ozone monitoring satellite launched earlier today was lost due to the failure of the commercial launch vehicle purchased by the Agency to deliver the payload into orbit. More

New Computer Model Tracks and Predicts Paths of Earth's Dust
September 18 — A new computer model of the atmosphere can now actually pinpoint where global dust events come from, and can project where they're going. More

El Niño, La Niña Rearrange South Pole Sea Ice
September 18 — Scientists have been mystified by observations that when sea ice on one side of the South Pole recedes, it advances farther out on the other side. More

NASA Confirms Arctic Ozone Depletion Trigger
September 17 — NASA researchers confirm a theory that globe-encircling bands of atmospheric energy play a role in controlling ozone losses in the stratosphere. More

Satellites Spot Developing Antarctic Ozone "Hole"
September 17 — New satellite images show the depleted region of ozone known as the ozone "hole." More

QUIKTOMS Ozone Monitoring Instrument Prepared for Launch
September 17 — NASA soon will launch its latest ozone-monitoring instrument, which will allow scientists to continue their long-term measurements of global ozone levels. More

Remotely Piloted Aircraft to Provide Images on Internet for Firefighters
September 5 — A remotely piloted aircraft will demonstrate how to provide life-saving images of wildfires to firefighters in near real-time via the Internet on Thursday, Sept. 6. More

Earth's Becoming a Greener Greenhouse
September 4 — NASA satellite data suggest that for more than two decades there's been a gradual greening of the northern latitudes of Earth. More

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