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ICESat

  1. Faithful ICESat Followers: ICESat tweets are moving! Follow @NASA_ICE to continue receiving updates from #ICESat and my successor, ICESat-2
  2. Ice Fronts on the Larsen B Ice Shelf, 2001-2009---Cool---http://bit.ly/gaOiKc
  3. "Why Are We Going Blind in Space?"-New York Times Green Blog. http://bit.ly/daGogT
  4. Based on a NASA GCCE funded NWF program, ICESat data will be used as part of a new Eco-Schools USA curriculum. http://bit.ly/b9qcrz
  5. Check out the new Ice Bridge Antarctic Campaign 2010. http://bit.ly/c3gwQK
  6. Check out the updated NASA "Did You Know" Program site at http://www.nasa.gov/KnowYourEarth
  7. See 'Gigatons of Ice' video on The National Geographic Channel. ICESat scientists discuss ice sheets and ICESat:http://on.natgeo.com/bIniIu
  8. ICESat-2 will improve our understanding of Earth's dynamic polar regions with new and advanced technology.
  9. Planned for launch in 2015, ICESat-2 will continue the science legacy of its predecessor, ICESat-1.
  10. The 3rd in a series of ICESat podcasts is released on Earth and Sky. Dr. Michael Lefsky discusses mapping tree height. http://bit.ly/bCF1gN
  11. Read more about the end of the ICESat-1 mission: NASA's Successful Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Mission Comes to an End-http://bit.ly/9GyRLH
  12. UPDATE: ICESat has returned to Earth: debris from the spacecraft fell to Earth in the Barents Sea today at approximately 5 a.m. EDT.
  13. ICESat was successfully decommissioned from operations on Saturday August 14, 2010, at approximately 17:37:00 Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT)
  14. Dr. Jay Zwally, on MSNBC Countdown with Keith Olberman, discusses why the climate change argument should be revisited. http://bit.ly/boHE92
  15. Know Your Earth: http://bit.ly/cPSN0t via @addthis
  16. Visit the following URL http://bit.ly/dtpxTQ to see more information about the upcoming ICESat-2 Mission
  17. ICESat-2:The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 is the 2nd-generation of the orbiting laser altimeter due to launch in late 2015.