National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NPP Press Kit

News Releases

02.02.2012 - VIIRS Eastern Hemisphere Image - Behind the Scenes

02.01.2012 - 'First Light' Taken by CERES Instrument

01.25.2012 - NPP Renamed in Honor of Satellite Pioneer

01.26.2012 - NASA-led Study Solves Case of Earth's 'Missing Energy'

01.19.2012 - NPP Resumes Mission Checkout Phase

12.16.2011 - First Global Image from VIIRS

11.22.2011 - NPP Satellite Acquires First VIIRS Image

11.16.2011 - NASA Invites Elementary Students to an Inside Look at NPP!

11.10.2011 - NPP Satellite Acquires First ATMS Measurements

10.20.2011 - Significant Antarctic Ozone Hole Remains

10.20.2011 - Ozone Depletion a Bigger Deal Down Under

10.19.2011 - A Look Back at a Decade of Fires

10.12.2011 - NASA Readies NPP Satellite for Launch

10.02.2011 - Study of Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Loss

09.06.2011 - NPP Satellite Prevents Gap in Critical Climate Data

09.06.2011 - CERES Continues Legacy of Cloud Study on NPP

08.31.2011 - NPP Arrives in California for Launch

08.08.2011 - NPP Completes Comprehensive Testing

08.02.2011 - NPP Runs the Gauntlet of Environmental Testing

06.07.2011 - NPPy: Big Planet, Little Bear

05.24.2011 - NPP Satellite Successfully Completes Thermal Vac Testing

04.21.2011 - NASA Prepares Satellite for a New Era of Earth Observation

02.11.2011 - NPP Satellite Undergoing Flight Environmental Testing

09.24.2010 - NPP Passes Pre-Environmental Review

07.22.2010 - Final Instruments on NPP Satellite Integrated

12.16.2008 - Mission Operations Readiness Review for NPP Completed

02.25.2008 - NASA Instrument Selected for Multi-Agency Satellite Mission

04.11.2007 - NOAA, NASA Restore Climate Sensor to NPP