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Carbon is the basic building block of life, and these unique atoms are found everywhere on Earth. Carbon makes up...
In this frame from an animation, NASA instruments show the seasonal cycle of vegetation and the concentration of...
A project jointly funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation is heading west from Seattle, straight for the...
This poster highlights the JPL missions that provide important inputs to research on the carbon cycle and ecosystem...
Flying over the Brazilian Amazon with an instrument firing 300,000 laser pulses per second, NASA scientists have...
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation, or GEDI, uses advanced laser technology to reveal the makeup of remote...
NASA researchers have their boots on the ground and wings in the skies in Gabon, on Africa¹s west coast, for a...
iss059e114054 (6/20/2019) --- View of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) payload on the Japanese Experiment...
For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic's permanently frozen soil known...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Alliant motor designated for Stage 3 of a Taurus rocket is weighed by...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Alliant motor designated for Stage 3 of a Taurus rocket is weighed by...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Alliant motor designated for Stage 3 of a Taurus rocket is weighed by...
iss059e085237 (5/30/2019) --- Photo documentation of the GEDI investigation located on the Japanese Experiment...
iss059e088632 (6/3/2019) --- Photo documentation of the GEDI investigation located on the Japanese Experiment Module...
jsc2018e086457 (10/9/2018) --- A View of the GEDI payload at the EVA Tool fitcheck at Goddard Space flight Center...
2016 was a big year for NASA’s field campaigns studying our changing planet, and 2017 will be just as exciting. New...
The greens and blues of the ocean color from NASA satellite data have provided new insights into how climate and...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians prepare to offload the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The half sections of the 10-foot-diameter fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Delta II interstage adapter, or ISA, for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive...
Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and...
Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Delta II...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Delta II...