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Lockheed ER-2 #809 high altitude research aircraft in flight

ER-2 tail number 809, is one of two Airborne Science ER-2s used as science platforms by Dryden. The aircraft are...

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Tiffany Nail: You're about to get an inside look at the NOAA-N mission and find out what exciting things this...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the Pegasus launch vehicle is moved into its hangar. The Pegasus will carry the SciSat-1 spacecraft in a 400-mile-high polar orbit to investigate processes that control the distribution of ozone in the upper atmosphere. The scientific mission of SciSat-1 is to measure and understand the chemical processes that control the distribution of ozone in the Earth’s atmosphere, particularly at high altitudes. The data from the satellite will provide Canadian and international scientists with improved measurements relating to global ozone processes and help policymakers assess existing environmental policy and develop protective measures for improving the health of our atmosphere, preventing further ozone depletion. The mission is designed to last two years.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SciSat-1 spacecraft is uncrated at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. SciSat-1 weighs approximately 330 pounds and will be placed in a 400-mile-high polar orbit to investigate processes that control the distribution of ozone in the upper atmosphere. The scientific mission of SciSat-1 is to measure and understand the chemical processes that control the distribution of ozone in the Earth’s atmosphere, particularly at high altitudes. The data from the satellite will provide Canadian and international scientists with improved measurements relating to global ozone processes and help policymakers assess existing environmental policy and develop protective measures for improving the health of our atmosphere, preventing further ozone depletion. The mission is designed to last two years.

Explorer 1: Celebrating 60 Years of America in Space

Less than a lifetime ago, humankind just barely left the limits of Earth’s atmosphere. Who could have imagined that...

What Is NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)? (Mission Overview)

Soon to be operating from the International Space Station, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation...

Oblique Shot of Earth

This highly oblique image shot over northwestern part of the African continent captures the curvature of the Earth...

Super Typhoon Haiyan

Satellite images obtained from NASA Atmospheric Infrared Sounder AIRS instrument aboard NASA Aqua spacecraft provide...

Jupiter Great Red Spot in Cassini Image

The Great Red Spot below and right of center seen in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft is a giant atmospheric...

Mimas...and Titan Beyond

Titan, Saturn largest moon and Mimas in the foreground are seen together in this view from Cassini. Titan gravity is...

RATTLING JET STREAM ON JUPITER

New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an...

The city lights of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula

iss072e518202 (Jan. 23, 2025) --- This long-duration photograph highlights the city lights of Mexico's Yucatan...

ICON Video File

The Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, will study the dynamic zone high in our atmosphere where Earth weather...

Laser Plasmas on Earth and Mars

This image shows laser plasmas in a test lab at Los Alamos National Laboratory, N.M., under typical atmospheric...

Asteroid 2018 LA

These are the discovery observations of asteroid 2018 LA from the Catalina Sky Survey, taken June 2, 2018. About...

AIRS Temperature Anomalies

This animation shows a nearly 20-year record of temperature anomalies for two layers in Earth's atmosphere: the...

Artist's concept of the Earth Return Orbiter over Mars

The Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) is one of the flight missions making up the Mars Sample Return campaign to bring...

Why NASA Is Exploring The Edge Of Our Planet: Airglow

The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, instrument launches aboard a commercial communications...

Three Atmospheric "Dragons": Low Pressure Areas Around the U.S.

There are three low pressure systems around the U.S. and they resemble dragons on satellite imagery. NOAA's GOES-13...

Solar Highlights of 2016/2017: Double Eclipse

Early in the morning of Sept. 1, 2016, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, caught both the Earth and moon...

Artist's Concept of Earth Return Orbiter Releasing Capsule containing Martian Samples

The Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) is one of the flight missions making up the Mars Sample Return campaign to bring...

ATom Postcard - Kona, Hawaii

The ATom mission aboard NASA’s DC-8 aircraft and flying laboratory is sampling world-wide in one of the most...

NASA’s Earth Information Center Ribbon Cutting

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Michael Morgan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and...

NASA’s Earth Information Center Ribbon Cutting

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Michael Morgan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and...