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Launching a new Earth-observing satellite, things continue to line up for the James Webb Space Telescope, and...
The Thor-Delta-5 launched an Earth observation satellite, TIROS III (Television Infrared Observation Satellite), on...
Launching a pair of Earth-observing small satellites, an intriguing planet discovered outside of our solar system,...
The Thermal InfraRed Sensor (TIRS) is part of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) to continue thermal imaging...
This video is an updated animation of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, mission. On...
NASA is introducing the Earth System Observatory – an array of satellites, instruments and missions that are going...
This artist concept shows how NASA’s CALIPSO and CloudSat will fly in formation with other Earth Observing Satellites.
This image represents the total precipitable water vapor for May 2009 as observed by JPL Atmospheric Infrared...
This image represents the total precipitable water vapor for May, 2009 as observed by JPL Atmospheric Infrared...
This image shows average daytime temperatures in May, 2009, as observed by JPL Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA...
This trio of images depicts satellite observations of declining water storage in California as seen by NASA Gravity...
STS056-90-034 (8-17 April 1993) --- Backdropped against heavy cloud cover over the Mediterranean Sea, the...
The Arctic sea ice pack is nearing its annual minimum extent, which is projected to be one of the lowest since...
One of NASA newest Earth-observing instruments, the SeaWinds scatterometer aboard Japan Advanced Earth Observing...
Karma Snyder, a project manager at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, was a senior design engineer on the RL10...
This satellite image, taken by NASA's Earth-observing Terra satellite on Aug. 18, 2019, shows the ECOSTRESS study...
An artist's rendition of the next Landsat satellite, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) that will launch in...
This Voyager 2 image of Miranda was taken Jan. 23, 1986, as the spacecraft neared Uranus. Miranda is the innermost...
The magnetic field of our Milky Way galaxy as seen by ESA Planck satellite. This image was compiled from the first...
Carbon monoxide in the smoke from the Station fire was lofted high into the atmosphere, where it was observed by JPL...
A repeat of last year mild La Niña conditions -- with a stormy winter in the Pacific Northwest and a dry winter in...
The Pacific Ocean doesnt show signs of anything that looks like the whopper El Niño of 1997-1998, according to the...
Observations of the total solar irradiance made with the ACRIM3 instrument on NASA ACRIMSAT satellite on June 5 and...
The next prelaunch rehearsal before launch of our Artemis I Moon mission, news about some NASA astronomy missions,...