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M-TeX and MIST Experiments Launched from Alaska
Jan 27, 2015 (SPX)
The Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere Turbulence Experiment, or M-TeX, and the Mesospheric Inversion-layer Stratified Turbulence, or MIST, experiment were successfu...
Satellites for peat's sake
Jan 27, 2015 (ESA)
Satellites can help us to safeguard nature's richest carbon storehouses - peatlands. Peatlands make up just 3% of land but capture twice as much carbon as all f...
Subglacial Lakes Seen Refilling in Greenland
Jan 26, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists using satellite images and data from NASA's Operation IceBridge have found evidence of a drained and refilled subglacial lake beneath northeastern Gr...
SPIDER Experiment Touches Down in Antarctica
Jan 24, 2015 (SPX)
After spending 16 days suspended from a giant helium balloon floating 115,000 feet (35,000 meters) above Antarctica, a scientific instrument dubbed SPIDER has l...
Airbus Defence and Space, TerraNIS and ARTAL Technologies join forces
Jan 14, 2015 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a partnership agreement with TerraNIS, a geo-information services company working in the fields of agriculture, environment ...
Rivers Are Draining Greenland Quickly: NASA-UCLA
Jan 14, 2015 (SPX)
Rivers of glacial meltwater flowing over Greenland's frozen surface may be contributing as much to global sea level rise as all other processes that drain water...
First satellite visible imagery of FY-2G successfully acquired
Jan 14, 2015 (XNA)
At 13:00 of January 8, National Satellite Meteorological Centre (NSMC) of China Meteorological Administration (CMA) successfully acquired the first satellite vi...
All instruments for GOES-R now integrated with spacecraft
Jan 13, 2015 (SPX)
All six instruments that will fly on the NOAA's Geostationary Operational Satellite - R (GOES-R) satellite have now completed integration onto the spacecraft. T...
NASA invites community to learn about Magnetospheric Mission
Jan 11, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will host a Sunday Experiment on January 18, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. The event is f...
ISS-RapidScat looks at the winds in US east coast's 'wind chill'
Jan 11, 2015 (SPX)
The strong cold front that ushered in frigid Arctic air to two-thirds of the eastern U.S. brought in strong winds and bitter wind chills. NASA's ISS-RapidScat i...
NASA Satellite Set to Get the Dirt on Soil Moisture
Jan 09, 2015 (JPL)
A new NASA satellite that will peer into the topmost layer of Earth's soils to measure the hidden waters that influence our weather and climate is in final prep...
NOAA's DSCOVR to provide 'EPIC' views of earth
Jan 08, 2015 (SPX)
NASA has contributed two Earth science instruments for NOAA's space weather observing satellite called the Deep Space Climate Observatory or DSCOVR, set to laun...
NASA's GPM Launches Hands-On Field Campaign for Students
Jan 06, 2015 (SPX)
This spring, students worldwide are invited to grab rain gauges and learn how scientists use ground measurements to validate satellite precipitation data. NASA'...
NASA satellite captures images of isolated forest in Malawi
Jan 02, 2015 (UPI)
Mulanje Massif is rather impressive from ground level; but it may be most stunning from 440 miles above Earth's surface. That's the vantage point through which ...
Astronaut Photographs Inspire Next Generation of Scientists
Jan 02, 2015 (SPX)
Students from Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York, used astronaut imagery of Earth to compare impact craters on Earth with those on other planets. The i...
American cities outshine most others
Dec 30, 2014 (SPX)
German cities emit several times less light per capita than comparably sized American cities, according to a recent publication in the journal Remote Sensing. T...
Better urban planning tweet by tweet
Dec 30, 2014 (SPX)
Millions of Twitter users are constantly reporting where they are and what they are doing. With this information, two Spanish computer science experts suggest u...
Russia Launches Advanced Earth-Sensing Satellite Atop Soyuz Rocket
Dec 29, 2014 (Sputnik)
A Russian Soyuz-2.1b space rocket carrying an advanced Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellite lifted off on Friday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan...
HD remote sensing images cover China's landmass
Dec 29, 2014 (XNA)
China can now view the entire country's land mass using HD satellite images, it was announced at a national geo-mapping conference held on Friday. According to ...
Satellites guide sailor from treacherous waters
Dec 26, 2014 (ESA)
While sailing south of Africa on an around-the-world voyage, Matteo Miceli was suddenly alerted to a massive iceberg in his path. Almost 4 km long, the iceberg ...
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