Satellite data could refine models that predict carbon flows, seen here peaking in northern spring. NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER By Erik StokstadDec. 5, 2019 , 1:05 PM Even optimists at the European Space Agency (ESA) were startled last week when its member governments awarded it a €12.5 billion, 3-year […]
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NASA’s cutting-edge carbon-detecting tool has left Earth. SpaceX blasted the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) to the ISS aboard the Elon-Musk’s reliable Falcon 9 rocket. And OCO-3 has been tasked with the most important of missions, keeping tabs on the planet’s amassing carbon dioxide emissions, now at their highest levels in […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (NASA Photo) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent a robotic Dragon cargo capsule on the first leg of its trip to the International Space Station, loaded up with more than two tons of supplies — including NASA’s Orbiting […]
Earth-observing instruments roost on a platform attached to a Japanese module. NASA By Paul VoosenMay. 2, 2019 , 12:05 PM The International Space Station (ISS) has never been known as a hotbed of science, even though the United States and partner nations spent more than $100 billion to build it. […]
WASHINGTON — NASA is moving ahead with plans to launch a cargo version of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station next week as the investigation into an explosion of a Crew Dragon spacecraft continues. During a previously scheduled media teleconference April 22 about the upcoming cargo mission […]
WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after the release of the latest decadal survey for the field, the head of NASA’s Earth science program says the agency is making good progress in implementing its recommendations. Speaking during a town hall session at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union here […]
BREMEN, Germany — As a growing number of organizations propose satellites to monitor greenhouse gases, national space agencies who already operate such spacecraft welcome those new entrants — as long as they’re willing to share their results. Missions to track emissions of such gases by human activities, once solely in […]
Michael Freilich Bill Ingalls/NASA By Paul VoosenAug. 30, 2018 , 11:50 AM Earth is calling Michael Freilich. After more than 12 years leading NASA’s work in earth science and climate change, Freilich yesterday announced that he will be retiring from the agency, headquartered in Washington, D.C., early next year. He […]