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Earth From Space: 15 Amazing Things in 15 Years - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/terra/earth-from-space-15-amazing-things-in-15-years

A version of the MODIS Blue Marble is now used as the base layer in many visualizations of NASA Earth science data. ... Ground-based sensors told us that carbon ... December 18, 2014

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Zero Gravity Research Facility - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/zero-gravity-research-facility

The Zero Gravity Research Facility is NASA's premier facility for ground-based microgravity research and the largest facility of its kind in the world. It. March 28, 2025

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What Is... Earth's Atmosphere? - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/general/what-is-earths-atmosphere

On the day the image was captured, October 9, 2014, ground-based measurements reported PM 2.5 measurements of 334 micrograms per cubic meter of air. NASA/Jeff ... May 13, 2024

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NASA's Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-examines-cloud-9-first-of-new-type-of-object

NASA's Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object ... In this case, seeing no stars is what proves the theory right. ... Studying the gas and dark matter ...

UAVSAR Archives - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/science-org-term/eo-sensors-aircraft-sensors-uavsar

Through a combination of airborne radar and ground-based GPS, a research team has developed detailed models of how much land… May 25, 2016. Article. Airborne ...

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Life After Microgravity: Astronauts Reflect on Post-Flight Recovery - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/life-after-microgravity-astronauts-reflect-on-post-flight-recovery

Additional Earth-based insights come from the Crew Health and ... Findings from these ground-based missions and others will help NASA refine ... September 9, 2025

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Jupiter from the Ground - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/jupiter-from-the-ground

Because Jupiter has such a dynamic atmosphere, images from the amateur astronomy community are needed to help the JunoCam instrument team predict what features ... February 4, 2026

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NASA, New Zealand Partner to Collect Climate Data from Commercial Aircraft

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasa-new-zealand-partner-to-collect-climate-data-from-commercial-aircraft

... Earth as an interconnected system. The agency also uses airborne and ground-based monitoring and develops new ways to observe and study Earth with long-term ... February 24, 2020

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NASA, Partners Achieve Fastest Space-to-Ground Laser Comms Link

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasa-partners-achieve-fastest-space-to-ground-laser-comms-link

NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base ... ground station. A ... That means PTD-3 is able to pass over the ground station on Earth ... May 11, 2023

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Summary of the 2023 GRACE Follow-On Science Team Meeting

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/summary-of-the-2023-grace-follow-on-science-team-meeting

As of December 2023, the G-FO project team has processed and released 62 monthly gravity fields – the most recent being for October 2023 (at the time of this ...

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Scientists Improve Maps of Subsidence in New Orleans - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/scientists-improve-maps-of-subsidence-in-new-orleans-88078

NASA Earth Observatory maps by Joshua Stevens, using UAVSAR data courtesy of Cathleen Jones/JPL. Caption by Alan Buis, JPL; edited by Mike Carlowicz. Downloads ...

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NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus

https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/nasa-boeing-new-thin-wing-aircraft

Boeing's proposed focus centers on a ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology. Work on the X-66 flight demonstrator ... April 24, 2025

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Laser Focused: Keith Barr Leads Orion’s Lunar Docking Efforts - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/laser-focused-keith-barr-leads-orions-lunar-docking-efforts

Barr spent more than two decades working on WindTracer—a ground-based Doppler wind lidar system used to measure wind speed and turbulence at airports, wind ... June 10, 2025

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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Land Motion - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/taking-a-measure-of-sea-level-rise-land-motion-147436

Scientists who study changes in Earth's size and shape, or ... The technology works because GNSS satellites, including 31 Global Positioning System (GPS) ...

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Ground-Based Schlieren Technique Looks to the Sun and Moon

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/ground-based-schlieren-technique-looks-to-the-sun-and-moon

... capture images of supersonic shock waves using ground-based cameras. September 23, 2015

Terrestrial Exoplanets Archives - NASA Science

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Terrestrial Exoplanets. Filters. Choose filter logic. Default Match All Match Any. All Categories. Ames Research Center. Astrophysics Division. Exoplanet ...

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NASA Seeks U.S. Citizens for Ground-Based Simulation of Life in Space

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Through science conducted in laboratories, ground-based analogs, and the International Space Station, HRP scrutinizes how spaceflight affects human bodies and ... March 11, 2021

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Spot the Spacecraft: Ground-based Telescopes to Photograph NASA’s OSIRIS-REx During Earth Flyby

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/spot-the-spacecraft-ground-based-telescopes-to-photograph-nasas-osiris-rex-during-earth-flyby

Spot the Spacecraft: Ground-based Telescopes to Photograph NASA's OSIRIS-REx During Earth Flyby. The headshot image of William Steigerwald. William ... September 6, 2017

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Terrain Relative Navigation: Landing Between the Hazards - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/technology-highlights/terrain-relative-navigation-landing-between-the-hazards

Artist's depiction of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing on Mars. This system uses ground-based navigation from Earth to determine the position of the ... March 5, 2015

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NASA, Partners Push Forward with Remotely Piloted Airspace Integration

https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/nasa-partners-push-forward-with-remotely-piloted-airspace-integration

The purpose of the flight test was to evaluate and fine-tune a ground-based radar developed by Collins Aerospace. The radar, which provides aircraft ... September 16, 2025

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Earth From Space: 15 Amazing Things in 15 Years - NASA

Zero Gravity Research Facility - NASA

What Is... Earth's Atmosphere? - NASA

NASA's Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object

UAVSAR Archives - NASA Science

Life After Microgravity: Astronauts Reflect on Post-Flight Recovery - NASA

Jupiter from the Ground - NASA Science

NASA, New Zealand Partner to Collect Climate Data from Commercial Aircraft

NASA, Partners Achieve Fastest Space-to-Ground Laser Comms Link

Summary of the 2023 GRACE Follow-On Science Team Meeting

Scientists Improve Maps of Subsidence in New Orleans - NASA Science

NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus

Laser Focused: Keith Barr Leads Orion’s Lunar Docking Efforts - NASA

Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Land Motion - NASA Science

Ground-Based Schlieren Technique Looks to the Sun and Moon