ASA's newest scatterometer, ISS-RapidScat, was built of old spare parts and new hardware, and will borrow the International Space Station…
ICESat-2 uses lasers and a very precise detection instrument to measure the elevation of Earth’s surface. Launch: Sept. 2018Operating Network:…
Built upon the success of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, GPM provides climate, weather, and hydrological predictions through more frequent…
The GRACE-FO mission is a partnership between NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). GRACE-FO is a successor…
JPSS is a new generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and…
JPSS is a new generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and…
This image shows an artist concept of the trajectory of NASA's MAVEN mission as it approaches the Red Planet.
Sept. 18, 2014 - A view from above shows a crane being used to lower the 175-ton crane inside the…
Astronaut Jay Apt installed the Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM) during Space Shuttle mission STS-79.
This red plane is a DHC-3 Otter, the plane flown in NASA's Operation IceBridge-Alaska surveys of mountain glaciers in Alaska.Over…
