A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory onboard…
Month: January 2015
NASA Launches Groundbreaking Soil Moisture Mapping Satellite
NASA successfully launched its first Earth satellite designed to collect global observations of the vital soil…
Astronauts Speak with University of California Students from Space Station
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students at the University of California, Davis will have a rare opportunity…
Launch of NASA Soil Moisture Mapping Mission Set for Saturday
NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive mission (SMAP) now is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex…
NASA TV Coverage Set for NOAA DSCOVR Launch Feb. 8
The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is scheduled to launch at 6:10 p.m. EST Sunday, Feb.…
Hubble’s View of the Polar Ring of Arp 230
This image shows Arp 230, also known as IC 51, observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
Height of Bangladesh mangrove
Information on mangrove forest height can be used to estimate biomass, which is extremely important for…
Philae above the comet?
Rosetta’s OSIRIS wide-angle camera captured this view of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November 2014 at 17:18…
Corsica
The Mediterranean Sea’s most mountainous island, Corsica, dominates this image from the Landsat-8 satellite. About 40%…
ESA Euronews: The dark side
All we can see around us, from planet Earth to distant galaxies, represents just five per…