NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western U.S. Snowpack

A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two…

NASA Rover Prototype Set to Explore Greenland Ice Sheet

NASA's newest scientific rover is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highest…

Earth Day Media Briefing With NASA Deputy Administrator Garver

Journalists are invited to attend an Earth Day visit by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver to…

NASA Selects Explorer Projects To Probe Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

NASA has selected a new satellite mission and a new space-based instrument to begin development as…

NASA Imaging Sensor Prepares for Western Wildfire Season

Airborne imaging technology developed at NASA and transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service…

NASA Flies Radar South on Wide-Ranging Scientific Expedition

A versatile NASA airborne imaging radar system is showcasing its broad scientific prowess for studying our…

First Images Released From Newest Earth Observation Satellite

NASA and the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have released the first images…

NASA Begins New Season of Arctic Ice Science Flights

NASA's Operation IceBridge scientists have begun another season of research activity over Arctic ice sheets and…

Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts North’s Growing Seasons

Vegetation growth at Earth's northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a…

NASA Transfers Operational Control of Environmental Satellite

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite, a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and…