{"id":786013,"date":"2024-07-18T13:48:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786013"},"modified":"2024-07-18T13:48:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:48:52","slug":"the-earth-observers-35th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786013","title":{"rendered":"The Earth Observer\u2019s 35th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"hds-secondary-nav-track\"><span>Earth Observer<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-nav-track grid-container grid-container-extrawide padding-0 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-2 \">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-items\">\n<nav>\n<ul class=\"usa-nav__primary usa-accordion flex-justify-center margin-0\">\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \">Earth Home<\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \">Earth Observer Home<\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \">Editor\u2019s Corner<\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \">Feature Articles<\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \">Meeting Summaries<\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"basic-nav-section-one\"><span>News<\/span><\/button>\n<ul id=\"basic-nav-section-one\" class=\"usa-nav__submenu\">\n<li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \">Science in the News<\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \">Calendars<\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \">In Memoriam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"basic-nav-section-one\"><span>More<\/span><\/button>\n<ul id=\"basic-nav-section-one\" class=\"usa-nav__submenu\">\n<li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \">Archives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\">\n<div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\">\n<p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">The Earth Observer\u2019s 35th Anniversary<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Welcome to a new era for\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>\u00a0newsletter! Our 35<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary also marks the official public release of\u00a0our new website. Over the past year and a half,\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer\u00a0<\/em>has migrated from a print publication (the last printed issue was\u00a0<strong>November\u2013December 2022<\/strong>) to publishing PDFs online only (<strong>final PDF issue<\/strong>\u00a0published in May 2024) to publishing individual articles on our new site. While this move shifts\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0<em>format\u00a0<\/em>to be more in line with that of other online publications, our intent is for the\u00a0<em>content\u00a0<\/em>to remain distinctive. Readers can expect to continue receiving the same quality reporting on NASA Earth Science activities that they have come to depend on from\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer\u00a0<\/em>for over 35 years.<\/p>\n<p>The release of the website coincides with a historical milestone for\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>. It was 35 years ago \u2013 in March 1989 \u2013 that the\u00a0<strong>first print issue<\/strong>\u00a0of the newsletter was produced. At that time,\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>\u00a0was a crucial communication tool for the initial group of investigators for the Earth Observing System (EOS), which had been selected that same year. They depended on the periodic delivery of the newsletter to their physical mailboxes to keep them informed about decisions made at recent science team and payload panel meetings, and other activities related to the program.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As communication technologies have evolved, so has\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer.\u00a0<\/em>The interweaving tale of the evolution of EOS and\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>\u00a0has been told in previous issues of our publication. (<em>For example, see\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><strong>The Earth Observer: Twenty-Five Years Telling NASA\u2019s Earth Science Story<\/strong><em>\u00a0in the March\u2013April 2014 issue [<strong>Volume 26<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Issue 2<\/strong>, pp. 4\u201313] and\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><strong>A Thirtieth Anniversary Reflection by the Executive Editor<\/strong><em>\u00a0in the March\u2013April 2019 issue [<strong>Volume 31<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Issue 2\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 online version, pp. 1\u20134.)\u00a0<\/em>Publishing content online marks the next step in the evolution of\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the new website, readers will find overlapping content from our\u00a0<strong>November\u2013December 2023<\/strong>\u00a0and final PDF issues \u2013 as well as original content. To maintain a sense of continuity with our past, the content is organized much like previous issues. There are separate sections for Feature Articles, Meeting Summaries, News Content, and \u201cThe Editor\u2019s Corner,\u201d as well as Calendars for NASA and Global Science Community activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Given\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>\u2019s focus on history, and in keeping with the organization of our previous website, the new site also includes an Archives section where readers can view PDFs of all previous issues of\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>. There is also a listicle in which our team has compiled links to many of our most popular historical articles. In addition to articles written to mark anniversaries of\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer\u00a0<\/em>(including the two referenced earlier), the page contains a link to the popular\u00a0<strong><em>Perspectives on EOS<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Series. These articles originally ran in\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>\u00a0from 2008\u20132011, with each article focusing on a particular aspect (or aspects) of the early history of EOS from the perspective of someone who lived it. There are also links to articles that have been written to mark milestone anniversaries for satellite missions and observing networks, and to summaries of several symposia that include historical information.<\/p>\n<p>We hope readers find this collection of historical information a useful link to the past as\u00a0<em>The Earth Observer<\/em>\u00a0moves full speed ahead into its digital future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 nasa_template_article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"padding-bottom-2\">\n<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-round\">\n<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-x\">\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-facebook\">\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-linkedin\">\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-rss\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Details<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-4\">\n<div class=\"subheading\">Last Updated<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-8\">Jul 18, 2024<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black \">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Related Terms<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"article-tags\">\n<li class=\"article-tag\">Earth Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-research\/earth-science\/the-earth-observers-35th-anniversary\/?rand=772114\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Observer Earth Home Earth Observer Home Editor\u2019s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives 3 min read The Earth Observer\u2019s 35th&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":774089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-786013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-NASA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=786013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/774089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=786013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=786013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=786013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}