SMAP Launched and Deployed
SMAP Launched and Deployed (with video)
“NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) successfully lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:22 a.m. EST Saturday. SMAP is a three-year mission to study and map the Earth’s soil moisture, which regulates plant growth and has impacts on weather, emergency management and more.”
Update: SMAP has been deployed.
Just watched a rocket launch on my tablet while waiting for my car #SMAP @NASAWatch I feel so #Jetsons
— Liz Bradley (@pinkshamrock) January 31, 2015
SMAP is a tremendously valuable instrument. It will impact our lives in multiple ways.
Excellent!