NASA/USAID SERVIR – A Partnership Connecting Space to Village “NASA and USAID have accomplished a lot together. Launch of this important new hub in the SERVIR network, which includes SERVIR-Himalaya, […]
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That Cool Goresat Picture We Have all Waited For
DSCOVR Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth (Video) “A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in […]
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Getting Ready for OCO-2
NASA Prepares to Launch Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 The spacecraft will sample the global geographic distribution of the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide and allow scientists to study their changes […]
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Earth Before Earth Day
Earth Before Earth Day “Long before man journeyed to the moon and looked back at the tiny, fragile planet that houses humanity, remote orbiters were sending back pictures of home. […]
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NASA's GlobalSelfie Event Is Just About Selfies
Hi @NASA here's my #GlobalSelfie from London, Ont. @CBCNews #EarthDay #pug #actor @CBC @cbchh pic.twitter.com/k95Gk4Ltoo — Igor Pug Dog (@IgorPugDog) April 22, 2014 Keith’s note: @NASASocial is retweeting lots of […]
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Juno Earth Flyby Today
Juno Prepares For Earth Flyby on Wednesday “The flyby will function as a gravity assist for Juno, with Earth’s gravity accelerating the solar-powered spacecraft’s velocity by 16,330 miles per hour. […]
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Tired Of Looking at a Red Planet?
First Image From Europe’s MSG-3 Weather Satellite “Today, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-3 captured its first image of the Earth. This demonstrates that Europe’s […]
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NASA Ignores Report on Economic Value of NASA Earth Science Data
Brattle Group Economists Estimate Value of NASA’s Global Solar And Meteorological Data Services To Be Up To $790 M “A report prepared for the NASA Applied Science Program and authored […]
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Looming Crisis In Earth Observation
NASA Budget Would Be More of the Same … on the Surface, National Journal “Unfortunately, the Committee has lost confidence in NOAA’s ability to control procurement costs or articulate reliable […]
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JSC Human Space Flight Vets Complain About NASA's Climate Change Position (Update)
Former NASA scientists, astronauts admonish agency on climate change position, Science and Public Policy Institute “49 former NASA scientists and astronauts sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden last […]