Monthly Archives: December 2019
OPS-SAT: ESA’s Flying Lab, Open to All
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What would you do with a powerful computer based in space? At just 30 centimeters in height, OPS-SAT is a tiny CubeSat designed to serve as a large-scale software laboratory in orbit–containing one of the most powerfu...
NASA Satellites Keep Watch on U.S. Food Supply
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The Cropland Data layer uses Landsat and similar sensors to identify what crop is growing where in the country.
48 Years of Alaska’s Glaciers
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New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space–spanning nearly 50 years–are providing scientists with new insights into how the planet’s frozen regions are changing.