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NASA Expert Describes Agency’s Tiny Solar Array With Super Power
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NASA teams are testing a key technology demonstration known as LISA-T, short for the Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and anTenna. It’s a super compact, stowable, thin-film solar array that when fully deployed in sp...
Arctic Sea Ice Near Historic Low; Antarctic Ice Continues Decline
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This summer, Arctic sea ice decreased to a its minimum extent on Sept. 11, 2024. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center this is the 7th lowest in the satellite record. The decline continues the long-term t...
ESA’s Hera Mission Launch Highlight
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ESA’s Hera mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 7 Oct. 7, 2024. Hera is ESA’s first planetary defence mission. It will fly to a unique target among the 1.3 ...
NOAA Debuts First Imagery from GOES-19
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On Sept. 18, 2024, NOAA shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from its GOES-19 satellite. The satellite’s Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument recently captured stunning views of Earth. GOES-19, N...
Discovering Earth’s Third Global Energy Field
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High above the Earth’s North and South Poles, a steady stream of particles escapes from our atmosphere into space. Scientists call this mysterious outflow the “polar wind,” and for almost 60 years, spacecraft have bee...
Advancing Weather Forecasting in a Changing Climate
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The effects of the climate crisis are felt more acutely in the Arctic than anywhere else on the planet. The weather in the Arctic is not only severe, but it changes extremely quickly. More frequent data are urgently n...
The Role of the Fire Service in Creating Healthy Community Landscapes
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The Wildland-Urban Interface is the zone of transition between unoccupied land and human development. It is the line, area, or zone where structures and other human develop meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildlan...
Up Close and Personal: Ariane 6 Liftoff From the Launchpad
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After years of preparations, the Vulcain main stage engine ignites, arms providing cryogenic fuels to the rocket until the very last moment retract and boosters fire – Ariane 6 is space-bound. As it lifts off, vast am...
Europe’s Next Big Rocket In a Nutshell
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Ariane 6 is the newest rocket in a series that has, for five decades, been launching Europe towards the stars. Building on all the knowledge, expertise and technology developed over the years, Ariane 6 will be versati...
PACE Makes the Invisible Visible
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PACE, the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem mission, views our entire planet every day, returning data at a cadence that allows scientists to track and monitor the rapidly changing atmosphere and ocean, inc...
