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Mapping an Asteroid with Lasers
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The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) will provide a three-dimensional map of asteroid Bennu’s shape, which will allow scientists to understand the context of the asteroid’s geography and the sample location. OLA is provided by the Canadian Space Agency in exchange for Canadian ownership of a portion of the returned asteroid sample. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space flight Center/Katrina Jackson
Ice Coverage: The Global Thaw
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One of the casualties of climate change is the diminishing ice cover, affecting our planet in a number of ways. ESA’s satellites observe the planet’s cryosphere and provide key information to understand and respond to global thawing.
ESA and Epic Games Develop Lunar Horizons for Fortnite
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Lunar Horizons: The story behind the making of the ESA X Epic Games collaboration. CREDIT © 2024 Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved. Epic, Epic Games, the Epic Games logo, Unreal, Unreal Engine, UE5, t...
NASA NIMBUS: Recovering the Past
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50 years ago, NASA launched Nimbus to study Earth from space. Now, experts at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (part of CIRES), are recovering valuable data and images from old, long-lost film, and expanding their understanding of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic. Learn more from CIRES on the 1-year anniversary of Nimbus' first image:
Earth from Space: Lena River Delta
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Copernicus Sentinel-1 takes us over Lena River Delta, in Russia, in this week's edition of the Earth from Space program.
ExoMars – A Promising Future
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2016 has been an eventful and promising year for ESA’s ExoMars mission. After successfully placing the Trace Gas Orbiter into Mars’ orbit on Oct. 19, the orbiter has sent back its first images, tested its instruments and performed in orbit calibration measurements and health checks.
Read a Map and Use a Compass
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Simon King and Ordnance Survey provide basic instruction on map and compass use.
Cool Ways of Studying the Cryosphere
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NASA missions are helping scientists study the cryosphere: the many forms of ice found on Earth.
Roger Tomlinson Tribute (Excerpt)
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GRACE-FO Launches Aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9
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The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on, or GRACE-FO, a collaboration between NASA and German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California's Central Coast on May 22, 2018.
