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Earth from Space: Houston
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Houston, the most populous city in Texas and the fourth largest in the United States.
NASA’s CAMP2Ex Heads to the Philippines for Monsoon Season
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NASA, the Naval Research Laboratory and the Manila Observatory are working together in the Philippines to study how tiny particles in the atmosphere affect cloud formation.
Agricultural Spraying Drone in Spain
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Due to heavy rain, the entry of motorized vehicles to the field was impossible, but thanks to HYBRiX technology, farmers in Rueda, Spain, were able to spray all their vid fields in one day of work obtaining the expected results.
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.
Earth from Space: Tromsø
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Tromsø, the largest city in northern Norway, in this week's edition of the Earth from Space program.
SMOS Monitoring Droughts
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With drought seemingly more commonplace, entrepreneurs are using information on soil moisture from SMOS and data from other satellites to generate commercial data products for the insurance market, ultimately bringing benefits to farmers.
Earth from Space: Ganges Delta
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This week's edition of the Earth from Space program explores the Ganges Delta, the world’s largest river delta, with Copernicus Sentinel-3.
Earth from Space: Namib Desert
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Namib Desert, considered the oldest desert on Earth, in this week's edition of the Earth from Space program.
NASA 2020: Are You Ready?
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Launching Americans from U.S. soil, sending a new rover to Mars and continuing to prepare for human missions to the Moon are just a few of the things NASA has planned for 2020.
High Tide Flooding
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Sea level rise is often spoken of in future terms, including projections for impacts we’re likely to see by the end of the century. But in many communities in the U.S., sea level rise is already a factor in people’s lives in the form of high-tide flooding.
