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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.
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.
Earth from Space: Lake Tai
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the third largest freshwater lake in China.
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.
40 Years of Watching Mount St. Helens
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Both before and after the eruption, Landsat satellites were taking regular observations of the area, and their data is being used to study how forests recover from a very large disturbance.
Cheops: Planning a Perfect Mission
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Teams of scientists and engineers are simulating the launch, early orbit phase and commissioning of the CHEOPS mission ahead of its launch period in the last quarter of 2019. The simulations are taking place at the CH...
Earth from Space: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes us over part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, in this week's edition of the Earth from Space program.
Earth from Space: Castelli Romani
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over a set of small towns, located around 20 km southeast of Rome, Italy and known collectively as Castelli Romani.
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...
