Tag: NASA
Liftoff of SpaceX CRS-10
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch vehicle is carrying a Dragon spacecraft on SpaceX CRS-10, the company's tenth commercial resupply services mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
4_28 Earth Imaging Broadcast (Sentinel, Drones and More)
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This Earth Imaging-themed GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the recent successful launch of the European Space Agency's Sentinel 1-B satellite; UAS (or drone) news about a 3D-printed vehicle helping ships navigate Antarctic seas as well as the economic impact of the Micro Aerial Vehicle market; a NASA study on the greening of Earth caused by increased carbon dioxide; industry news from 5D Robotics, LizardTech, the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and Teledyne Optech; a video about the Sentinel satellites capabilities; and more.
ScienceCasts: Riding the Slingshot to Bennu
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Gravity’s pull is being used to help propel a small spacecraft known as OSIRIS-REx to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu.
EPIC Observations of Ice in Earth’s Atmosphere
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Parked in space a million miles from Earth, the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) onboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) captures glimmers of reflected sunlight, evidence of ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Space Station Orbits Three Hurricanes
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Cameras outside the International Space Station, 257 miles above Earth, captured spectacular views on Aug. 30, 2016, of three powerful tropical systems churning across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
SmallSats are the Next Big Thing
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NASA is about to launch six new next-generation Earth-observing small satellites — some as small as a loaf of bread. These tiny spacecraft are helping to foster creative and cost-effective approaches to studying our planet.
NASA | Landsat Tracks Urban Change and Flood Risk
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NASA | Landsat Tracks Urban Change and Flood Risk
7_10 Remote-Sensing Broadcast (NASA, UN and More)
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This remote-sensing themed GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses NASA's recently launched Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite as well as its upcoming ISS-RapidScat instrument; The Satellite Project created at New York University; UN Peacekeeping missions using unarmed UAVs; industry news from Fugro, exactEarth, SimActive and EOMAP; the upcoming Esri User Conference; the Climate Resilience App Challenge; and more.
CubeSat to Test Miniaturized Weather Satellite
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Behind every weather forecast—from your local, five-day prediction to a late-breaking hurricane track update—are the satellites that make them possible.
CORAL Probes Great Barrier Reef
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The three-year COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) mission will survey a portion of the world's coral reefs to assess the condition of these threatened ecosystems and understand their relation to the environment, including physical, chemical and human factors.
