Tag: satellites
Global Mountain Explorer Video Tutorial
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This video contains a narrated introduction to the Global Mountain Explorer (GME), a web-based tool for visualizing and exploring three well known global mountain data layers.
Hello, Darmstadt?
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The European Space Operations Centre, ESOC, in Darmstadt, Germany, has served as Europe’s gateway to space for half a century. In 2017, the centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary, highlighting a rich history of achievement in space.
Hurricane Forecasts Rely on Modeling the Past
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Improving hurricane forecasts means testing historical storms with today's sophisticated models and supercomputers. NASA and NOAA work together in gathering ground and satellite observations, as well as experimenting with research forecast models. As a result of this collaboration, model resolution has increased, and scientists are discovering more about the processes that occur within these powerful storms. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission is a joint NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission that measures all forms of precipitation around the globe. GPMs Microwave Imager, or GMI, has proven useful in seeing beneath the swirling clouds and into the structure of tropical cyclones. The information gathered by GPM and other missions will be used to improve forecast models.
Landsat Tracks Mount St. Helens Recovery
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By observing different wavelengths of light reflected off the surface, Landsat data can identify different types of land cover.
Letitia Long (Director, NGA) Keynote at 30th Space Symposium
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Letitia A. Long, Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), delivered an important and powerful keynote address at the 30th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 20, 2014. Topics include the future of space programs and the space industry, their roles in intelligence, the changing nature of worldwide threats, and how space-based platforms can help predict new challenges.
NASA Earth Observatory Goes to the Beach
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This video from NASA Earth Observatory shows the satellite and space-station view of various shorelines across the United States.
NASA Partners with Jane Goodall Institute to Protect Chimpanzees
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Data from Landsat satellites, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, have been critical to helping the Jane Goodall Institute in their work to protect chimpanzees and their habitat. In this video, Goodall and JGI scientist Lilian Pintea discuss the transformational role of seeing changing habitats from above.
NASA: 2017 Takes Second Place for Hottest Year
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Earth's surface temperatures in 2017 were the second warmest since since 1880, when global estimates first become feasible, NASA scientists found. Global temperatures 2017 were second only to 2016, which still holds t...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Arrives
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The optical telescope and integrated science instrument module (OTIS) of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope arrived at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Redondo Beach, California, on Friday, Feb. 2.
ROSA Deploys on International Space Station
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The Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) was deployed from the end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm Sunday, June 18 outside the International Space Station.
