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NASA Tests System for Precise Aerial Positioning in Supersonic Flight
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NASA recently flight tested a visual navigation system called the Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation System (ALIGNS).
Space Olympics
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The International Space Station Expedition 65 crew recorded themselves on a day off after a long week of work having some weightless fun. From Earth orbit, 400 km above our planet, the crew present the very first Spa...
NASA Explores Earth’s Connections
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NASA explores the connections of Earth systems and its ability to observe them in a changing world, highlighting the links between dust transport, vegetation, water quality, conservation and human health, the cryosphere, and disasters.
Video: Snow Scientists in the Windswept Montana Prairie
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NASA’s SnowEx ground and airborne campaign is a multiyear effort using a variety of techniques to study snow characteristics, and the team began their new field study year in January 2021.
700 U.S. Towns in Need of Bolstered Evacuation Preparedness
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Get a bird's-eye view of a California community that in 2020 fell victim to the 370,000-acre LNU Lightning Complex Fire.
Planet Aqua: Solutions from Space for Clean Water
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Water is life, on Earth and in space. Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers recounts his experience living in space for 204 days, and his time looking back on the blue face of ‘Planet Aqua’, comparing notes with divers a...
The Rise of Elevation Data – What Is a DEM and Which Solution Is Best for You?
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The world exists in three dimensions and often, so does satellite imagery. But with so many types of Digital Elevation Models, each created via different collection and processing methods and sold in a variety of for...
A Trip Through Time With Landsat 9
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For half a century, the Landsat mission has shown us Earth from space. Now, come along with us on a "roadtrip" through the decades to see how the technology on this NASA and U.S. Geological Survey partnership has evo...
Copernicus Sentinel-6 In Action
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The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Poseidon-4 dual-frequency (C- and Ku-band) radar altimeter uses an innovative interleaved mode that has improved performance compared to previous satellite altimeter designs. The Sentinel...
Earth from Space: Fairbanks, Alaska
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over the city of Fairbanks in Alaska and its surroundings, in this edition of the Earth from Space program.
