The GMI instrument has arrived at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for integration into NASA’s GPM Earth science satellite.
Swiss Janitor Satellite to Target Orbital Debris
Swiss scientists plan to launch a janitor satellite designed to latch onto chunks of orbiting debris and throw them back into Earth’s atmosphere, where they'll burn up upon re-entry.
Celebrating Joy: John Glenn's First Look at Earth from Space
It looks real fine from up here. I can see the whole state of Florida just laid out like on a map. Beautiful. Those were astronaut John Glenn's words as he began his third orbit around Earth 50 years ago on Feb. 20, 1962. Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth and one of the first humans to study the planet from space. Glenn truly connected with our home planet in a new way, and his descriptive observations are as engaging today as they were 50 years ago.
Clouds Are Heading Lower
Earth's clouds got a little lower”about 1 percent on average”during the first decade of this century, according to a new NASA-funded university study using Earth observation data.
Giovanna Leaves Madagascar a Mess
At least 23 people died and thousands of homes were destroyed in February when Tropical Cyclone Giovanna slammed into eastern Madagascar packing heavy rain and winds of 125 knots.
Civil Unmanned Aircraft Will Sap Bandwidth
As the eyes-in-the-sky scenario outlined by the U.S. Pentagon makes its way toward civil use, unmanned aircraft could gobble up a disproportionate chunk of bandwidth.
Counting Penguins from Space
Polar researchers increasingly use high-resolution satellite imagery to find, count, and assess the population health of penguin and seal colonies around the Antarctic.
Venice to Host Radar Altimetry Symposium
In a city where sea level is of critical significance, a scientific conference on the Earth observing satellite radar that records sea-surface height will be held in September.
Drones Keep an Eye on Australia's Beaches
A remote-controlled helicopter nicknamed the “scientific predator is documenting tons of litter left or washed up on Australia's beaches, helping scientists calculate the impact on marine life.
Tiny South Pacific Island Awakens
Tinakula is a small, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Pacific, located about 2,300 kilometers (1,400 miles) northeast of Brisbane, Australia. A volcanic eruption around 1840 reportedly eradicated the island's small population. Then in 1951, around 130 Polynesians settled on the island but were evacuated when the volcano erupted 20 years later. This natural-color satellite image shows a plume of volcanic gas, rising above the island's summit on Feb. 14, 2012.
