On April 29, 2024, Airbus launched the Pléiades Neo Next program to expand its very-high-resolution Earth observation constellation.
Aerosol Spread from Saharan Dust
An aerosol forecast from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) on April 23, 2024, shows a thick plume of Saharan dust blowing off the desert toward Libya, the Mediterranean Sea and Greece.
Successful Deployment of HawkEye 360 Microsatellite Clusters 8 and 9
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirmed that six radio frequency geolocation microsatellites developed for HawkEye 360 of Herndon, Va., successfully communicated with ground control.
The Solar Eclipse from 223,000 Miles Away
This spectacular image showing the Moon’s shadow on Earth’s surface was acquired during a 20-second period on April 8, 2024, by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
How to Watch Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse with NASA from Anywhere
On April 8, 2024, most of North America will have the chance to see the Moon pass in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse.
The Amazon Plume
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission collected this image over northern Brazil, where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Lidar Sensors Help Complete NOAA’s Great Lakes Coastal Mapping Project
Tetra Tech Inc. used a Teledyne Optech CZMIL SuperNova Topobathymetric lidar system to successfully complete a project for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to update all its bathymetric maps in the Great Lakes region, which includes refined maps of the marine ecology.
St. Patrick’s Aurora Illuminates the Night Sky
These colorful ribbons of light are the visible manifestation of the solar wind—the flow of charged particles from the Sun—interacting with the Earth’s magnetosphere.
NASA Signs Agreement with Nikon to Develop Lunar Artemis Camera
When NASA sends astronauts to the South Pole region of the Moon for the first time with its Artemis campaign, they will capture photos with a handheld camera to help advance scientific research and discovery for the benefit of all.
Dawson-Lambton Glacier Home to Penguins
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the ice tongue of the Dawson-Lambton Glacier in Antarctica, which lies southwest of the Brunt Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea sector of the continent.
