NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, currently on a year-long mission on the International Space Station, took this photograph of a sunrise and posted it to social media on Aug. 10, 2015.
MSG-4 Weather Satellite Delivers First Image
On Aug. 4, 2015, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on the MSG-4 satellite captured its first image of Earth.
Scientists Use Remote Sensing to Map Suitability Areas for Solar Power Plants
Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory GIS and Technology Group used remote-sensing data to map suitable areas for concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.
New Book Examines Earth Imaging for GIS
To familiarize GIS professionals and students with the advanced Earth-imaging technologies available today, Esri published Essential Earth Imaging for GIS, which provides a basic education in remote-sensing technology, promoting the effective use of sophisticated multispectral and 3D imagery.
Satellites Help NASA Map Earth's Rivers
Scientists are swapping topographic maps for satellite images as part of a new NASA mission to create the first global inventory of Earth's surface waters.
Landsat Sees Eye of the Sahara
Located near the western edge of the Sahara Desert, the Eye of the Sahara is a feature that resembles a large eye when viewed from space. Also known as the Richat Structure or Guelb er Richat, the Eye is a symmetrical dome of eroded sedimentary and volcanic rock.
Bluesky Introduces Prototype UAV Flight-Restriction Map
Aerial mapping company Bluesky produced a prototype map showing where it may be unsafe or even illegal to fly Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones. Bluesky combined expertise in flight planning and 3D aerial mapping with various geographic datasets to come up with the concept of a UAV Flight-Restriction Map for the United Kingdom (UK).
Searching for Underground Energy Sources from Space
Data from the European Space Agency (ESA) GOCE gravity satellite are being used to improve models of Earth's geology, indicating the potential locations of subsurface energy sources.
NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to Earth
NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable-zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another Earth.
ESA Hands Over Control of MSG-4 Weather Satellite
On July 26, 2015, the European Space Agency (ESA) handed control of Europe's last Meteosat Second Generation weather satellite, MSG-4, to the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).
