The seeds that drop from maple trees are the inspiration for a new kind of flying machine that could be useful for Earth observation.
The seeds that drop from maple trees are the inspiration for a new kind of flying machine that could be useful for Earth observation.
With only a month to go before the first harvest begins in France's Bordeaux region, winegrowers will make key decisions based on Astrium's infrared satellite imagery of their vineyards.
A beach ball-size drone can fly down narrow alleys, hover, take off vertically and even bounce along the ground”all while transmitting live images from a video camera.
Scientists have for the first time examined on a global scale how calcified algae react to increasing acidification due to higher marine uptake of carbon dioxide.
Despite early technical problems, the U.S. Navy reports its MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial system successfully tracked pirates and provided surveillance over Libya.
When NASA's Terra satellite snapped this image of the Lion Fire on July 28, the fire was approximately 15 percent contained and growing.
Woolpert says its Cessna plane equipped with a Leica LiDAR system and a large-format digital camera is the first such aircraft to be based in Texas.
Astrium signed a contract with Hong Kong's Spatial Technology Limited to provide precise surface movement monitoring information for the construction of a 3.5-km tunnel on Hong Kong Island.
A natural-color satellite image shows the summit of Kilauea Volcano, near the southern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.
NASA's Aqua satellite shows fires burning in the Murgenella Wildlife Sanctuary, which is adjacent to Kakadu National Park.