With each mission to Mars our knowledge of the planet is providing invaluable science data. The InSight lander is no different and will directly help future human missions to the Red Planet.
Read More »The five things that changed weather forecasting forever
The first weather satellite launched on April 1, 1960, 60 years ago. In this feature on Science Weekend from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the five things that changed weather forecasting forever are discussed by some of the pioneers in the field.
Read More »As SCISAT Approaches its 15th Anniversary There’s no Other Satellite Like it and No Funding to Replace it
While originally designed to last only two years, SCISAT is set to celebrate its fifteenth birthday this August. The concept for the mission came about over 20 years ago and some of the data being collected is still unique. There’s no other satellite like it, and plans to replace it are in a bureaucratic holding pattern.
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