By Air and by Sea: Validating NASA’s PACE Ocean Color Instrument
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Ames research scientist Kristina Pistone monitors instrument data while onboard the Twin Otter...
Category : Earth Science Division
Live or Fly a Plane in California? Help NASA Measure Ozone Pollution!
Ozone high in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun’s ultraviolet light. But ozone near the ground is a pollutant that harms people and plants....
NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space
4 Min Read NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space NASA’s Arcstone instrument will be the first mission exclusively dedicated to measuring...
Earth Science Showcase – Kids Art Collection
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) On April 16, 2025, the Earth Science Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in...
NASA Tests Drones to Provide Micrometeorology, Aid in Fire Response
5 Min Read NASA Tests Drones to Provide Micrometeorology, Aid in Fire Response Pilot in command Brayden Chamberlain performs pre-flight checks on the NASA Alta...
NASA Awards Contract for Airborne Science Flight Services Support
NASA has awarded Dynamic Aviation Group Inc. of Bridgewater, Virginia, the Commercial Aviation Services contract to support the agency’s Airborne Science Program. The program provides...
Science Done by Volunteers Highlighted at December’s American Geophysical Union Meeting
More than 30,000 scientists gathered in Washington, D.C. during the second week of December – many to show off the work of NASA’s science volunteers!...
NASA Aircraft Gathers 150 Hours of Data to Better Understand Earth
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of international science flights from May...
NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Build Next-Gen Spacecraft for NOAA
Conceptualization of the GeoXO constellation. Credits: NOAA NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton,...
NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space
It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February...
