NASA Tracks Snowmelt to Improve Water Management
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The C-20A aircraft, based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, flies...
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Testing in the Clouds: NASA Flies to Improve Satellite Data
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Piloted by NASA’s Tim Williams, the ER-2 science aircraft ascends for one of the...
NASA Measures Moonlight to Improve Earth Observations
The airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance (air-LUSI) instrument is moved across the hangar floor by robotic engineer Alexander McCafferty-Leroux ,from right to left, co-investigator Dr. John...
NASA Researchers Study Coastal Wetlands, Champions of Carbon Capture
Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Climate Change Air Quality Science in Action Multimedia Image Collections Videos Data For Researchers About Us 8 Min...
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’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs
NASA’s ICON, shown in this artist’s concept, studied the frontiers of space, the dynamic zone high in our atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets...
Meet NASA Women Behind World’s Largest Flying Laboratory
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science...
Can Volcanic Super Eruptions Lead to Major Cooling? Study Suggests No
Some 74,000 years ago, the Toba volcano in Indonesia exploded with a force 1,000 times more powerful than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens....
NASA’s PACE To Investigate Oceans, Atmospheres in Changing Climate
6 Min Read NASA’s PACE To Investigate Oceans, Atmospheres in Changing Climate Earth is complex – the atmosphere, ocean, land, and each small interwoven facet...
Armstrong Flight Research Center: A Year in Review
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) It was an abundant year of innovation, exploration, and inspiration for NASA’s Armstrong Flight...
