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An astronaut captured a moonrise—and much more—in a series of photos taken from the International Space Station.
Data provided by the water satellite are helping to improve tsunami forecast models.
The NISAR satellite will detect the movement of land and ice surfaces with centimeter precision, aiding in a range of…
Sixteen operating satellites monitored Earth in July 2013; ten years later, the fleet has grown substantially.
A spacecraft designed to explore asteroids near Jupiter also looked back at Earth, acquiring distant views of our Moon and…
The joint effort extends a five-decade record of observing Earth’s landscapes, icescapes, and coastal waters.
Radio antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex help scientists on Earth keep in touch with distant satellites.
Two spacecraft designed to study the Sun also got some recent peeks at Earth and other planets.
An instrument on the International Space Station observed vegetation beginning to stir on summer mornings near Lake Superior.
Explore Earth's different orbits, then race your friends in a scale model of high, mid and low Earth orbits.
As NASA's latest care package heads toward the International Space Station, it traveled over beautiful Earth landscapesâfrom scenic snowscapes to…
A spacecraft looked homeward while making its way to the asteroid Bennu.
Find out how scientists see different rock types with the help of satellites and solve the mystery of how rock…
EO Kids is investigating how similar snow and clouds look from space. In this issue, discover how satellites measure light…
The MarCO-B CubeSat snapped its first photo on May 9, 2018, and caught a glance of home.
EO Kids is exploring our green Earth. Discover how satellites help us look at plant health all over our planet.
A satellite in a geostationary orbit is in a “sweet spot” in which it orbits at the same speed that…
EO Kids is exploring the history of viewing Earth from space – from Explorer 1 to our modern constellation of…
