Jeremy Werdell is the project scientist for the PACE mission as well as a biological oceanographer in the Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. What is your favorite ocean- or atmosphere-related book or movie? "Jaws!" And it's not close. "Jaws." Best movie, without question, ever made. What are you …
Members of the media viewed NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Subject matter experts from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters in Washington, and the agency's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy provided …
After years of planning, building, and testing, 2024 is the PACE mission's time to shine: Launch is slated for February and the team is eagerly awaiting a wealth of ocean- and atmosphere-related data to dig into soon after. Several PACE scientists closed out 2023 by sharing this enthusiasm for the mission at the American Geophysical …
Otto Hasekamp is a senior scientist at the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) and is the science lead for the SPEXOne polarimeter that will be on PACE. What is your favorite atmospheric or oceanic related book or movie? It's not a book, but my favorite bit of writing about the atmosphere is actually a …
Gary Davis is the mission systems engineer for PACE at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. What is your favorite ocean or atmospheric related book or movie? I don't know if it's classified as a book, but I do like the Edgar Allan Poe story "A Descent Into the Maelstrom." My favorite ocean …
Ivona Cetinić is a biological oceanographer in the Ocean Ecology Lab at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. What is your favorite ocean or atmospheric related book or movie? I'm a science fiction fan. Definitely "Abyss." I don't know why, but it's been my favorite ever since I was a kid. I'm sure …
Kirk Knobelspiesse is an atmospheric scientist and the project science team polarimeter lead for PACE at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He is also the polarimeter instrument scientist for the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) constellation. What is your favorite atmospheric or ocean related book or movie? There was a series on Netflix …
Corrine Rojas is a scientific programmer in the ocean ecology lab at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center. Before we dive into your work with PACE, what is your favorite ocean- or atmosphere-related book or movie? I'm a big fan of ridiculous sci-fi/horror movies, and when it comes to the depths of the ocean, Sphere (1998) is …
NASA's PACE spacecraft completed its journey Tuesday, Nov. 14, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, to the Astrotech Spacecraft Operations facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers and technicians arrived ahead of the spacecraft to prepare ground equipment for offloading and processing before fueling and final encapsulation. PACE, which …
With the towering structure of the spacecraft just behind clear plastic curtains, engineers, scientists, and others who worked on the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission recently had the chance to see the result of their hard work. "Your dad does amazing stuff for us. He goes and puts out fires all the time," Juli …
