The Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment, SAGE, is a series of instruments designed by NASA to observe stratospheric ozone, aerosols, and water vapor from space. In the mid-1980s, scientists realized there was a problem with Earth’s protective coat of ozone...it was thinning. The SAGE family of instruments was pivotal in making accurate measurements of the amount of ozone loss in Earth’s atmosphere and helped leaders around the world institute an international treaty banning products containing harmful chemicals that destroy stratospheric ozone. SAGE is a key part of NASA’s mission to provide crucial, long-term measurements that will help humans better understand and care for Earth’s atmosphere.
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Though the Instrument Payload and Nadir Viewing Platform are being safely stored at the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the Mission Operations and Ground System teams at NASA’s Langley Research Center are keeping busy making sure they are ready for commissioning and operations once SAGE III is installed on the space station […]
