Earth Science Missions
Seeing Earth from Space
By the end of the decade, the five missions of NASA’s Earth System Observatory (ESO) will be providing a holistic, 3D view of our planet from atmosphere to bedrock. The ESO missions – drawn from recommendations of the 2017 Earth Science Decadal Survey – will provide key information to guide decisions related to climate change, severe weather and other natural hazards, wildfires, and global food production. The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is the ESO pathfinder mission. Competitively selected, PI-led Earth Explorer missions will augment ESO.
Earth Science Missions
- TROPICS
- NISAR
- SWOT
- MAIA
- TEMPO
- PREFIRE
- TSIS-2
- PACE
- SENTINEL-6B
- GLIMR
- Libera
- Landsat 9
- Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
- ICESAT-2
- GRACE-FO
- CYGNSS
- NISTAR, EPIC
- SMAP
- OCO-2
- GPM
- Landsat 8
- Suomi-NPP
- CALIPSO
- CloudSat
- Aura
- Aqua
- Terra
- Landsat 7
Future
- CLARREO-PF
Current
- GEDI
- ECOSTRESS
- EMIT
- OCO-3
- TSIS-1
- LIS
- SAGE III
In addition, small spacecraft and satellites help NASA advance scientific and human exploration, reduce the cost of new space missions, and expand access to space.
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