The Earth Observer
The Earth Observer newsletter, published by NASA's Science Support Office (Code 610) at the Goddard Space Flight Center, has been an authoritative source for consolidating NASA Earth Science news for over three decades. Past issues are available for download via the Archives Page.
Welcome to a new era for The Earth Observer newsletter! Our 35th anniversary also marks the official public release of our new website. Over the past year and a half, The Earth Observer has migrated from a print publication (the last printed issue was November–December 2022) to publishing PDFs online only (final PDF issue published in May 2024) to publishing individual articles on our new site. While this move shifts The Earth Observer’s format to be more in line with that of other online publications, our intent is for the content to remain distinctive. Readers can expect to continue receiving the same quality reporting on NASA Earth Science activities that they have come to depend on from The Earth Observer for over 35 years.
Editor's Corner
These editorials chronicle NASA Earth Science history since 1989 – from the perspective of the EOS Senior Project Scientist. Each individual column reports on important “current” events that were taking place in NASA Earth Science at the time they were written.
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: Summer 2024
NASA’s third EOS mission—AURA—marked 20 years in orbit on July 15, with two of its four instruments—MLS and OMI—still collecting…
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: Jan – Feb 2024
NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission releases initial data to the public, highlighting the advanced capabilities of OCI.
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: Nov – Dec 2023
NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base on February 8, 2024.
Feature Articles
Read stories about the history and accomplishments of current and former NASA Earth Science missions, programs, field campaigns, and outreach events, as well as a variety of other topics of interest to NASA Earth Science past, present, and future.
GPM Celebrates Ten Years of Observing Precipitation for Science and Society
Introduction On February 27, 2014, the four-ton Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory (CO) spacecraft launched aboard a Japanese H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. On that day, the GPM mission, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA…
Celebrating the First Earth Day Event at NASA Headquarters
Introduction Organized by the Science Mission Directorate’s Science Support Office (SSO), NASA hosted its 12th annual Earth Day Celebration event from April 18–19, 2024. For the first time ever, the two-day event was held at NASA Headquarters (HQ) in Washington,…
Aura at 20 Years
Introduction In the 1990s and early 2000s, an international team of engineers and scientists designed an integrated observatory for atmospheric composition – a bold endeavor to provide unprecedented detail that was essential to understanding how Earth’s ozone (O3) layer and…
Meeting Summaries
Read reports on Earth Science mission and instrument Science Team meetings, on science and applications workshops, and on other science meetings taking place both within NASA Earth Science and in the broader national and international Earth science communities.
Summary of the 10th SWOT Applications Workshop
Introduction The tenth Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Applications Workshop took place December 7–8, 2023 at the California Institute of…
ICESat-2 Hosts Third Applications Workshop
Introduction The NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 mission (ICESat-2), launched September 15, 2018, continues the first ICESat mission,…
Summary of the 2023 Sun – Climate Symposium
Introduction Observations of the Sun and Earth from space continue to revolutionize our view and understanding of how solar variability…
Earth Science Meeting and Workshop Calendars
NASA Community
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Global Science Community
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October 27–30, 2024
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & ExpoMinneapolis, MN
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Earth Observer Staff
Steven E. Platnick
EOS Senior Project Scientist
Alan B. Ward
Executive Editor
Dalia Kirshenblat
Managing Editor
Doug Bennett
Associate Editor
Mike Marosy
Design/Production
Stacy W. Kish
Assistant/Technical Editor
Ernest Hilsenrath
Technical Editor
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