ICESat Stories
Bente Eegholm: Ensuring Space Telescopes Have Stellar Vision
Bente Eegholm is an optical engineer working to ensure missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have stellar vision. When it launches by May 2027, the Roman mission will shed light on many astrophysics topics, like dark energy, which…
Pinpointing Tropical Forests with High Ecological ‘Quality’
Editor’s note, Jan. 14, 2021: This feature has been corrected to show that the data used came from the ICESat satellite, not ICESat-2 as originally published. High-resolution NASA satellite data have made it possible for scientists to develop maps showing the…
Kennedy Space Center Counts Down to Santa’s Toy Delivery Mission
By Bob Granath NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is counting down to support Santa Claus during his annual mission to deliver toys and other presents to children around the world. Once again, the agency…