Landsat 9 Stories
NASA Open Science Initiative Expands OpenET Across Amazon Basin
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The research teams who help sustain the largest freshwater reserve in the world are developing a new tool to promote more resilient farming systems in Brazil. The goal is to help farmers better handle changes in the water cycle, deal…
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Top 20 Kennedy Space Center Highlights from 2021
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JANUARY ELaNa 20 Launch Marking the first payload carried by the LauncherOne rocket, Virgin Orbit’s 747-00 carrier, Cosmic Girl, took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Jan. 17. The LauncherOne rocket, attached to the underside…
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Wallops Supports Small Spacecraft Hitching Ride with LandSat 9
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When the Landsat 9 satellite launched to space earlier this week on Sept. 27, it wasn’t the only spacecraft on the flight. NASA partnered with the U.S. Space Force to launch four CubeSats — miniature satellites — on the same Atlas V rocket. …
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