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US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption
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Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. On July 30, 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake had struck in the nearby ocean, apparently jolting…

Sep 24, 2026
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NISAR’s L-Band Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica
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Description Data from the Earth-orbiting U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite’s L-band radar was used to produce an image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja — a mountaintop in East Antarctica — poking out amid a stream of ice flowing northeast to…

Jul 21, 2026
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US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica
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As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite’s L-band and S-band…

Jul 21, 2026
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Where Venezuela’s Earthquakes Shifted the Ground
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Radar data from the NISAR satellite show that La Guaira and nearby areas experienced significant ground displacement from the June 2026 temblors.

Jul 10, 2026
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NASA Flights Map Tropical Ecosystems, Water, Ice
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Data from a NASA campaign in Panama and Peru will help communities prepare for tropical floods in cloud-covered areas, improve scientific understanding of forest health, and support planning for spaceborne missions. NASA’s C-20A aircraft from Armstrong Flight Research Center in…

Jun 15, 2026
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Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle
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Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how they changed during the Southern Hemisphere's growing season.

May 29, 2026
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NASA’s C-20A Flights Advance Understanding of Earthquake Dynamics
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NASA’s C-20A aircraft completed a series of flights on April 29 over Central California to contribute new data to improve the accuracy of the region’s earthquake models and support NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), the U.S.-India satellite mission launched last…

May 11, 2026
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Correction to A.3 NISAR Mission Data, Applications, Research, and Technology Team
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On or about May 5, 2026 A.3 NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Mission Data, Applications, Research, and Technology Team (NISAR DART) was corrected regarding the requirements for application projects. Section 8.3.1 Step-2 Proposal Requirements has been corrected to specify that…

May 5, 2026
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US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence
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Description A scientist produced this map of land subsidence (sinking) in Mexico City using data from the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission captured between Oct. 25, 2025, and Jan. 17, 2026. The region has been a well-known hot spot…

Apr 29, 2026
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US-Indian Space Mission Maps Extreme Subsidence in Mexico City
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One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City. The findings show how quickly and reliably the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)…

Apr 29, 2026
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Aug 13, 2026