The purpose of the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor III (ACRIM III) instrument is to... View Mission
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Understanding the terrestrial carbon cycle is essential for diagnosing current and predicting... View Mission
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) was the first international space platform dedicated... View Mission
North American ecosystems are critical components of the global carbon cycle, exchanging large... View Mission
Aquarius is a focused satellite mission to measure global sea surface salinity (SSS). Its... View Mission
ATLAS-1 experiments focused on four scientific disciplines: atmospheric science, solar science,... View Mission
The Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom) will study the impact of human-produced air pollution... View Mission
Applications Technology Satellite Program The Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) series was... View Mission
NASA's Aura is a mission to understand and protect the air we breathe. With the launch of Aura... View Mission
The CALIPSO satellite was developed to help scientists answer significant questions and provide... View Mission
The carbon budget of Arctic ecosystems is not known with confidence since fundamental elements... View Mission
The CHAMP satellite was launched with a Russian COSMOS launch vehicle on July 15, 2000 and... View Mission
The Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) Mission has been... View Mission
CloudSat uses advanced radar to "slice" through clouds to see their vertical structure,... View Mission
The goal of the COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) is to provide critical data and new... View Mission
The Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) was launched into a geosynchronous... View Mission
The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) will make frequent and accurate... View Mission
DISCOVER-AQ mission goals are to improve the interpretation of satellite observations used to... View Mission
The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission is a multi-agency (NOAA, United States Air... View Mission
The Dynamics Explorer (DE) mission's general objective was to investigate the strong... View Mission
Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) is an advanced land-imaging mission that will demonstrate new... View Mission
Future terrestrial biosphere changes are critically dependent on water availability and... View Mission
EMIT will use NASA-invented imaging spectroscopy technology to measure the mineral composition... View Mission
NASA's Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was designed to investigate how energy from the... View Mission
The ESSA Program The Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) Satellite Program was... View Mission
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) produces the first high resolution laser... View Mission
The Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory, a first-of-its-kind space Earth science mission,... View Mission
The U.S. Navy GEOdetic SATellite, GEOSAT, was launched on 12 March 1985, into an 800-km, 108-... View Mission
GLIMR is a space-based instrument that will help scientists observe and monitor ocean biology,... View Mission
The launch of the prototype Synchronous Meteorological Satellite, SMS-A, in May 1974 inaugurated... View Mission