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NASA Science Missions

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Developing tissue chips that can be used for modeling of acute and/or chronic exposures for 6... View Mission

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Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) observes particles of solar, interplanetary, interstellar,... View Mission

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ACT-America

Understanding the terrestrial carbon cycle is essential for diagnosing current and predicting... View Mission

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APH is the largest, fully automated plant growth research facility that is used to conduct plant... View Mission

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Fifty miles above the ground, Earth's highest clouds form an icy membrane at the edge of the... View Mission

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NASA's commitment to studying the Earth as a global system... View Mission

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Measures what happens when the Sun’s radiation hits our rocky moon, where there is no magnetic... View Mission

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ASTHROS mission

ASTHROS will carry an instrument to measure the motion and speed of gas around newly-formed... View Mission

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ATOM

The Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom) will study the impact of human-produced air pollution... View Mission

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NASA's Aura is a mission to understand and protect the air we breathe. With the launch of Aura... View Mission

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BepiColombo will use two orbiters to study Mercury from unique vantage points looking for clues... View Mission

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Studying how life responds to conditions beyond low Earth orbit; the effects of deep space... View Mission

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CALIPSO

The CALIPSO satellite was developed to help scientists answer significant questions and provide... View Mission

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Compact Radiation Belt Explorer (CeREs) will help detect how electrons are energized and lost... View Mission

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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23... View Mission

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CloudSat uses advanced radar to "slice" through clouds to see their vertical structure,... View Mission

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The Cold Atom Laboratory makes use of the ISS's microgravity environment to study quantum... View Mission

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The goal of the COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) is to provide critical data and new... View Mission

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CYGNSS

The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) will make frequent and accurate... View Mission

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Dart mission

NASA's DART mission will be the first ever space mission to demonstrate asteroid deflection by a... View Mission

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DSCOVER NISTAR EPIC mission tile

The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission is a multi-agency (NOAA, United States Air... View Mission

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ECOSTRESS

Future terrestrial biosphere changes are critically dependent on water availability and... View Mission

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ELFIN will explore the mechanisms responsible for the loss of relativistic electrons from the... View Mission

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EMIT will use NASA-invented imaging spectroscopy technology to measure the mineral composition... View Mission

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NASA will not be moving forward with the planned 2016 and 2018 ExoMars missions that we had been... View Mission

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FBCE aims to develop an integrated two-phase flow boiling/condensation facility for the... View Mission

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Launched in June 2008, Fermi, NASA's largest gamma-ray observatory, has opened a wide window on... View Mission

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GEDI Mission

The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) produces the first high resolution laser... View Mission

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The GEOTAIL mission is a collaborative project undertaken by the Institute of Space and... View Mission

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The launch of the prototype Synchronous Meteorological Satellite, SMS-A, in May 1974 inaugurated... View Mission

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GOES-R

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) is the next generation... View Mission

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The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission of opportunity will fly an... View Mission