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NASA Science Missions

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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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Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-... View Mission

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GRACE

The primary goal of the GRACE mission is to accurately map... View Mission

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The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on (GRACE-FO) mission will allow scientists... View Mission

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GRIP Mission Image

The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment was a NASA Earth science field... View Mission

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HS3

Close to 100 million Americans now live within 50 miles of a coastline, thus exposing them to... View Mission

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ICESat (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite) was the benchmark Earth Observing System... View Mission

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ICESat (Ice, Cloud,and land Elevation Satellite) is the benchmark Earth Observing System mission... View Mission

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Illustration of Jason spacecraft with earth in background

Jason was an oceanography mission to monitor global ocean circulation, improve global climate... View Mission

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Illustration of Jason-3 spacecraft with earth in background

Jason-3 is a satellite mission that supports scientific, commercial and practical applications... View Mission

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Illustration of JPSS satellite in orbit over earth

JPSS-2 will make afternoon weather and climate measurements as it orbits Earth, a shared ground... View Mission

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LAGEOS 1&2

LAGEOS, or Laser Geodynamics Satellites, are a series of satellites designed to provide an... View Mission

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Landsat 7, launched on April 15, 1999, continues the legacy of... View Mission

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earth science, landsat 8, mission

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), Landsat 8, launched on February 11, 2013, is the... View Mission

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Landsat 9 Mission Image

A land imaging mission making critical observations of the long term environmental changes we... View Mission

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Libera instrument orbiting with earth in the background

Libera will record the radiation balance, essential to understanding climate warming and cooling... View Mission

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ISS in orbit around the earth

LIS detects the distribution and variability of lightning to advance our understanding of the... View Mission

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Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA)
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MetOp A&B

MetOp is a series of three polar orbiting meteorological satellites developed and operated by... View Mission

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MetOp-C

MetOp is a series of three polar orbiting meteorological satellites developed and operated by... View Mission

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MOMS Mission Image

The Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Scanner (MOMS) is a scanning system (based on CCD... View Mission

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MOS Mission Image

MOS-1 was equipped with three types of sensors: MESSR,( a spectrometer for measuring visible... View Mission

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Plankton ecosystems of the ocean are strongly interconnected with climate and life on Earth. A... View Mission

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Nimbus

The Nimbus Program The Nimbus satellites, first launched in 1964, carried a number of... View Mission

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NISAR spacecraft in orbit over the earth

The proposed NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission, a collaboration between the... View Mission

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Illustration of NOAA spacecraft with earth in background

NOAA-N (POES-N) launched May 20, 2005 and is the latest polar-orbiting satellite developed by... View Mission

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OCO Mission Image

OCO provided space-based observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal human-... View Mission

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OCO-2 Mission Image

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory -2 (OCO-2) is based on the original OCO mission that was... View Mission

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OCO 3 Mission Image

Orbiting Carbon Observatory – 3 (OCO-3) is a complete stand-alone payload built using the spare... View Mission

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OMG

Global sea level rise will be one of the major environmental challenges of the 21st Century.... View Mission

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The advanced Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) tracks the health of the ozone layer and... View Mission

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IceBridge Mission Image

NASA’s Operation IceBridge images Earth's polar ice in unprecedented detail to better understand... View Mission