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NASA Science Missions

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Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-... 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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Hinode explores the magnetic fields of the Sun in order to improve understanding of what powers... View Mission

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The Hubble Space Telescope's launch in 1990 sped humanity to one of its greatest advances in... View Mission

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IBEX is the first mission designed to map the entire region of the boundary of our Solar 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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ICON studies the frontier of space: the dynamic zone high in our atmosphere where Earth weather... View Mission

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InSight is a Mars lander mission planned for launch in spring 2016. InSight will investigate... View Mission

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INTEGRAL

ESA's INTEGRAL is providing new insight into the most violent and exotic objects of the Universe... View Mission

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Understanding the interface between the photosphere and corona remains a fundamental challenge... View Mission

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Computer-generated image of IXPE spacecraft

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) exploits the polarization state of light from... 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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The primary scientific goal of the Juno mission is to significantly improve our understanding of... 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

Landsat 8 launched on February 11, 2013, is the eighth in the series of Landsat satellites... 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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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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Illustration of Lucy spacecraft near asteroids in space

Lucy: the first mission to Jupiter’s Trojans, will launch in October 2021 and, with boosts from... View Mission

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Artistic render of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

LRO was the first mission in NASA's plan to return to the Moon and then to travel to Mars and... View Mission

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Artist concept of Mars Rover on Mar's surface

To seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith for possible return to... View Mission

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NASA is participating in a mission of the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency... View Mission

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Still in orbit around Mars, NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft has collected thousands of... View Mission

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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched August 12, 2005, is on a search for evidence that... View Mission

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The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity landed on... View Mission

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NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission will set down a sophisticated, large, mobile laboratory... View Mission

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The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission was launched on November 18, 2013.... View Mission

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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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MinXSS CubeSat will study the sun’s impact on Earth’s upper atmosphere by measuring soft X-rays... View Mission

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MMS will investigate how the Sun's and Earth's magnetic fields connect and disconnect,... View Mission

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