Earth Observation

Earth-Observing Camera to Launch to International Space Station

WASHINGTON -- A remote-controlled Earth-observing camera system called ISERV will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the…

12 years ago

View of the Fontenelle Fire From the International Space Station

An Expedition 31 crew member aboard the International Space Station, flying approximately 240 miles (386 kilometers) above Earth, captured this…

12 years ago

Study Finds Ancient Warming Greened Antarctica

WASHINGTON -- A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected.…

12 years ago

NASA Discovers Unprecedented Blooms Of Ocean Plant Life

Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the…

12 years ago

NASA Transfers Shuttle Discovery to National Air and Space Museum

Focuses on Bold New Era of Space Exploration WASHINGTON -- NASA transferred space shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian's National Air…

12 years ago

Student MoonKAM Looks Homeward

Source NASA - This image of the far side of the lunar surface, with Earth in the background, was taken…

12 years ago

Space Station Captures Views of U.S., Canada and Northern Lights

Space Station Captures Views of U.S., Canada and Northern Lights 02.10.12 Recent imagery taken by astronauts aboard the International Space…

12 years ago

Satellites show cold snap in Europe..its COooooooold!

(Source NASA) - Rare snowstorms in Rome and Tripoli and mounting death tolls from exposure were among the consequences of…

12 years ago

Satellites confirm Earth total ice mass is decreasing.

NASA Mission Takes Stock of Earth's Melting Land Ice WASHINGTON -- In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind,…

12 years ago

Suomi NPP new Eastern hemisphere ‘Blue Marble’

NASA - Suomi NPP took an incredible new Blue Marble Earth picture featuring the United States at it's center and…

12 years ago