Science in Action
NASA Operation IceBridge: What It Takes To Execute a Major International Airborne Research Campaign
This extended feature video, from the flight operations perspective, follows the IceBridge team from NASA’s Armstrong Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, California, to Punta Arenas, Chile during the Fall 2014 […]
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NASA Operation IceBridge: What It Takes To Execute a Major International Airborne Research Campaign
Field Study Sheds New Light on Melt Zone
We look back on this bold undertaking, which featured helicopters, floating drifters plunging into holes in the ice, and all-night shifts operating a sonic boogie board under endless daylight.
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Field Study Sheds New Light on Melt Zone
StationLIFE: Earth
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson hosts a focus on how the station operates […]
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StationLIFE: Earth
NASA Explorers: Orbiting Laboratory
Things behave a bit differently aboard the International Space Station, thanks to microgravity. Sure, floating looks like fun, but it could also unlock new scientific discoveries. Microgravity makes the station […]
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NASA Explorers: Orbiting Laboratory
The Science of Snow: Digging for Data
It takes a lot of field work in challenging conditions to gather important snow data. This is the story of NASA’s last SnowEx campaign and those who participated in it. […]
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The Science of Snow: Digging for Data
NASA’s CAMP2Ex Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoonal Processes: Philippines Experiment
The Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoonal Processes-Philippines Experiment, or CAMP2Ex, involved collaborators from government agencies and universities across the United States, the Philippines, Japan, and Europe all working together to better […]
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NASA’s CAMP2Ex Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoonal Processes: Philippines Experiment
How NASA Decodes the Secrets of the Arctic
Since 2015, scientists with NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) project have been studying how climate change is affecting Arctic and boreal regions. The team is studying permafrost thaw, changes […]
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How NASA Decodes the Secrets of the Arctic
NASA Explorers: High Mountain Glaciers
They’re rivers of ice, slowly flowing down the sides of mountains, and they currently have an outsized role in sea level rise. NASA Explorers is taking us high into the […]
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NASA Explorers: High Mountain Glaciers
Why Observe: Land Cover
Why do scientists use land cover observations from satellites, and why do they need help from citizen scientists? Find out the answer to these questions in Why Observe?: Land Cover […]
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Why Observe: Land Cover
Why Observe: Tree Height
“Why Observe?: Tree Height” explores surface height measurement missions and the role that citizen science can play within the scientific community.
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Why Observe: Tree Height
Landsat 9: Getting Off The Ground
Every legacy has a compelling origin. The soon-to-be-launched Landsat 9 is the intellectual and technical product of eight generations of Landsat missions, spanning nearly 50 years. Episode One answers the […]
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Landsat 9: Getting Off The Ground
Landsat 9: Designing For The Future
The soon-to-be-launched Landsat 9 is the intellectual and technical product of eight generations of Landsat missions, spanning nearly 50 years. Episode 2 takes us inside the spacecraft, showing how Landsat […]
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Landsat 9: Designing For The Future
Temperature Record 101: How We Know What We Know about Climate Change
NASA’s global temperature analysis, takes in millions of observations from instruments on weather stations, ships and ocean buoys, and Antarctic research stations, to determine how much warmer or cooler Earth […]
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Temperature Record 101: How We Know What We Know about Climate Change
Landsat 8: A Decade of Service
This February marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of Landsat 8, launched by NASA in 2013 and operated by the US Geological Survey. Equipped with its Operational Land Imager […]
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Landsat 8: A Decade of Service
Landsat 9: More Than Just A Pretty Picture
It’s not enough just to record data with a satellite; you also need to analyze it here on Earth. Episode 3 shows the efforts of the USGS to downlink and […]
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Landsat 9: More Than Just A Pretty Picture
Landsat 9: Plays Well With Others
Landsat is not the only satellite orbiting Earth and sending back data. It takes a team of data sets to get the full picture of what’s happening down on the […]
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Landsat 9: Plays Well With Others
StationLIFE: Observing the Earth
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks about studies focused on Earth taking place […]
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StationLIFE: Observing the Earth
A Trip Through Time With Landsat 9
For half a century, the Landsat mission has shown us Earth from space. Now, come along with us on a “roadtrip” through the decades to see how the technology on […]
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A Trip Through Time With Landsat 9
What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
Find out more about our Earth at NASA Climate Kids!
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What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
Launching Rockets Through the Leak in Earth’s Atmosphere
NASA scientists are seeking a strange breed of northern lights in the Arctic. When these auroras shine, Earth’s atmosphere leaks into space.
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Launching Rockets Through the Leak in Earth’s Atmosphere
NASA Explorers: The Carbon Problem
In the Arctic, fires are a natural part of the ecosystem. But as the climate changes, fires are burning longer and hotter, releasing long-buried carbon from the soil. NASA Explorers […]
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NASA Explorers: The Carbon Problem
NASA Explorers: Ice Odyssey
To know the evolution of sea ice and how we observe it from space is to know Dr. Claire Parkinson. Meet the scientist who continues to have a profound effect […]
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NASA Explorers: Ice Odyssey
NASA’s ELaNa-19: Small Satellites, Big Dreams
Learn how the first launch of the Venture Class era demonstrates how the right ride into space can enable the designers of small satellites—from high schools and universities to NASA […]
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NASA’s ELaNa-19: Small Satellites, Big Dreams
Down to Earth: New Eyes
In this episode of Down to Earth, astronaut Victor Glover sits down with his daughter, Corinne, to discuss the important lessons he took away from his time in space.
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Down to Earth: New Eyes
Ozone 101: What Is the Ozone Hole
Ozone 101 is the first in a series of explainer videos outlining the fundamentals of popular Earth science topics. Let’s back up to the basics and understand what caused the […]
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Ozone 101: What Is the Ozone Hole
NASA’s ELaNa XX: Small Satellites with Big Goals
On Jan. 17, 2021, Virgin Orbit’s “Cosmic Girl” carrier aircraft took to the skies, leaving from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Attached to the underside of its […]
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