Earth Observation

Understanding the Earth

The prevailing view of NASA is mainly concentrated around spectacular missions to the International Space Station, to the moon and beyond etc., but NASA is much more. NASA also manages the world’s most advanced and most comprehensive programmes for observations on. The organization operates fifteen satellite missions that produce close to 4 terabytes of data every day. Through these satellite sensors, NASA operates and controls the world’s largest scientific data and information system for collecting, processing, archiving, and distributing earth system data to users worldwide.

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NOAA

– has the World’s Longest Experience with Environmental Data from Space

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We visit: Goddard Space Flight Center

As the first step to fulfil the vision about visiting the Moon again, and possibly build a base there, the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is now in the final stages of building the spacecraft for the first mission, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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GOCE

Improving the understanding of high latitude ocean circulation

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