MinuteEarth
Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!
Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too.
Science Buddies
Create an Urban Heat Island Profile Using ArcGIS Online
In this science project, you will explore Urban Heat Islands with ArcGIS Online and analyze surface type & air temperature relationships in your city.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Plants in Space
Botany experts Gioia Massa and Anna-Lisa Paul discuss how plants in space and the research being conducted on the International Space Station are key to the future of sustainable human space exploration. HWHAP Episode 172.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: The View From Above
Dr. William Stefanov, manager of the Exploration Science Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, shares his expertise in observing the third rock from the sun on this Earth Day 50th anniversary episode. HWHAP Episode 141.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA and the USGS, a Shared History in Remote Sensing
A conversation with Jim Brass, Bruce Coffland from NASA and Susan Benjamin USGS director of the Western Geographic Science Center. They discuss the shared history between NASA and the USGS in remote sensing.
msvgo
Geostationary and polar satellites
It expalins the defination of geostationary satellite and its uses.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Imaging System Detects Hidden Threats
NIST researcher Dan Becker describes and demonstrates a prototype video imaging system for detecting concealed weapons at distances up to 28 meters. The system uses NIST superconducting sensors to detect emitted or reflected light.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Jennifer Dungan Talks About Studying the Earth with Satellites
A conversation with Jennifer Dungan, a research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center and project manager for the big-data Earth science initiative, the NASA Earth Exchange.
NASA
NASA | Science for a Hungry World: Part 2
Episode two reveals why a space-based perspective is crucial to understanding how the food supply is distributed around the world. Satellites can reveal how many fields have been planted and how a crop is growing, providing a way to...
NASA
Two Scientists Have a Frank and Honest Discussion about Antarctica
NASA Glaciologists Kelly Brunt and Alex Gardner discuss the history, challenges, and evolution of mapping the Antarctic continent and what it means for science and society. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Ryan Fitzgibbons...
NASA
How remote sensing can help address food security around the world
When floods, droughts, and other natural disasters hit isolated and poor regions of the world, it can have devastating impacts on the local price of food. NASA Goddard research scientist Molly Brown is using satellite data to investigate...
NASA
NASA's MAVEN Mars Mission Pre-Launch Hangout
NASA Goddard hosted a live MAVEN will examine the upper atmosphere of Mars in unprecedented detail. It's scheduled to launch no earlier than 1:28 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 18, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MAVEN stands...
NASA
NASA and Partners Get Back into Snow Business
NASA’s SnowEx ground and airborne campaign is a multiyear effort using a variety of techniques to study snow characteristics, and the team began their new field study year in January 2021. Not only is SnowEx learning valuable information...
NASA
NASA, Partner Space Agencies Measure Forests In Gabon
NASA researchers have their boots on the ground and wings in the skies in Gabon, on Africa's west coast, for a comprehensive survey of the carbon storage of tropical forests. Partnering together with the European Space Agency, the German...
NASA
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 this NASA and U.S. Geological Survey partnership has evolved with the times...
NASA
NASA | Peeling Back Landsat's Layers of Data
Landsat satellites circle the globe every 99 minutes, collecting data about the land surfaces passing underneath. After 16 days, the Landsat satellite has passed over every spot on the globe, and recorded data in 11 different wavelength...
NASA
Landsat 9: Continuing the Legacy Promo
Landsat 9 is the latest satellite to continue the legacy of global observations of Earth’s land surface. With unmatched longevity, accuracy, and coverage, the Landsat program has been the cornerstone of global land imaging since 1972....
NASA
NASA | Satellite Shows High Productivity From U.S. Corn Belt
Data from satellite sensors show that during the Northern Hemisphere's growing season, the Midwest region of the United States boasts more photosynthetic activity than any other spot on Earth, according to NASA and university scientists.
NASA
NASA | Getting the Big Picture
A brief animated look at the different types of remote sensing techniques that NASA uses to study the Earth.
NASA
Landsat 9: part 1, 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 question “why?” Why did the...
NASA
Landsat 9 At Work
Landsat 9, which NASA is launching in September 2021, will collect the highest quality data ever recorded by a Landsat satellite, while still ensuring that these new measurements can be compared to those taken by previous generations of...
NASA
NASA | Landsat's Global Perspective
On July 23rd, 1972, the first Landsat spacecraft launched into orbit. At the time, it was called "Earth Resources Technology Satellite," or ERTS, and was the first satellite to use a scanning spectrophotometer. Previous satellites relied...
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T/L Very Large Array Radio Telescope turning, near Socorro, New Mexico, USA
T/L Very Large Array Radio Telescope turning, near Socorro, New Mexico, USA
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Thermographic image, CU feet walking into frame to camera, leaving thermal footprints, identical shots with info bar on DB 302
Thermographic image, CU feet walking into frame to camera, leaving thermal footprints, identical shots with info bar on DB 302