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Just in time for the last shuttle launch tomorrow (OV-105 Endeavor at 8:56am EDT), NASA has developed a real-time means to track the launch and landing of the Endeavor in Google Earth using data from Mission Control. After installing the groundtrack file, you’ll be able to see a 3D model of the space shuttle’s position [...]
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In the second consecutive devastating loss of a climate observation satellite, NASA’s launch early this morning of the Glory satellite failed to reach orbit and crashed into the ocean. Reports of the launch aboard a Taurus XL rocket from Vanedenberg Air Force Base in California indicate that the protective fairing did not separate as expected. [...]
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NASA’s laser-based imager, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, is creating a precise and complete map of the moon. The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) propagates a single laser pulse through a Diffractive Optical Element that splits it into five beams that then strike and are backscattered from the lunar surface. The LOLA electronics determine the time [...]
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Waleed Abdalati, an associate professor at CU-Boulder’s geography department and a fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), has been named to the role of chief scientist today. Abdalati has been focused on understanding the role of Earth’s ice cover on life on our planet, and has been using satellite and [...]
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A six-day forum, “Empowering Youth with Earth Observation Information for Climate Action,” began today in Khathmandu, Nepal. The event aims to familiarize the 40 participants from around Asia with the power of earth observation as well as fundamental Geographic Information System and remote sensing skills. The focus of the forum is on youth empowerment to [...]
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Canadian researchers at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, have created a global map of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) that can get past the body’s normal defenses and penetrate deep into the lungs. The researchers bridged the lack of surface-based air pollution sensors in the developing world by using satellite data from NASA’s Multi-angle Imaging [...]
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Avatar director James Cameron filmed a series of short one-minute video clips for NASA touting the importance of earth observation to “help us see how interconnected our ‘real’ planet is.” He discusses the fact that we now know that we are part of the global network called Earth,” and encourages viewers to, “take a look [...]
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NASA is holding its first IT Summit this week in Washington, D.C., featuring a lineup of 100 speakers and roughly 900 attendees. The Summit is focused on collaboration, social networking, innovation, infrastructure, operation and IT security and privacy. The speaker list includes many notables in the IT community that will provide forward-looking talks about the [...]
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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a method that uses satellite remote sensing to calculate carbon emissions on agricultural land. The new methodology, published in the journal Ecological Applications, is effective for both national and project-level reporting, whereas previous methodologies addressed one or the other. The consistent framework and methodology could prove very useful [...]
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The next generation of GPS satellites just began existence late Thursday night with the launch of the new GPS 2F-1, a solar-powered satellite designed for a 12-year mission. This new satellite has twice the signal accuracy of previous navigation satellites, and the new constellation will also contain a next-generation international search and rescue system called [...]
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