Explore This Section Earth Home Earth Observer Home Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives 5 min read Celebrating 25 Years of Terra Expanded coverage of topics from “The Editor’s Corner” in The Earth Observer Terra anniversary banner Image credit: NASA NASA personnel gather to celebrate [...]
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This artist’s concept shows astronauts working on the Moon alongside different technology systems. The Data & Reasoning Fabric technology could help these systems operate in harmony, supporting the astronauts and ground control on Earth.Credit: NASA Imagine your car is in conversation with other traffic [...]
Students explore the Manufacturing Facility at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland during Career Technical Education Day on March 11.Credit: NASA/Jef Janis NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland welcomed more than 150 students and educators to showcase technical careers, inspire the next generation, and ignite a passion for learning during a Career Technical Education [...]
Explore This Section Earth Home Earth Observer Home Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives 11 min read The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: January–March 2025 NASA’s Earth Observing fleet continues to age gracefully. While several new missions have joined the fleet in the past year, [...]
Explore This Section Earth Home Earth Observer Home Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives 2 min read The FireSense Project Expanded coverage of topics from “The Editor’s Corner” in The Earth Observer Wind is a major factor in fire. It controls how fires evolve and [...]
Explore This Section Earth Home Earth Observer Home Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives 3 min read Kaye Honored with Pecora Award Expanded coverage of topics from “The Editor’s Corner” in The Earth Observer Image. Recipient of the Pecora Individual Award: Jack A. Kaye, PhD. [...]
Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Climate Change Air Quality Science in Action Multimedia Image Collections Videos Data For Researchers About Us 6 Min Read NASA Uses Advanced Radar to Track Groundwater in California The Friant-Kern Canal supports water management in California’s San Joaquin Valley. A new airborne campaign is using NASA radar [...]
NASA Langley’s Artemis Moon Tree, a loblolly pine, is located in a space between buildings 2102 and 2104.NASA/Ryan Hill A tree that sprouted from a seed that journeyed around the Moon and back is growing at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. NASA’s Acting Associate Administrator for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Lori [...]
Photo of the Day Recorded from 2024 March 10, to 2025 March 1, this composited series of images reveals a pattern in the seasonal drift of the Sun's daily motion through planet Earth's sky. Known to some as an analemma, the figure-eight curve was captured in exposures taken on the indicated dates only at [...]
7 Min Read Fallout from the Unauthorized Gemini III Space Sandwich Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot for Gemini III, checks over his helmet prior to flight. Credits: NASA “I hid a sandwich in my spacesuit,” Astronaut John W. Young confessed in the April 2, 1965, issue of Life Magazine. The conversation about and [...]
