News Archive / Tagged: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership

• Earth’s first selfie

  Heather SmithMay 26th, 2014

  In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, NASA asked “Where are you on Earth Right Now?”  Receiving 36,422 individual photos from people on every continent, including 113 countires and regions, NASA created the “Global Selfie” mosaic which was released almost a month later. The photos were posted  with the tag #GlobalSelfie on popular social media websites […]

• Commentary: 5 Ways Outer Space Taught Us About Earth in 2013

  Lauren LyonsJanuary 1st, 2014

  Another year of the Internet has come to a close, which can only mean one thing: time for more lists! The science magazines will undoubtedly create exciting top 10’s of the most awesome things to happen in space in 2013. But some of the stories that most need telling are not the big-ticket tales of […]

• NASA, JAXA announce global precipitation satellite launch date

  Jason RhianDecember 27th, 2013

  With weather and environmental concerns foremost in mind, NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced that on Thursday February 27, between 1:07 p.m. to 3:07 p.m. EST (3:07 a.m. to 5:07 a.m. JST Friday, Feb. 28) they will launch the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite. Launch will take place from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center […]