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Major Ocean-Observing Satellite Starts Providing Science Data

. Major Ocean-Observing Satellite Starts Providing Science Data Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, the latest spacecraft to monitor sea surface height, releases its first science measurements to users. After six months of check-out and calibration in orbit, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will make its first two data streams available to the public…
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NASA Approves Asteroid Hunting Space Telescope to Continue Development

. NASA Approves Asteroid Hunting Space Telescope to Continue Development The infrared space telescope is designed to help advance NASA’s planetary defense efforts. NASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) to move to the next phase of mission development after a successful mission review, authorizing the mission to…
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Then There Were 3: NASA to Collaborate on ESA’s New Venus Mission

. Then There Were 3: NASA to Collaborate on ESA’s New Venus Mission As a key partner in the mission, NASA provides the synthetic aperture radar, called VenSAR, to make high-resolution measurements of the planet’s surface features. On June 10, 2021, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the selection of EnVision as its newest medium-class science…
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Local Lockdowns Brought Fast Global Ozone Reductions, NASA Finds

. Local Lockdowns Brought Fast Global Ozone Reductions, NASA Finds When lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic cut local nitrogen oxide emissions, the effect on ozone pollution was global and unexpectedly rapid. As the coronavirus pandemic slowed global commerce to a crawl in early 2020, emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) – which create ozone, a…
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