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High-Altitude ER-2 Flights Get Down-to-Earth Data

October 25, 2024

Dede Dinius

Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform. With its unique ability to observe from as high as 65,000 feet, the ER-2 aircraft is often a platform for Earth science that facilitates new and crucial information about our planet, especially when the plane is…
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NASA Data Helps Protect US Embassy Staff from Polluted Air

September 20, 2024

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United States embassies and consulates, along with American citizens traveling and living abroad, now have a powerful tool to protect against polluted air, thanks to a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. State Department. Since 2020, ZephAir has provided real-time air quality data for about 75 U.S. diplomatic posts. Now, the public tool includes three-day…
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Going Back-to-School with NASA Data

September 16, 2024

Charles G. Hatfield

As students head back to school, teachers have a new tool that brings NASA satellite data down to their earthly classrooms. For over 50 years of observing Earth, NASA’s satellites have collected petabytes of global science data (that’s millions and millions of gigabytes) – with terabytes more coming in by the day. Since 2004, the My…
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NASA Aircraft Gathers 150 Hours of Data to Better Understand Earth

August 8, 2024

Dede Dinius

Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two months in support of Earth science research and overcame several challenges throughout its missions. Based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research in Edwards, California, the C-20A research aircraft has been modified to support the Uninhabited Aerial…
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NASA, EPA Tackle NO2 Air Pollution in Overburdened Communities

August 5, 2024

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NASA data about nitrogen dioxide, a harmful air pollutant, is available in EJScreen, EPA’s widely used environmental justice screening and mapping tool.
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NASA’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs

July 24, 2024

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After contributing to many important findings on the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission has come to an end. ICON launched in October 2019 and after completing its two-year mission objectives in December 2021, it operated as an extended mission for another year. “The ICON mission has truly lived…
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Watch Carbon Dioxide Move Through Earth’s Atmosphere

July 23, 2024

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What we’re looking at: This global map shows concentrations of carbon dioxide as the gas moved through Earth’s atmosphere from January through March 2020, driven by wind patterns and atmospheric circulation. Because of the model’s high resolution, you can zoom in and see carbon dioxide emissions rising from power plants, fires, and cities, then spreading…
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Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere

June 27, 2024

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Who knew Earth’s upper atmosphere was like alphabet soup? NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has revealed unexpected C- and X-shaped formations in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere. While these alphabetical shapes have been observed before, GOLD sees them more clearly than other instruments…
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NASA Funds Study of Proposals to Investigate Space Weather Systems

June 11, 2024

Tiernan P. Doyle

NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions to investigate the complex system of space weather that surrounds our planet and how it’s connected to Earth’s atmosphere. The three concepts propose how to enact the DYNAMIC (Dynamical Neutral Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling) mission, which was recommended by the 2013 Decadal Survey for Solar and Space…
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NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory

May 14, 2024

Dede Dinius

After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flight May 15 to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians by providing real-world experience in the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program. Before…
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Category: Earth’s Atmosphere

High-Altitude ER-2 Flights Get Down-to-Earth Data

NASA Data Helps Protect US Embassy Staff from Polluted Air

Going Back-to-School with NASA Data

NASA Aircraft Gathers 150 Hours of Data to Better Understand Earth

NASA, EPA Tackle NO2 Air Pollution in Overburdened Communities

NASA’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs

Watch Carbon Dioxide Move Through Earth’s Atmosphere

Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere

NASA Funds Study of Proposals to Investigate Space Weather Systems

NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory

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