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Two NASA Scientists Receive USGS, NASA 2025 William T. Pecora Award
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (289+ words) Recognizing honors, awards, and achievements for NASA Science. Award: The William T. Pecora Award recognizes outstanding scientific contributions toward a better understanding of Earth through satellite or aerial remote sensing. The award is presented annually by the U. S. Geological Survey and NASA....
Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle
12+ hour, 10+ min ago (361+ words) Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how they changed during the Southern Hemisphere's growing season. Along the Vetrivier (Vet River) in South Africa, a patchwork of circular…...
How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (157+ words) Earth Science Division Editorial Team Tens of thousands of abandoned mines threaten waterways across the American West, but identifying which sites urgently need cleanup is slow and expensive. Now, NASA's EMIT instrument can analyze the unique light signatures of mine…...
Correction to B. 3 Living With a Star Science
3+ day, 50+ min ago (155+ words) B. 3 Living With a Star Science (LWS) has been corrected to indicate that a redacted budget and narrative is no longer requested as part of the Expertise and Resources Not Anonymized Document, see Table B. 3-2 in Section 5. 3. Deleted text is struck through....
Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
1+ week, 3+ day ago (236+ words) The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during 19th-century land surveys and is still farmed today. A grid-based land survey has also left its mark. The Dominion Land…...
Landsat 10 Mission Details
1+ week, 4+ day ago (187+ words) The key elements of the Landsat10concept include: The Landsat10mission will continue the vision of calibration and validation associated with the Landsat program. Radiometric requirements will be aligned with Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 heritage bands, andgeoregistrationrequirements will be adjusted to match the finer GSD…...
Picturing Earth in a New Light
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (366+ words) A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished. Maps can show more than just where things are'they can also show how things change. New maps of artificial light reveal a…...
Amendment 56: D. 6 APRA and D. 7 SAT Final Text and Due Dates
2+ week, 6+ day ago (232+ words) D. 7 Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) is designed to support the maturation of key technologies for which feasibility has already been demonstrated (i. e. , TRL 3), for potential infusion in spaceflight missions (TRL 6). ROSES-2025 Amendment 56 releases final text and due dates for D. 6 APRA and D. 7 SAT....
NASA's Prithvi Becomes First AI Geospatial Foundation Model In Orbit
3+ week, 1+ day ago (412+ words) By uploading a compressed version of Prithvi to the South Australian government's Kanyini satellite and to the Thales Alenia Space IMAGIN-e (ISS Mounted Accessible Global Imaging Nod-e) payload aboard the International Space Station, the researchers tested the model's flood and…...
NASA Aircraft Studies Tiny Particles with Atmospheric Impacts
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (322+ words) NASA Science (. gov) NASA Aircraft Studies Tiny Particles with Atmospheric Impacts NASA's WB-57 airplane idles on the runway in preparation for a SABRE mission flight in 2023. Nic Beres, University of Vienna Scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…...