Earth Science Division

Sentinel-6B
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) / Sentinel-6
Set to track sea levels across more than 90% of Earth’s ocean, the mission must first get into orbit. Here’s what to expect.   Sentinel-6B, an ocean-tracking satellite jointly developed by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), is ready to roll out to the launch pad, packed into the payload fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
Posted November 16, 2025
Sentinel-6B
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) / Sentinel-6
Data from Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long record of sea surface height, helping to improve coastal planning, protect critical infrastructure, and advance weather forecasts. With launch set for no earlier than 12:21 a.m. EST Monday, Nov.
Posted November 15, 2025
Sentinel-6B
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) / Sentinel-6
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Headquarters
Oceans
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Sentinel-6B, an international mission delivering critical sea level and ocean data to protect coastal infrastructure, improve weather forecasting, and support commercial activities at sea. Launch is targeted at 12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17 (9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov.
Posted November 14, 2025
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth Science Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Headquarters
Science Mission Directorate
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and they offer a glimpse of things to come as the joint mission between NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) approaches full science operations later this year.
Posted September 25, 2025
Earth
Applied Sciences Program
Earth Science Division
Ellington Field
Floods
General
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
NASA Aircraft
NASA Headquarters
Science Mission Directorate
WB-57
In response to recent flooding near Kerrville, Texas, NASA deployed two aircraft to assist state and local authorities in ongoing recovery operations.
Posted July 9, 2025
Citizen Science
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Ice & Glaciers
Citizen science projects result in an overwhelmingly positive impact on the polar tourism experience.
Posted July 9, 2025
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
General
Langley Research Center
Missions
Science Mission Directorate
Since launching in 2023, NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution mission, or TEMPO, has been measuring the quality of the air we breathe from 22,000 miles above the ground.
Posted July 3, 2025
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
Ames Research Center
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Science Mission Directorate
In autumn 2024, California’s Monterey Bay experienced an outsized phytoplankton bloom that attracted fish, dolphins, whales, seabirds, and – for a few weeks in October – scientists.
Posted June 26, 2025
Citizen Science
Earth Science Division
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
Ozone high in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun’s ultraviolet light. But ozone near the ground is a pollutant that harms people and plants. The San Joaquin Valley has some of the most polluted air in the country, and NASA scientists with the new Ozone Where We Live (OWWL) project are working to measure […]
Posted June 24, 2025
Science-enabling Technology
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth's Moon
General
Goddard Space Flight Center
Langley Research Center
Lunar Science
Science Instruments
Science Mission Directorate
Small Satellite Missions
Technology
NASA will soon launch a one-of-a-kind instrument, called Arcstone, to improve the quality of data from Earth-viewing sensors in orbit. In this technology demonstration, the mission will measure sunlight reflected from the Moon— a technique called lunar calibration.
Posted June 21, 2025
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