Earth Science Technology Office

Armstrong Flight Research Center
Airborne Science
Earth Science
Earth Science Technology Office
Earth's Atmosphere
ER-2
Goddard Space Flight Center
In February, NASA’s ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations. From data collection to processing, satellite systems continue to advance, and NASA is exploring how instruments analyzing clouds can improve data measurement methods.
Posted April 17, 2025
Earth Science
Airborne Science
Armstrong Flight Research Center
B200
Earth Science Technology Office
Earth's Atmosphere
General
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The January wildfires in California devastated local habitats and communities. In an effort to better understand wildfire behavior, NASA scientists and engineers tried to learn from the events by testing new technology.
Posted March 1, 2025
CYGNSS (Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System)
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth Science Technology Office
Oceans
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
A science antenna developed with support from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) is now in low-Earth orbit aboard MuSat2, a commercial remote-sensing satellite flown by the aerospace company Muon Space. The dual-frequency science antenna was originally developed as part of the Next Generation GNSS Bistatic Radar Instrument (NGRx).
Posted November 12, 2024
Earth Science
Earth Science Technology Office
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from snowy peaks into the rivers, reservoirs, and streams that supply millions of Americans with freshwater—as much as 75% of the annual freshwater supply for some states.
Posted October 29, 2024
Earth Science
Earth Science Technology Office
Science-enabling Technology
Technology
Technology Highlights
Wildfires
NASA’s “Wildfire Digital Twin” project will equip firefighters and wildfire managers with a superior tool for monitoring wildfires and predicting harmful air pollution events and help researchers observe global wildfire trends more precisely.
Posted May 21, 2024
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Earth
Earth Science Division
Earth Science Technology Office
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Technology
Science Mission Directorate
Technology
It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February 2024. It took a network of scientists at NASA and research institutions around the world more than 20 years to carefully craft and test the novel instruments that allow PACE […]
Posted April 26, 2024
Earth Science
Earth Science Technology Office
GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
From radar instruments smaller than a shoebox to radiometers the size of a milk carton, there are more tools available to scientists today for observing complex Earth systems than ever before.
Posted March 26, 2024
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