PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

NASA’s PACE, US-European SWOT Satellites Offer Combined Look at Ocean

One Earth satellite can see plankton that photosynthesize. The other measures water surface height. Together, their data reveals how sea life and the ocean are intertwined. The ocean is an engine that drives Earth’s weather patterns and climate and sustains a substantial portion of life on the planet. A new animation based on data from […]

Posted December 9, 2024

People of Goddard

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

People of NASA

SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor)

Inia Soto Ramos, From the Mountains of Puerto Rico to Mountains of NASA Earth Data

Dr. Inia Soto Ramos became fascinated by the mysteries of the ocean while growing up in Puerto Rico’s mountains. Today, she works at NASA as an oceanographer and data manager, where she can uncover these enigmas from space.

Posted November 12, 2024

Goddard Space Flight Center

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

People of Goddard

People of NASA

Carissa Arillo: Testing Spacecraft, Penning the Owner’s Manuals

Flight operations engineer Carissa Arillo helped ensure one of the instruments on NASA’s PACE mission made it successfully through its prelaunch testing. She and her group also documented the work rigorously, to ensure the flight team had a comprehensive manual to keep this Earth-observing satellite in good health for the duration of its mission.

Posted October 29, 2024

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Airborne Science

Earth Science

Earth's Atmosphere

ER-2

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

Science Mission Directorate

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

Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform.

Posted October 25, 2024

Earth

Airborne Science

Goddard Space Flight Center

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

NASA Earth Scientists Take Flight, Set Sail to Verify PACE Satellite Data

From sea to sky to orbit, a range of vantage points allow NASA Earth scientists to collect different types of data to better understand our changing planet. Collecting them together, at the same place and the same time, is an important step used to verify the accuracy of satellite data. NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean […]

Posted September 4, 2024

Earth

Aerosols

Goddard Space Flight Center

Oceans

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet

What do you give to an ocean that has everything? This year, for National Ocean Month, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite— is gifting us a unique look at our home planet. The visualizations created with data from the satellite, which launched on Feb. 8, are already enhancing the ways that we view […]

Posted June 7, 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

NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space

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

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Earth Science

Goddard Space Flight Center

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Operations Mission Directorate

NASA’s Near Space Network Enables PACE Climate Mission to ‘Phone Home’

The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission has delivered its first operational data back to researchers, a feat made possible in part by innovative, data-storing technology from NASA’s Near Space Network, which introduced two key enhancements for PACE and other upcoming science missions.

Posted April 17, 2024

Earth

Climate Science

Earth Day

Earth Science

Goddard Space Flight Center

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

NASA Invites Media for Climate Update, New Earth Missions

In anticipation of Earth Day, NASA invites media to a briefing at the agency’s headquarters on Friday, April 19, at 11 a.m. EDT. The event will share updates on NASA’s climate science and early data from the agency’s ocean-watching PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, as well as reveal upcoming Earth airborne missions. The […]

Posted April 17, 2024

People of Goddard

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

Missions

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

People of NASA

Kate A. McGinnis: Ready to “Go” with PACE Testing

PACE Systems Engineer Kate A. McGinnis spent years planning the vibration, acoustic, and shock tests for the PACE spacecraft before saying “Systems is ‘go’” to start each test. Name: Kate A.

Posted April 16, 2024