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03/04/2020

A Tiny New Instrument Aims to Monitor Flora from Space

A new instrument combines and miniaturizes two sensors to monitor the health of trees, among other vegetation, to inform forest and water managers.

03/04/2020

Mapping biodiversity

Mapping biodiversity: A new interactive map helps predict where species will move in a warmer climate

11/14/2019

A Night in the Life of Moon Measurers

Kevin Turpie recounts long nights at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California to test the air-LUSI instrument in November 2019.

11/14/2019

New Moon-Seeking Sensor Aims to Improve Earth Observations

A new instrument with its eye on the Moon is taking off aboard a high-altitude NASA plane to measure the Moon’s brightness and eventually help Earth observing sensors make more accurate measurements.

02/21/2019

SNoOPI: A Flying Ace for Soil Moisture and Snow Measurements

Work has begun on a new CubeSat mission that will demonstrate for the first time a new, highly promising technique for measuring soil moisture from space — data important for early flood and drought warnings as well as crop-yield forecasts.