November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
...used to monitor the exploitation of fishery resources and illegal fisheries and can help in the conservation of endangered ocean resources. Another point raised by the discussion group was the implementation of policy initiatives in the form of a tax...
13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
... for a precision parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about 102 minutes later. The mission passed a launch...system and the space shuttle’s drag chutes. Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean is expected around 9:42 a.m. EST (1442 GMT) if the ...
03 March 2016
Sentinel-3A Delivers First Images
..., which has 21 distinct bands, a resolution of 300 m and a swath width of 1270 km. It will allow for the monitoring of ocean ecosystems, as well as support vegetation, crop conditions and inland water monitoring. OLCI will also estimate atmospheric...
14 April 2017
Cassini finds evidence for hydrothermal vent activity on Enceladus
... This new finding is therefore an independent line of evidence supporting the theory of hydrothermal activity taking place in the ocean of Enceladus. This graphic illustrates how Cassini scientists think water interacts with rock at the bottom of the...
15 January 2020
Rising sea levels pose threat to KSC
...dunes as a barrier between Florida’s launch pads and the encroaching ocean. AS a result, NASA is currently using 350,000 cubic ... the Marine Resources Council and Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, sand dunes ...
26 July 2021
EUMETSAT strengthens environment monitoring role
... Copernicus anthropogenic carbon dioxide-monitoring mission, CO2M. In addition, the agency will generate global atmospheric and ocean products from the future Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) and CRISTAL polar-monitoring missions. The...
