Starting with the Great Barrier Reef, NASA’s new CORAL initiative will use a ‘flying laboratory’.
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Australia’s Locata to direct NASA’s UAV tests
NASA plans to install non-GNSS positioning technology from Australian-based Locata Corporation.
Curtin University signs agreement with NASA
NASA and Perth’s Curtin University have signed an agreement for space exploration.
NASA+CNES survey global water and ocean surface
NASA and CNES will jointly conduct a survey of Earth’s surface water and ocean surface height.
NASA prepares for launch of next Landsat
NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is scheduled to launch February 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission, LDCM will add to the longest continuous data record of Earth's surface as viewed from space. LDCM is the eighth satellite in the Landsat series, […]
NASA smash two spacecraft into moon
After completing their successful mission of mapping the moon’s gravity to the micron, two NASA lunar orbiters were deliberately sent to crash into the surface of the moon, ending their robotic lives on a mountain near the north pole. Engineers commanded the twin spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, to fire their engines and burn their remaining […]
Astrium to develop two new satellites for NASA
Astrium has been commissioned to build two new research satellites for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). For a minimum of five years from August 2017, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (Grace FO) mission will continue the extremely accurate measurement data collection of the first twin Grace satellites, which have been in orbit since […]
NASA’s micro aerial vehicles are the new UAVs
The 20cm, 15 gram Prox Dynamics PD-100 Black Hornet may be the world’s smallest operational drone. Researchers led by Roland Brockers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have developed a micro aerial vehicle (MAV) that uses a camera pointed at the ground to navigate and pick landing spots. It can even identify […]
Australian cities join NASA global Space Apps event
The Victorian Space Science Education Centre (VSSEC) recently announced the launch of a multi-city Australian program as part of the NASA-convened International Space Apps Challenge to be held worldwide on 21-22 April 2012. VSSEC is the Australian convenor and host of the flagship event at its learning complex in Melbourne. The International Space […]
NASA releases free online global forests map
A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the height of Earth's forests. The map will help scientists better understand the role forests play in climate change and how their heights influence wildlife habitats within them, while also helping them quantify the carbon stored in Earth's vegetation. Scientists from NASA's […]
