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Major mission of the Explorer program.
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AIM's two-year mission is to study Polar Mesospheric Clouds, the Earth’s highest clouds, which form an icy membrane 50 miles above the surface at the edge of space.
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Aqua, Latin for water, is a NASA Earth Science satellite mission named for the large amount of information that the mission will be collecting about the Earth's water cycle.
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The Aquarius/SAC-D mission launched on June 10, 2011 on a mission to map ocean salinity.
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Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites
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ARTEMIS: Studying the Moon's Interaction With the Sun
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The Suzaku mission is a joint effort of JAXA and NASA designed to discover more about the x-ray universe.
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A mission dedicated to the health of Earth's atmosphere.
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CALIPSO will provide the next generation of climate observations, drastically improving our ability to predict climate change and to study the air we breathe.
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Unlocking the secrets of Saturn.
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NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory probes the mysteries of space with unprecedented x-ray images that help to unravel the structure and evolution of the universe.
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CINDI will study the elements that influence space weather near Earth's equator.
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CloudSat's cloud-profiling radar is 1,000 times more sensitive than typical weather radar and can detect clouds and distinguish between cloud particles and precipitation.
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CHIPS uses an extreme ultraviolet spectrograph to study the "Local Bubble" surrounding our Solar System.
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The four Cluster spacecraft carry out 3D measurements in the Earth's Magnetosphere.
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NASA is shepherding efforts in the private sector to develop safe, affordable and reliable space transportation systems.
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Landing in August 2012, the rover will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still, an environment able to support microbial life.
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Dawn launched in September, becoming the first spacecraft ever planned to orbit two different bodies after leaving Earth. The spacecraft will orbit Vesta and Ceres, two of the largest asteroids in the solar system.
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Earth Probe Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (EP-TOMS), along with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument onboard AURA, are currently the only NASA spacecraft on orbit specializing in ozone retrieval.
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As the first New Millennium Program Earth Observing Mission, EO-1 has validated advanced land imaging and unique spacecraft technologies.
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NASA's EPOXI mission successfully flew by comet Hartley 2 at about 10 a.m. EDT, Nov. 4, 2010. Hartley 2 is the fifth comet nucleus visited by a spacecraft.
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The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST) will answer questions about supermassive black hole systems, pulsars and the origin of cosmic rays.
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NASA satellites, aircraft, and research know-how have created a wealth of cutting-edge tools to help firefighters battle wildfires.
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GALEX
Mapping the history of star formation in the universe.
› Galaxy Evolution Explorer
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GOES-N is the latest in a series of satellites that provide a constant vigil for the atmospheric "triggers" for severe weather conditions such as tornadoes and hurricanes.
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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-O represents the newest generation of environmental satellites.
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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-P represents the newest generation of environmental satellites.
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GOES-R, a collaborative program between NASA and NOAA, will result in more timely and accurate weather forecasts. The first launch of n the series is scheduled for 2015.
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A mission to study the tail of Earth's magnetosphere.
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This international satellite mission will set a new standard for precipitation measurements from space, providing observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. The GPM mission data will advance our understanding of the water and energy cycles and extend the use of precipitation data to directly benefit society.
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This mission is the relativity gyroscope experiment developed by NASA and Stanford University to test two unverified predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
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The twin satellites are making detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field to learn more about gravity and Earth's natural systems.
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The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission will create the most accurate gravitational map of the moon to date.
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Hayabusa (MUSES-C) is Japan's asteroid sample return mission.
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The Herschel Space Observatory is a space-based telescope that will study the Universe by the light of the far-infrared and submillimeter portions of the spectrum.
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HETE-2 is a small scientific satellite designed to detect and localize gamma-ray bursts.
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A collaboration between the space agencies of Japan, the United States, United Kingdom and Europe, Hinode's mission is to investigate the interaction between the sun's magnetic field and its corona.
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Learn how Hubble has expanded our knowledge of the cosmos.
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