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  • Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)

    Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)  ?

    Major mission of the Explorer program.

  • Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM)

    AIM: Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere

    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.

  • Aqua

    Aqua

    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.

  • Aquarius/SAC-D Artist's Concept

    Aquarius

    The Aquarius/SAC-D mission launched on June 10, 2011 on a mission to map ocean salinity.

  • Arctic sea ice

    ARCTAS

    Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites

  • artist concept of ARTEMIS

    ARTEMIS

    ARTEMIS: Studying the Moon's Interaction With the Sun

  • Astro-E2/Suzaku

    Astro-E2/Suzaku

    The Suzaku mission is a joint effort of JAXA and NASA designed to discover more about the x-ray universe.

  • Aura Mission

    Aura Mission

    A mission dedicated to the health of Earth's atmosphere.

  • Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO)

    CALIPSO

    CALIPSO will provide the next generation of climate observations, drastically improving our ability to predict climate change and to study the air we breathe.

  • Cassini

    Cassini-Huygens Mission

    Unlocking the secrets of Saturn.

  • Chandra X-ray Observatory

    Chandra X-ray Observatory

    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.

  • Model of CNOFS

    CINDI

    CINDI will study the elements that influence space weather near Earth's equator.

  • CloudSat

    CloudSat

    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.

  • Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS)

    Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS)  ?

    CHIPS uses an extreme ultraviolet spectrograph to study the "Local Bubble" surrounding our Solar System.

  • Cluster ESA/NASA Mission

    Cluster ESA/NASA Mission  ?

    The four Cluster spacecraft carry out 3D measurements in the Earth's Magnetosphere.

  • The SpaceX Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

    Commercial Space Transportation

    NASA is shepherding efforts in the private sector to develop safe, affordable and reliable space transportation systems.

  • Mars Science Laboratory

    Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory

    Landing in August 2012, the rover will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still, an environment able to support microbial life.

  • Dawn

    Dawn

    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.

  • Earth Probe Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (EP-TOMS)

    Earth Probe Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (EP-TOMS)  ?

    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.

  • Earth Observing Mission, EO-1

    Earth Observing-1  ?

    As the first New Millennium Program Earth Observing Mission, EO-1 has validated advanced land imaging and unique spacecraft technologies.

  • EPOXI

    EPOXI

    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.

  • The Gamma-ray Large Space Telescope

    Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

    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.

  • Southern California wildfire image

    Fire and Smoke

    NASA satellites, aircraft, and research know-how have created a wealth of cutting-edge tools to help firefighters battle wildfires.

  • Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)

    GALEX

    Mapping the history of star formation in the universe.

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  • Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

    GOES-N

    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.

  • Artist's concept of GOES-O in orbit

    GOES-O

    The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-O represents the newest generation of environmental satellites.

  • artist concept of GOES-P

    GOES-P

    The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-P represents the newest generation of environmental satellites.

  • Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R Series

    GOES-R  ?

    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.

  • Geotail Mission

    Geotail Mission  ?

    A mission to study the tail of Earth's magnetosphere.

  • GPM artist concept

    Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)

    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.

  • Gravity Probe B

    Gravity Probe B

    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.

  • Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

    Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment  ?

    The twin satellites are making detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field to learn more about gravity and Earth's natural systems.

  • GRAIL artist's rendition

    GRAIL, the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory

    The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission will create the most accurate gravitational map of the moon to date.

  • Hayabusa (MUSES-C)

    Hayabusa (MUSES-C)  ?

    Hayabusa (MUSES-C) is Japan's asteroid sample return mission.

  • Herschel

    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.

  • High Energy Transient Explorer-2 (HETE-2) Mission

    High Energy Transient Explorer-2 (HETE-2) Mission  ?

    HETE-2 is a small scientific satellite designed to detect and localize gamma-ray bursts.

  • Hinode (Solar B)

    Hinode (Solar B)

    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.

  • Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble Space Telescope

    Learn how Hubble has expanded our knowledge of the cosmos.

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