... Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA . Development, launch and early operations of Earth remote sensing instruments . ... Terrestrial Ecology Program, Science Mission Directorate (formerly Office of Earth Science and Mission to Planet Earth ...
... PUBLICATIONS: Dr. Apt shared his images and knowledge in the publication Earth in Orbit : NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth , written in conjunction with NASA scientists Michael Helfert and Justin Wilkinson and published by the National Geographic ...
... SIR-C/X-SAR and MAPS operated together in Endeavour s cargo bay to study Earth s surface and atmosphere, creating radar images of Earth s surface environment and mapping global production and transport of carbon monoxide pollution. ...
... mission was accomplished in 112 orbits of the Earth, traveling 2.5 million miles in ... mission was accomplished in 79 orbits of the Earth, traveling 1.8 million miles in ...
... Lt. Wonderjim . Earth Resources aircraft . camera control panel . Earth Resources . ... camera control panel . Earth Resources . support aircraft . Camera equipment used . ...
... and tested the Canadian-build Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robot arm, and performed numerous Earth resources and space science experiments.б STS-8 completed 98 Earth orbits in 145 hours before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California on September ...
... After 79 orbits of the Earth, this highly successful mission concluded with a hard ... After 142 orbits of the Earth, this very significant mission concluded with a ... our knowledge of human and animal physiology both on earth and in space flight ...
... AS15-91-12343 (26 July 1971) --- This view of Earth was photographed by the Apollo 15 crew as they sped toward the fourth lunar ... The spacecraft was between 25,000 and 30,000 nautical miles from Earth when this photo was made. ...
... JSC's Earth Science and Solar System Exploration Division within the Space and Life Sciences Directorate conducts frontier, world-class research in Earth space and planetary science; carries out scientific investigations on NASA missions; gives ...