The Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite makes precise measurements of Earths co2 levels from area. Credit: NASA/JPL
Think “NASA,” and what enters your mind? Astronauts? Mars rovers? Voyager and the Golden Record? How about Earth?
In fact, NASA has been studying and keeping an eye on the health of our home planet for decades, using balloons, airplane, satellites, and even the International Space Station in the effort.
Sky High traces the efforts of NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory to determine greenhouse gases, from the pathfinding science instrument AIRS, through to todays Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 aboard the spaceport station.
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3, or OCO-3, is an area instrument created to examine essential concerns about the circulation of carbon dioxide on Earth as it connects to growing city populations and changing patterns of nonrenewable fuel source combustion. OCO-3 was launched on May 3, 2019, from Cape Canaveral in Florida..
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By NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory
July 24, 2023