A lot can change in a year for Earth's forests and vegetation, as springtime and rainy seasons can bring new growth, while ...

A revolutionary new satellite that will provide an unprecedented ... Although designed as a three-year mission, PACE has enough fuel to continue orbiting and studying Earth for up to 10 years.

“It’s groundbreaking,” said Jeremy Werdell, project scientist for the PACE satellite mission. “In 25 years at NASA, it’s the first mission I feel I can grow into instead of knowing ...

NASA, of course. The space agency successfully launched a new mission today called PACE — short for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem satellite — that will study its namesake.

The PACE satellite will allow NASA and the rest of ... Additionally, NASA has selected six new airborne missions that will take shape over the next decade. They include domestic and international ...

The PACE satellite, its Falcon 9 rocket and mission operations are costing NASA $948 million. After extensive tests and instrument calibration, science observations are expected to begin in about ...

Related: SpaceX to launch NASA's PACE ocean-monitoring satellite this week PACE's mission can be divided into two overarching categories; the first has to do with Earth's massive, cavernous oceans.

CHICAGO -- NASA is preparing to launch its next major Earth and climate satellite. The Plankton Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem mission or PACE is set for liftoff Tuesday morning from Kennedy Space ...