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Illustration of an Earth-Sized ‘Tatooine’ Planet " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/cultureofoneworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/earthsun20170412.png?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/cultureofoneworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/earthsun20170412.png?fit=750%2C563&ssl=1"/> Illustration of Luke Skywalker’s home planet Tatooine in “Star Wars”
Scientists wondered: If an Earth-size planet were orbiting two suns, could it support life?
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Accurate weather forecasts save lives. NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, launched on this date 15 years ago on NASA’s Aqua satellite, significantly increased weather forecasting accuracy within a couple of years by providing extraordinary three-dimensional maps of clouds, air temperature and water vapor throughout the atmosphere’s weather-making layer " data-image-caption=" Accurate weather forecasts save lives. NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, launched on this date 15 years ago on NASA’s Aqua satellite, significantly increased weather forecasting accuracy within a couple of years by providing extraordinary three-dimensional maps of clouds, air temperature and water vapor throughout the atmosphere’s weather-making layer
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Fifteen years later, AIRS continues to be a valuable asset for forecasters worldwide, sending 7 billion observations streaming into forecasting centers every day. Besides contributing to better forecasts, AIRS maps greenhouse gases, tracks volcanic emissions and and indicates regions that may be heading for a drought.
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By Marcel Proust | Smart Power in the Culture of One World
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Dr. Patrick Shea inspects a nearly 4 3/4-foot (1.3 percent scale) model of the second generation of NASA’s Space Launch System in a wind tunnel for ascent testing at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California. " data-image-caption=" Dr. Patrick Shea inspects a nearly 4 3/4-foot (1.3 percent scale) model of the second generation of NASA’s Space Launch System in a wind tunnel for ascent testing at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California.
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NASA engineers simulated conditions that astronauts in space suits would experience.
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Smart Power in the Culture of One World / Friedrich Nietzsche " data-image-caption=" Smart Power in the Culture of One World / Friedrich Nietzsche
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So says Friedrich Nietzsche
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The CYGNSS constellation, launched in 2016, is made up of eight microwave-sized satellites that monitor ocean wind speeds and hurricanes " data-image-caption=" The CYGNSS constellation, launched in 2016, is made up of eight microwave-sized satellites that monitor ocean wind speeds and hurricanes
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/cultureofoneworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/the-cygnss-constellation-launched-in-2016-is-made-up-of-eight-microwave-sized-satellites-that-monitor-ocean-wind-speeds-and-hurricanes-e1564083203225.jpg?fit=800%2C426&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/cultureofoneworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/the-cygnss-constellation-launched-in-2016-is-made-up-of-eight-microwave-sized-satellites-that-monitor-ocean-wind-speeds-and-hurricanes-e1564083203225.jpg?fit=750%2C399&ssl=1"/>SENTINELS | NASA’s fleet of satellites keep an eye on Earth
Watch NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing instruments near and far.
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