Showing posts with label DELTA II ROCKET. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DELTA II ROCKET. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2015

NASA'S SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE OBSERVATORY WAITS

FROM:  NASA SPACE LAUNCH 

The sun sets behind Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) with the Delta II rocket and the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory protected by the service structure on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. SMAP is NASA’s first Earth-observing satellite designed to collect global observations of surface soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. SMAP will provide high resolution global measurements of soil moisture from space. The data will be used to enhance scientists' understanding of the processes that link Earth's water, energy, and carbon cycles. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

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