Press Releases
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Early Adopters of NASA’s PACE Data to Study Air Quality, Ocean Health
2024.03.25
From the atmosphere down to the surface of the ocean, data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite benefits ecosystems, human health, and underrepresented communities.
NASA Invites Media to 61st Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium
2024.03.14
Media are invited to attend the 61st annual Goddard Space Science Symposium (formerly the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium), which will take place March 20-22, 2024, at the Brendan Iribe Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The symposium will also be streamed online.
People of PACE: Inia Soto Ramos Studies Data from the Sea and Space
2024.03.12
Inia M. Soto Ramos is an associate researcher and one of PACE’s data validation leads at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
An Eruption for Galápagos Iguanas
2024.03.08
A volcano on Fernandina, an uninhabited island dense with wildlife, is lighting up the night sky with the glow of lava.
People of PACE: Anita Arnoldt is a Team Player, on the Softball Field and in the Cleanroom
2024.02.27
Anita Arnoldt is the electrical lead for PACE at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
People of PACE: Amir Ibrahim Understands the Atmosphere to Study the Ocean
2024.02.20
Amir Ibrahim is the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) project science lead for atmospheric correction at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
People of PACE: Bridget Seegers Sails the Seas… and Studies Them Too!
2024.02.13
Bridget Seegers is an oceanographer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and a team member for NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission.
NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere
2024.02.08
NASA’s satellite mission to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate for the benefit of humanity launched successfully into orbit at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday.
Weather Clears for PACE Launch
2024.02.07
Launch weather officers with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict 95% favorable weather conditions for the launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA Sets Coverage for Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Mission
2024.01.31
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its upcoming Pmission to study how our oceans and atmosphere interact in a changing climate.
People of PACE: Fred Huemmrich Plants the Seeds of Inspiration
2024.01.30
Fred Huemmrich is a member of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) science and applications team and a research professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
People of PACE: Jeroen Rietjens Followed His Passions to SPEXone and PACE
2024.01.23
Jeroen Rietjens is an instrument scientist at the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) and worked on the SPEXone polarimeter. PACE’s SPEXone instrument is a multi-angle polarimeter. It measures the intensity, degree and angle of linear polarization of sunlight reflected back from Earth’s atmosphere, land surface, and ocean.
People of PACE: Natasha Sadoff Connects PACE Data to Benefit Society
2024.01.16
Natasha Sadoff is the deputy coordinator for the applications program and PACE.
Filaments of Phytoplankton in Australia
2024.01.15
Cool, upwelling water supports an array of marine life and draws the occasional filmmaker to the Bonney Coast region.
NASA to Brief Media on Climate Mission to Study Ocean Life, Air
2024.01.11
NASA will host a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 17, to discuss the upcoming launch and science objectives of the agency’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission.
NASA’s PACE To Investigate Oceans, Atmospheres in Changing Climate
2024.01.11
NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, called PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem), is launching in February 2024 to help us better understand the complex systems driving these and other global changes that come with a warming climate.
People of PACE: Jeremy Werdell is the PACE Mission Scientific Conscience
2024.01.09
Jeremy Werdell is the project scientist for the PACE mission as well as a biological oceanographer in the Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
NASA Hosts Media Viewing of Spacecraft to Study Oceans, Clouds
2024.01.09
Mmbers of the media viewed NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Setting the Stage for PACE at AGU
2024.01.03
Several PACE scientists closed out 2023 by sharing this enthusiasm for the mission at the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting December 11-15 in San Francisco, which drew more than 24,000 Earth and space scientists.
People of PACE: Otto Hasekamp Helps Scientists See Light in a New Light
2024.01.02
Otto Hasekamp is a senior scientist at the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) and is the science lead for the SPEXOne polarimeter that will be on PACE.
People of PACE: Gary Davis Leads His Team Through Engineering Feats
2023.12.19
Gary Davis is the mission systems engineer for PACE at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
New NASA Satellite To Unravel Mysteries About Clouds, Aerosols
2023.12.12
Some of the same properties of light and optics that make the sky blue and cause rainbows can also help scientists unlock mysteries about cloud formation and the effects of tiny particles in our air.
People of PACE: Ivona Cetinic Studies the Ocean’s Microscopic Organisms
2023.12.12
Ivona Cetinić is a biological oceanographer in the Ocean Ecology Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Contributions of the DC-8 to Earth System Science at NASA: A Workshop
2023.12.11
Jointly organized by the NASA History Office and the Earth Science Division, this workshop seeks to document the important contributions of airborne campaigns implemented on NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory. The workshop will be a combination of keynote talks, panel discussions, and roundtables.
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