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Terra completes 100,000 orbits

Terra: The Hardest Working Satellite in Earth Orbit

Since 1999, NASA’s Terra Earth observing satellite has completed more than 100,000 orbits. The instrument data from this workhorse satellite has resulted in one of the longest continuous data records of our planet ever recorded from space.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Screenshot of the ACCESS Sta3cd project

Providing ACCESS to EOSDIS Data

NASA’s ACCESS Program helps create and enhance technologies that make EOSDIS data more available for global interdisciplinary research.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
The image above shows a revised mosaic map of Antarctica produced by the RAMP project.

RAMPing Up

The RADARSAT Antarctic Mapping Project provides the world's first high-resolution map of Antarctica.
Feature Article
Sept. 11, 2020
A man stands in the middle of the Karakoram Highway while rocks tumble down into the Hunza River in Pakistan’s Gojal region.

Waiting for Gojal

Scientists and satellites hold vigil on a newborn lake in Pakistan.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
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