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NASA, Japan Release Most Complete Topographic Map of Earth
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Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
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Space Radar Reveals Topography of Tsunami Site
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two color-coded perspective views of the Independent State of Samoa (left) and American Samoa (right), generated with digital elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, illustrate ...
ESA presents Mars in 3D
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Feb 05, 2008 |
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Mars is about to come into 3D focus as never before, thanks to the data from the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). A new high-resolution Digital Terrain Model data set that has just been released ...
Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 Begins Mapping Oceans
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Jul 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Less than a month after launch, the NASA-French space agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps of global ocean surface ...
Cassini Provides Virtual Flyover of Saturn's Moon Titan
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Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Fly me to the moon"-to Saturn's moon Titan, that is. New Titan movies and images are providing a bird's-eye view of the moon's Earth-like landscapes.
NASA Goes 'Down Under' for Shuttle Mapping Mission Finale
Jan 07, 2005 |
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Culminating more than four years of processing data, NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have completed Earth's most extensive global topographic map. The data, extensive enough to f ...
Scientists spend a white Christmas in Antarctica
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea of a white Christmas may seem magical for many of us, but spare a thought for a team of scientists forgoing the festive season to take part in a novel campaign being carried out in ...
Mars Express to rendezvous with Martian moon
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Jul 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers are preparing ESA’s Mars Express for a pair of close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos. Passing within 100 km of the surface, Mars Express will conduct some of the ...
Cassini Radar Images Sea, Islands and Mountains
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May 24, 2007 |
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On May 12, 2007, Cassini completed its 31st flyby of Saturn's moon Titan, which the team calls T30. The radar instrument obtained this image showing the coastline and numerous island groups of a portion of ...
ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.
Satellites Capture Sea Surface Heights Around the World
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Feb 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This artist's rendering shows a "family portrait" of Jason-1, Topex/Poseidon, and OSTM/Jason-2, all NASA satellites that collect data about sea surface heights around the world. Sea surface ...
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