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Enabling Relief in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters
A massive earthquake hit Indonesia in September 2018. The California Wildfire afflicted the state’s residents in November of 2018. In each disaster, residents and emergency teams dealt with extreme changes…
The Power of Fiber
The blades of wind turbines require regular inspections and maintenance. One technology developed for satellite bus temperature sensing is being used to help with both tasks by monitoring the shape…
Addressing Vehicle Emissions
Understanding real world vehicle emissions may help governments in some areas of the world save lives. In the... Understanding real world vehicle emissions may help governments in some areas of…
FINDER: It Helps Find People
From helping teams find victims in collapsed buildings to remotely monitoring quarantined patients, NASA has a technology to do both. An algorithm used for NASA’s measurement of the orbit of…
Tracking the Effects of Mining Waste
When overhead space assets show the impacts of mining on the environment. Bento Rodriguez, a Brazilian village of about 600 people, ceased to exist in early November 2015. The town…
California’s Rapid Fall into Water Bankruptcy
Space radar exposes the depth of California's water problems. [caption id="attachment_3543" align="alignright"]Satellite-provided radar data shows the sinking of land in California, resulting from the state's overuse of groundwater. Credit: Canadian…
Saving Money with Old Rain Data
Satellite rainfall data might help Indian residents save money. A space program that ended in 2015 still provides money-saving data for researchers. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite collected…
Satellite Radar Helps UK police in critical searches
Whether using multispectral imagery from satellite imagery providers such as DigitalGlobe, or synthetic aperture radar (SAR) products from satellites such as the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) TerraSAR-X, law enforcement agencies…
Crowdsourcing the Search for a Missing Jet With Satellite Imagery
There are other ways to become even more involved with space activities. Satellite imagery companies are offering opportunities for people to provide imagery analysis. Crowdsourcing has become a key approach…
Conversations of Space Robots and Explorers in Social Media
Social media and space agency public relations worked together to bring awareness of space program activities by endowing personality to robots flying through space. “Namaste, @MarsOrbiter!” displayed a playful tenor…