ECOSTRESS @NASA
Source: NASA-JPL/Caltech
Published: August 6, 2020
This animation of an ECOSTRESS mission PowerPoint presentation explains evapotranspiration and describes the innovations required to make these important measurements from space. It then shows how it was implemented and describes its impacts on society.
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OCO-2 & OCO-3 @NASA
Source: NASA-JPL/Caltech
Published: August 6, 2020
This animation of an Orbiting Carbon Observatories (OCO-2 & OCO-3) missions PowerPoint presentation highlights CO2’s role in the increase of greenhouse gasses and describes the innovations required to accurately measure CO2 from space. It then shows how they were implemented and describes their impacts on society.
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Earth And Sun from the Moon’s South Pole
Image Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Published: November 16, 2021
This visualization shows the unusual motions of the Earth and Sun as viewed from the South Pole of the Moon. The animation compresses three months (a little over three lunar days) into two minutes. The virtual camera is on the rim of Shackleton Crater, partially visible in the bottom right, and is aimed at the Earth. The mountain on the horizon, about 85 miles away, is unofficially known as Mons Malapert.
Here, the Sun glides around the horizon, never more than 1.5 degrees above or below it, while the Earth bobs up and down, never veering far from 0° longitude. The Earth appears to be upside-down and rotating backwards. The perpetually low Sun angle produces extremely long shadows that rotate across the rugged lunar terrain.
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What the Heck is That?
Image Credit: NASA/GSFC
Published: September 14, 2021
From mysterious swirls of pale dust to oblong craters and oddly-shaped ridges, numerous sights on the lunar landscape are subject to a wide range of inquiry. In this video, Dr. Noah Petro, the Project Scientist of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, examines some of these strange and unusual looking features on the Moon to answer the most profound question of them all: “What the heck is that?” The Moon is not made of cheese, but this production definitely is. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
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We Go as the Artemis Generation
Image Credit: NASA
Published: September 14, 2021
We go: to the Moon and on to Mars. Our generation, the Artemis generation, will explore farther than we’ve ever gone before. The Artemis program will send the first woman and first person of color to walk on the surface of the Moon and build a sustainable base to prepare for missions to Mars and beyond.
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How We Are Going to the Moon
Image Credit: NASA
Published: September 14, 2021
While Apollo placed the first steps on the Moon, Artemis opens the door for humanity to sustainably work and live on another world for the first time. We are returning to the Moon – to stay – and this is how we are going!
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Evolution of the Moon
Image Credit: NASA GSFC
Published: September 14, 2021
From year to year, the Moon doesn’t seem to change dramatically. Craters and other formations appear to be permanent now, but the Moon didn’t always look like this. Thanks to NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we have a better look at some of the Moon’s history. Learn more in this video!
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