Press releases from the NASA centers and from NASA researchers.
Laser Technology Moves Toward the Marketplace
May 10 — Aerospace technology originally developed for
studying Earth?s atmosphere from space has been licensed to a U.S.
company to increase the reliability of lasers used for everything from
medical applications to detection of gas leaks. George E. Lockard of the
Langley Research Center?s Remote Sensing Technology Branch invented
the patented technology as part of his work developing a high?energy
laser for measuring atmospheric water vapor, clouds, and aerosols. More
Robot Aircraft to Probe Subtropic Climate
May 5 — For the first time properties of high-level cirrus
clouds that may influence global warming were measured over the subtropical
Pacific Ocean. The remotely piloted aircraft flew at an altitude of 50,000
feet near the Hawaiian islands. More
CloudSat to Study Clouds and Climate
May 3 — NASA will take a revolutionary, global look at
clouds with a new spaceborne radar capable of peering deep into their
interior to study their structure, composition, and effects on climate.
The CloudSat satellite, to be launched in 2003, will fly information with
the Earth Observing System PM platform. More
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