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 07.24.06 - CALIPSO's First Images Offer New Dimension to Air Quality and Climate Research
The CALIPSO spacecraft collected its first data recently, a major milestone for one of NASA's newest satellite missions.
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 04.28.06 - NASA Launches Satellites for Weather, Climate, Air Quality Studies
Two NASA satellites were launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on missions to reveal the inner secrets of clouds and aerosols, tiny particles suspended in the air.
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 04.27.06 - NASA'S CloudSat And CALIPSO Launch Rescheduled
NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. is scheduled for 6:02 a.m. EDT Friday, April 28.
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 04.26.06 - Weather Again Scrubs Launch
Launch of NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO has been rescheduled for 6:02 a.m. EDT on Thursday, April 27.
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 04.25.06 - CloudSat and CALIPSO Launch Scrubbed
NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO launch was scrubbed Tuesday shortly before 6 a.m. EDT due to higher than allowable upper level wind conditions.
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  FEATURES
 
 data image from CALIPSO and CloudSat Validation Experiment
09.14.06 - Validation Exercise Asks, "May I Have This Dance?"
Both the CALIPSO and CloudSat satellites are looking at clouds and aerosols from 438 miles above Earth. But, how do the researchers know these long-distance observers are getting it right?
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 Earth Observing Satellites
02.25.05 - CALIPSO and CloudSat: Dancing Around Earth
NASA's launch of two new satellites will add a fresh rhythm to the skies.
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 A thumbnail image of the American students and their teacher working on challenge questions during the video-conference.
03.28.05 - Linking-Up to Study Climate and Weather
NASA hosts live videoconference, links students in France and the U.S. with mission scientists.
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 A microscopic view of ice crystals which are found in cirrus clouds, even in the summertime.
01.28.05 - Scientists Studying Wintry Ice In Summer Clouds
Ice crystals at the top of big summertime clouds may help scientists predict next winter's snowstorm.
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  MEDIA RESOURCES 
 
 + CALIPSO - CloudSat Launch Press Kit (1.9 Mb - PDF)

+ Science Writers' Guide: CALIPSO, CloudSat, GRACE (2.6 Mb - PDF)

+ CALIPSO Fact Sheet (3.4 Mb - PDF)

+ Aerosols: More Than Meets the Eye (951 Kb - PDF)

+ The Importance of Understanding Clouds (449 Kb - PDF)

+ The Balance of Power in the Earth-Sun System (605 Kb - PDF)


 


  MEDIA CONTACTS 
 Members of the media - please contact the following individuals for more information on the CALIPSO mission:

Erica Hupp/Dolores Beasley
NASA Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1237/1753

Chris Rink
Langley Research Center
(757) 864-6786
Christopher.P.Rink@nasa.gov

Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center
(321) 861-7642
Bruce.Buckingham-1@nasa.gov

George Diller
Kennedy Space Center
(321) 861-7643
George.H.Diller@nasa.gov

Eliane Moreaux
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
eliane.moreaux@cnes.fr


 


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