Features
- Science for a Hungry World Podcasts
NASA satellite remote sensing data provide the world with essential information that enables government organizations to feed the hungry, policymakers to make informed decisions, and aid organizations to provide relief.
- Perspectives: Why EOS Matters, 10 years later
Nearly a decade ago, ecologist Steve Running described how NASA’s Earth Observing System missions were going to help us answer this crucial question: Is the current human occupancy and activity of planet Earth sustainable? In 2009, he revisited the question, making the case that Earth-observing satellites are more important than ever as humanity begins to deal with a changing climate.
- Catalog of Earth Satellite Orbits
Different orbits give satellites different vantage points for viewing Earth. This fact sheet describes the common Earth satellite orbits and some of the challenges of maintaining them.
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News
- September 28 NASA Ice Campaign Takes Flight in Antarctica
- September 24 NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning
- September 23 Eye on Locusts: Scientists Make a Good Tool Better
Special Collections
- Blue Marble
Composite satellite images of the entire Earth.
- Experiments
Hands-on educational activities.
- Visible Earth
A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet.
- NASA Earth Observations
View, download, and analyze imagery of Earth science data.
- NASA Global Climate Change
NASA’s Eyes on the Earth
- Glossary
- Overpass Predictor