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Team members working with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover created this “postcard” by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day...

Spaceflight poses a risk of adverse health effects due to the interactions between microorganisms, their hosts, and their environment. The JSC Microbiology team...

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It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth Observer to conduct an orderly...

An Intertwined History: The Earth Observer and EOS The Earth Observer, a newsletter issued for more than 36 years, will release its last online...

Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide 27 min read Terra: The End of An Era Introduction Launched into the night...

Introduction The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) was initially designed in the late-1980s and early-1990s as a facility instrument for NASA’s...

NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a...