News of the week
Glowing plants a sign of health12 February 2014Radiant skin is considered a sign of good health in humans, but plants also glow when they are well.
Image of the week
Sochi at nightThree months after bearing the Olympic torch outside their orbiting home, the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) got to look down on that flame from above. On the evening of February 10, 2014, an Expedition 38 crew member on the ISS captured this digital photograph of Sochi, Russia, along the coast of the Black Sea. (Source: NASA Earth Observatory)
Earth Observation Missions
Skybox Imaging Exec discusses constellation plans12 February 2014Skybox Imaging has taken the first steps toward fleshing out its entire constellation of small, high-resolution Earth observation satellites. 
NASA-USGS Landsat 8 satellite celebrates first year of success11 February 2014One year ago, on 11 February 2013, NASA launched the Landsat 8 Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The launch went perfectly, and 100 days later NASA transferred operational control to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Research and Applications
High-res satellites help track whale populations12 February 2014New high-resolution satellite imagery now allows researchers to spot and count whales from space, greatly expediting population analyses used in conservation efforts, according to a new report.
Did you know?
Looking forward to another 10 years of science on board the International Space Station15 February 2014The world can change in a decade, as we well know. The same is true in space. Over the last ten years, the International Space Station (ISS) has been producing results at an extraordinary rate.
Events
34th EARSeL Symposium16 - 20 June 2014Organisation: European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) Location: Warsaw, Poland Symposium Overview: EARSeL is a scientific network of European remote sensing laboratories, coming from both academia and commercial/industrial sector, which covers all fields of geoinformation and Earth observation through remote sensing. All scientists, professionals and researchers involved or interested in the field of the symposium are strongly encouraged to present papers according to the following topics:
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EO Missions Database
Visit the eoPortal database to find out about spaceborne EO missions and sensors to discover more about past, operational and future missions. This is complemented with detailed articles of airborne sensors. This database is based on the book of Herbert J. Kramer Observation of the Earth and its Environments and describes over 600 missions in detail. Online updated version of "Earth Observation History of Technical Introduction" available as of January 02, 2017. |
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