Kent Ross Program Manager, DEVELOP National Program, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center I’m originally from Tennessee. I have a B.S. in physics, an M.S. in civil engineering (focused on geomatics), and a Ph.D. in agronomy (focused on applications of remote sensing). My remote sensing focus in graduate school wasContinue Reading
A spray-on coating to keep power lines standing through an ice storm may not be the obvious fix for winter outages — but it’s exactly the kind of innovation that happens when MIT students tackle a sustainability challenge. “The big threat to the power line network is winter icing thatContinue Reading
With The Traitor’s budget knife still poised over NOAA’s climate research operations, international researchers see a reduced role for the nation that pioneered CO2 measurement. By Marianne Lavelle This fall, when the World Meteorological Organization confirmed the grim news—a record 3.5 parts per million annual increase in the global concentrationContinue Reading
3 min read NASA Wins Second Emmy Award for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast NASA’s broadcast of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has won an Emmy Award for Excellence in Production Technology. At the 76th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards on Dec. 4, in New York City, theContinue Reading
The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is pictured docked to the Prichal module. Below, the Pacific Ocean fades from view as an orbital sunset descends 258 miles beneath the orbiting complex. NASA Expedition 73 will swap commanders this weekend before three crew members return to Earth on Monday. Expedition 74 officially beginsContinue Reading
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Snorre Stamnes Research Physical Scientist, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Dr. Snorre Stamnes is an expert in polarized radiative transfer and optimal estimation. Dr. Stamnes developed the Microphysical Aerosol Properties from Polarimetry (MAPP) algorithm, the operational polarimetric aerosol and ocean remote sensing retrieval algorithm forContinue Reading
NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program is back in Antarctica for another long-duration scientific balloon campaign, with two launches planned from the icy surface. Launch operations will begin early December from the agency’s facility located near the U.S. National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station on the Ross Ice Shelf. NASA’s Long Duration BalloonContinue Reading
NASA/JPL-Caltech Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitor a research drone in this September 2025 photo. This flight occurred in Dumont Dunes, an area of the Mojave Desert, as part of a larger test campaign to develop navigation software that would guide future rotorcraft on Mars. The work was amongContinue Reading
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