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2014 is a big year for the exploration of our home planet. For the first time in more
than a decade, 5 NASA Earth science missions will head into space in one year.
NASA satellites, aircraft, and research help scientists find answers to critical challenges
facing our planet today -- from climate change to sea level rise, natural disasters, and
extreme weather. The first mission is the Global Precipitation
Measurement Core Observatory. This is a joint project with the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency to produce the first nearly global views of rainfall and snowfall.
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 will make precise, global measurements of the greenhouse
gas that is a major contributor to global warming.
The Soil Moisture Active Passive mission will track Earth's water into one of its last hiding
places -- the soil -- to help better manage water resources and improve climate and weather
forecasts. And we're sending two missions to fly on the
International
Space Station. In 2014 NASA will also fly a dozen scientific
airborne campaigns from the Arctic to the Antarctic -- develop new sensor technologies
-- and help put satellite data to work meeting the needs of people around the world.
Earth Right Now. Your planet is changing.
We're on it!