The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, which is the second Earth Explorer Opportunity mission to be developed as part of ESA’s Living Planet Program, will provide global maps of moisture over the Earth’s landmasses and salinity over the oceans. These observations will improve our understanding of hydrology and ocean circulation patterns.
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| Credits: NASA |
Carnival of Space #110 – the Phobos-Grunt, Liberty and Pants-on-Fire Edition – is hosted by Wayne at Kentucky Space.
This week you can read about the Apollo Moon Program, automated Moon rovers, a new Russian interplanetary mission, space-based solar power, and much more.
On June 27, 2009, 6:51 PM EDT, the GOES-O weather satellite launched aboard a Delta IV launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. GOES-O became GOES-14 on July 7, 2009, when it reached its planed geostationary orbit (35,900 km).
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| Credits: David Seal |
Carnival of Space #109 is hosted by Jennifer Ouellette at Twisted Physics.
The Carnival of Space presents Fred Hoyle as the scientist of the 1950s, the Leviathan of Parsontown, conflicting findings regarding Saturn, the Tunguska mystery, and much more.
On July 1, 2009, an Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana. The 45th mission of an Ariane 5 carried on orbit the TerreSat-1 satellite, which was the heaviest commercial satellite ever launched.
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