Each day in the control room of the Curiosity rover is jam-packed with important scientific decisions, as a NASA project scientist describes.
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NASA’s vision: To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.
To do that, thousands of people have been working around the world – and off of it – for 50 years, trying to answer some basic questions. What’s out there in space? How do we get there? What will we find? What can we learn there, or learn just by trying to get there, that will make life better here on Earth?
NASA conducts its work in three principal organisations, called mission directorates:
Aeronautics: pioneers and proves new flight technologies that improve our ability to explore and which have practical applications on Earth.
Human Exploration and Operations: focuses on International Space Station operations and human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.
Science: explores the Earth, solar system and universe beyond; charts the best route of discovery; and reaps the benefits of Earth and space exploration for society.
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Millions of dollars have gone into California’s forest carbon offset program – with little new carbon storage to show for it, a new study suggests.
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A closer look at how ice cover changed through the months offers some important insights into the role of climate change and why every year isn’t a record.
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Nuestros últimos estudios sugieren que el metano, un gas de efecto invernadero más potente que el dióxido de carbono, se está acumulando en la atmósfera debido a la actividad humana.
A new assessment found substantial warming is much more solidly assured than we thought.
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Associate Research Scientist in polar sea ice variability, NASA
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Project Scientist, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA
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Research Scientist, Ames Research Center, NASA
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Research scientist, NASA
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Director, Information Retrieval and Data Science Group and Adjunct Associate Professor, USC and Principal Data Scientist, NASA
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Space Physicist, NASA
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NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA
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Associate Research Scientist, NASA
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Sea Ice Scientist and Deputy Project Scientist for NASA's Operation IceBridge, NASA
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Planetary Sciences, NASA
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Climate Scientist, NASA
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Research Scientist of Planetary Studies, NASA
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Research Psychologist, NASA
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Principal Investigator on the Deep Space Atomic Clock Technology Demonstration Mission, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Senior Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, NASA