Satellite imagery provides a unique perspective on our planet and can encompass a wide range of different scientific disciplines including climate change, weather, volcanic eruptions and even animal behavior. Every week, we take a bird's eye view of Earth, and see how it affects the people livi...
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. It is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998. Now the largest artificial body in orbit, it can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS ...
Planet is able to put it all together into its cloud-based imagery platform,PlanetScope. As such, it delivers images of Earth at 3 meters per pixel every day, which is uncontested in satellite imagery. Live Satellite Maps Although there are several options for a live satellite map of the w...
SATELLITE NEWS CHINA PLANS TO BUILD ENORMOUS SOLAR ARRAY IN SPACE — AND IT COULD COLLECT MORE ENERGY IN A YEAR THAN 'ALL THE OIL ON EARTH' - Chinese scientists have announced a plan to build an enormous, 0.6 mile (1 kilometer) wide solar power station in space that will beam continuous...
JAXA’S FIRST WOODEN SATELLITE DEPLOYS FROM SPACE STATION- In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. ...
- This app shows real-time earth view from space - Zoom In / Zoom out functionality - Search any places and add it by using search places feature - Supports different types of maps like Normal, Satellite, Terrain - 3D Buildings or satellite images ...
An image of the Earth taken by the Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No.1. (Image credit: NTsOMZ) Think of it as an amped up version of the iconic "Blue Marble" image. A new photo of Earth from space highlights the striking beauty and intensely rich colors of our home planet. ...
The Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft will be launched on May 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. Taikonauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao will carry out the mission to the China Space Station, the China Manned Space Agency announced at...
International Space Station(ISS) for NASA and returning them to Earth since 2020. The company's current astronaut mission for NASA, Crew-9, launched on Sept. 28 and is underway. The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-8 mission for NASA will return to Earth on Oct. 14. ...
(Image credit: SpaceX) "Polaris Dawn we are mission complete!" said Isaacman on splashdown. "Thanks for the big help pulling this mission together." September 15, 2024 at 3:35 PM First ground view of returning Dragon capsule! At 3:27 am EDT 7:27 UTC Earth caught its first view of...