ACCP
“Aerosols, Clouds, Convection, and Precipitation (ACCP) is a Designated Observable mission highlighted in the 2017 NASA Earth Science Decadal Survey, and will explore aerosol, cloud, convection, and precipitation processes in the Earth’s climate system.”
ACE - Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) satellite, also known as SCISAT-1, is a Canadian satellite that makes measurements of the Earth's atmosphere.
ACES
Atomic clock in Ensemble in Space (ACES) is an ESA ultra-stable clock experiment, a time and frequency mission to be flown on the Columbus module of the ISS (International Space Station), in support of fundamental physics tests.
AirMSPI
The Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI) instrument flies aboard NASA's ER-2 high altitude aircraft.
AIRS
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, AIRS, is an instrument whose goal is to support climate research and improved weather forecasting.
Airships
NASA is considering a stratospheric airship challenge to incentivize the demonstration of a long duration scientific platform for both Earth and space sciences.
Aqua
Aqua is a major international Earth Science satellite mission centered at NASA.
Aquarius
Aquarius measured global sea surface salinity to improve the understanding of ocean circulation and the linkage with climate and water cycle.
ARCADE
ARCADE (Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission) is a high altitude balloon payload designed to study the early universe.
ARIA
ARIA is a collaborative project between JPL and Caltech to develop data systems and data products based on radar, GPS, and seismic observations for hazard science and response.
ARTEMIS
<p>ARTEMIS stands for "Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon's Interaction with the Sun".</p>
ASTER
ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) is an imaging instrument flying on Terra, a satellite launched in December 1999 as part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS).
ASTER Volcano Archive (AVA)
This website provides access to a substantial part of the ASTER Volcano Archive (AVA) image data acquired over the life of the ASTER mission.
ASTERIA
Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics (ASTERIA)
Aura
Aura (Latin for breeze) was launched July 15, 2004. Aura is part of the Earth Science Projects Division.
AVIRIS
Airborne Visible / Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
BICEP
BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) is an experiment designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to unprecedented precision.
BICEP Array
BICEP Array is the fourth stage of the BICEP2/Keck/BICEP3
BICEP2 / Keck Array
BICEP2 and Keck Array follow BICEP and probe more deeply in the polarization of the CMB.
BICEP3
BICEP3 will provide the most sensitive map of the CMB & polarized foregrounds at 95 GHz at the spatial scales where the imprint of primordial Inflation may be found. It is supported by The Office of the Chief Scientist & Chief Technologist.
BLISS for SPICA
BLISS for SPICA is a US-built mid- to far-infrared spectrograph for the Japanese-led SPICA mission.
C-BASS
C-Bass will map the whole sky in temperature and polarization at 5GHz.
CAMLS (The Compact Adaptable Microwave Limb Sounder)
CAMLS is an engineering model of a submillimeter receiver/spectrometer system that can form the core of a range of next generation space-based microwave limb sounders for atmospheric composition. CAMLS will be tested in the airborne A-SMLS instrument.
CAMP2Ex
The Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex)
Cassini
A joint endeavor of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Cassini is a sophisticated robotic spacecraft orbiting the ringed planet and studying the Saturnian system in detail.
Cassini-Huygens
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft explored the ringed planet, its mysterious moons, the stunning rings and its complex magnetic environment.
CFIS (Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer)
The airborne Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer (CFIS) was built at JPL for OCO-2 validation purposes. It is a high-resolution imaging spectrometer, optimized for remote sensing of chlorophyll fluorescence.
Chandrayaan-1
Chardrayaan-1 is the first Indian Mission to the Moon devoted to high-resolution remote sensing of the lunar surface features in visible, near infrared, X-ray and low energy gamma ray regions.
CIBER2
Near-infrared extragalactic background experiment
CitcomSVE
3D GIA Modeling for Gravimetry and ISSM
CLARREO
Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO)
CLARS
CLARS is an observing facility for the measurement of greenhouse gases and pollutant emissions from sources in the South Coast Air Basin.
CLASH
Cluster Lensing And Supernova Survey with Hubble (CLASH) - An Innovative Survey to Place New Constraints on the Fundamental Components of the Cosmos using the Hubble Space Telescope
CliMA
The Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA) is a coalition of scientists and engineers, who are building an Earth system model that leverages advances in the computational and data sciences to learn from Earth observations from space and the ground.
CloudSat
CloudSat is an experimental satellite that uses radar to study clouds and precipitation from space. CloudSat flys in orbital formation as part of the A-Train constellation of satellites (Aqua, CloudSat, CALIPSO, PARASOL, and Aura).
CMS Flux (Carbon Monitoring System Flux)
Carbon Monitoring System Flux (CMS Flux) incorporates the full suite of NASA observational, modeling, and assimilation capabilities to attribute CO-2 climate forcing to spatially resolved emissions.
COMAP
The CO Mapping Array Pathfinder (COMAP) will open a new window on both the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) and the Epoch of Galaxy Assembly by using carbon monoxide (CO) lines to trace the distribution of star-forming galaxies in both epochs.
CuSPP+
The CuSPP CubeSat will study solar particles over Earth’s poles to provide space weather relevant observations through combined interplanetary energetic particle and suprathermal source population observations at high cadence.
CYGNSS
The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) will measure ocean surface wind speed throughout the life cycle of tropical storms and hurricanes. The goal is a fundamental improvement in hurricane forecasting.
Dark Energy Survey (DES)
DES is a optical survey that covers 5000 square degree of the sky and aims at constraining dark energy through weak lensing, SN1A, galaxy clusters, and baryonic acoustic oscillations.
DAVINCI
NASA’s DAVINCI mission will study the origin, evolution, and present state of Venus in unprecedented detail from near the top of the clouds to the planet’s surface.
Dawn
Dawn's goal is to characterize the conditions and processes of the solar system's earliest epoch by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets remaining intact since their formations.
DESDynI
DESDynI is a dedicated U.S. InSAR and LIDAR mission optimized for studying hazards and global environmental change.
DEVELOP
The Applied Sciences' DEVELOP National Program addresses environmental and public policy issues through interdisciplinary research projects that apply the lens of NASA Earth Observing Systems to community concerns around the globe.
DOE Terrestrial Ecosystem Science
DOE Terrestrial Ecosystem Science seeks to improve the representation of terrestrial ecosystem processes in Earth system models thereby improving the quality of climate model projections.
DSCOVR
The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Air Force.
ECCO
The "Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean" (ECCO) produces descriptions of the complete time-evolving state of the ocean by synthesizing nearly all extant observations with state-of-the-art models.
ECCO-IcES
ECCO-IcES is a project that aims to produce increasingly accurate syntheses of all available global-scale ocean and sea-ice data at resolutions that start to resolve ocean eddies.
EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation)
The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) is an Earth Ventures-Instrument (EVI-4) Mission to map the surface mineralogy of arid dust source regions via imaging spectroscopy in the visible and short-wave infrared (VSWIR).
Euclid
Euclid is a mission designed to study "dark energy", the hypothesized cause of the Universe's accelerated expansion. I am a member of the NASA-funded Euclid Science Team.
Europa Clipper
NASA's Europa Clipper mission will conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon Europa to investigate whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life.
FIRS (Far Infrared Surveyor)
The Far Infrared Surveyor is a large cryogenic space telescope envisioned as a follow-on to the Spitzer Space Telescope (Spitzer) and the Herschel Space Observatory.
FTUVS instrument at Table Mountain Facility
In order to improve our understanding of key trace gases that control the profile of atmospheric ozone, we develop and operate UV-Visible spectrometers at JPL’s Table Mountain Facility
GEMP
Galactic Emission Mapping Project (GEMP) is a project located in Portugal aimed at mapping the polarised galactic emission at 5GHz and 10GHz.
GeoGateway
GeoGateway is a data product search and analysis gateway for scientific discovery, field use, and disaster response. GeoGateway focuses on NASA geodetic imaging products from InSAR and GPS integrated with earthquake faults datasets, seismicity, and ...
GeoSTAR
The Geostationary Synthetic Thinned Aperture Radiometer (GeoSTAR) is a new concept for a microwave sounder, intended to be deployed on NOAA's next generation of geostationary weather satellites, the GOES-R series.
GHRSST
The Group for High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (SST) (GHRSST) provides a new generation of global high-resolution (<10km) SST products.
Glory
Although it failed at launch, the Glory Science Team was tasked to pursue its research goals with any form of data that approximates what its two instruments, the Aerosol Polarimetric Sensor (APS) and Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM), would have collected.
GOSAT Project
The Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) Project is a joint effort promoted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE).
GOZCARDS
Future generations will be in need of long-term data records of atmospheric composition to better understand the atmospheric variability and trends.
GPM
The Global Precipitation Mission provides new information on precipitation characteristics and how rain and snow interact within the Earth system.
GPS-Aided Tsunami Early Detection (GATED) system
The "GPS-Aided Tsunami Early Detection (GATED) system" project exploits GPS data to enable more accurate and timely assessment of the magnitude and structure of earthquakes, as well as the magnitude and direction of resulting tsunamis.
GRACE
GRACE, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, provided measurements of the Earth’s gravity field caused by melting ice sheets, changing large aquifers and waters.
GRACE Follow-On
GRACE Follow-On, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On, provides measurements of the Earth’s month-to-month mass variations.
GRACE-Tellus
Produces and delivers high-quality, easy-to use data products derived from the GRACE mission.
GREAT
The "GPS-aided Real-Time Earthquake And Tsunami (GREAT) Alert System" project exploits GPS data to enable more accurate and timely assessment of the magnitude and structure of earthquakes, as well as the magnitude and direction of resulting tsunamis.
Herschel
The Herschel Space Observatory was a space-based telescope that studied the Universe in the light of the far-infrared and submillimeter portions of the spectrum.
High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy
This effort supports atmospheric remote sensing of the Earth, our Solar System (planets, moons and comets) and some astronomical bodies (such as stars and their planets, brown dwarfs).
HST (Hubble Space Telescope)
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was launched April 24, 1990, on the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC)
The Subaru HSC survey is an optical survey that covers 1400 square degrees of the sky with the depth of median redshift~1. One of the main science targets of the survey is weak lensing cosmology.
HyspIRI Mission Study
The Hyperspectral Infrared Imager or HyspIRI mission will study the worlds ecosystems and provide critical information on natural disasters.
HyTES
The Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer
I3RC
The Intercomparison of 3D Radiation Codes (I3RC) is an ongoing grassroots project in the international atmospheric 3D radiative transfer community focused on creating benchmarks for and verifying their computational models.
Ice sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE)
IMBIE is a collaboration between scientists supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and contributes to assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
InSight
InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) is a NASA Discovery Program mission that will place a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior.
INSPIRE
The Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE) project will demonstrate the revolutionary capability of deep space CubeSats by placing a nanospacecraft in Earth-escape orbit...
Io Volcano Observer (IVO)
A proposed mission called Io Volcano Observer (IVO) would visit Jupiter’s moon Io, which is a true volcanic wonderland with hundreds of erupting volcanoes gushing tons of molten lava
ISMIP6
ISMIP6 (Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Model for CMIP6) is the primary activity within the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project – phase 6 (CMIP6) focusing on the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
ISS-RapidScat
The RapidScat on board of the International Space Station measures ocean surface wind speed and direction for weather and climate applications.
ISSM
ISSM (Ice Sheet and Sea-level System Model) is a state of the art ice flow modeling software developed at JPL in collaboration with University of California Irvine and Dartmouth College.
Jason-3
Jason-3 continues the time series of ocean surface topography data after TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2.
Jason-CS / Sentinel-6
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, named in honor of the former Director of Earth Science at NASA, continues measuring ocean surface topography, a climate data record of sea level.
JIFRESSE
JIFRESSE is a scientific collaboration between UCLA and JPL to improve understanding and to develop future projections about global climate change.
JPL Laser Hygrometer
The JPL Laser Hygrometer measures in-situ water vapor from aircraft platforms in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere for both NASA and non-NASA customers.
Juno
Juno is in 53-day polar orbits, observing Jupiter in order to understand the planet's gross size and structural properties, as well as measuring its atmospheric composition, temperature and deep wind profiles.
K2 mission
The Kepler and K2 missions use transit photometry to detect exoplanets.
Kepler
The Kepler Mission, NASA's mission to find how many potentially habitable exoplanets exist, launched in 2009 and is now finding thousands of exoplanet candidates.
Lunar Trailblazer
Lunar Trailblazer targets one of the most surprising discoveries of the decade: Water on the Moon.
LUVOIR
The Large ultraviolet, optical, infrared (LUVOIR) study is one of four flagship-scale missions being explored in advance of the 2020 astrophysics decadal. I am a member of the Science and Technology Definition Team.
MAIA
MAIA represents the first time NASA has partnered with epidemiologists and health organizations to use space-based data to study human health and improve lives.
Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE)
Europa Clipper’s Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa, or MISE (pronounced “mize”), will analyze infrared light reflected from Europa. It will measure the presence, absence, strength, and weakness of various wavelengths, or frequencies, of light. MISE
Mars 2020
NASA's Mars 2020 mission will build upon many discoveries from the Curiosity Mars rover and the two Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity by taking the next key steps in our understanding of Mars' potential as a habitat for past or present life.
Mars Odyssey
In its extended mission, Mars Odyssey continues to map chemical elements and minerals on the surface of Mars and to monitor changes at the surface for another Mars year.
MARSIS
MARSIS is a radar sounder on the Mars Express orbiter that is probing the subsurface and studying the ionosphere.
MEaSUREs: SIF-ESDR
NASA's Earth Science Program is dedicated to advancing Earth remote sensing and pioneering the scientific use of satellite measurements to improve human understanding of our home planet.
MicroSCOPE
MicroSCOPE (Micro-Satellite à traînée Compensée pour l'Observation du Principe d'Equivalence) is an approved CNES/ESA gravity-research minisatellite mission, The objective is to conduct a fundamental physics experiment, namely to test the ...
MIRO
MIRO (Microwave Instrument for the Rosetta Orbiter) is a scientific instrument on the ROSETTA Spacecraft.
MISR
The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument provides a unique opportunity for studying the environment and climate of Earth through the acquisition of global multiangle imagery on the daylit side of Earth.
MLS - Microwave Limb Sounder
The Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) experiments measure naturally-occurring microwave thermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's atmosphere to remotely sense vertical profiles of atmospheric gases, temperature, pressure, and cloud ice.
MODIS
With its sweeping 2,330-km-wide viewing swath, MODIS sees every point on our world every 1-2 days in 36 discrete spectral bands.
MODIS/ASTER (MASTER)
The MODIS/ASTER (MASTER) airborne simulator is a joint development involving the Airborne Sensor Facility at the Ames Research Center, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the EROS Data Center.
Moon Multispectral Mapper
The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M-3) is one of two instruments that NASA is contributing to India's first mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1 (meaning "Lunar Craft" in ancient Sanskrit), which launched on October 22, 2008.
MRO - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) launched in 2005 and is on a search for evidence that water persisted on the surface of Mars for a long period of time.
MSL - Mars Science Laboratory
The Curiosity rover landed at Gale Crater on August 5, 2012. It is designed to search for and assess past or present habitable environments, i.e., those capable of supporting microbial life.
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to unravel the secrets of dark energy and dark matter, search for and image exoplanets, and explore many topics in infrared astrophysics.
NASA Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science (IDS)
This project uses spaceborne and tower data with carbon and water cycle models to understand how changes in temperature and water availability over the last decade have affected vegetation photosynthesis and carbon uptake in N America.
NASA Sea Level Change Team
NASA’s Sea Level Change team was selected in 2014, 2017, and 2020, to focus on advancing NASA sea level science and forming new collaborations to tackle the interdisciplinary challenges in sea level research.
NASA-ISRO SAR Mission (NISAR)
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, is a satellite radar mission run jointly by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) that will survey Earth’s changing ecosystems, dynamic surface, and ice masses.
NEAScout
NEA Scout is an exciting new mission that was recently selected by NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) by a team from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Marshall Space Flight Center.
NEAT - Near Earth Asteroid Tracking
The Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) project comprises two autonomous observing systems at the Maui Space Surveillance Site, NEAT/MSSS, and at Palomar Observatory, NEAT/Palomar.
NEO Surveyor
NEO Surveyor is a new mission proposal designed to discover and characterize most of the potentially hazardous asteroids that are near the Earth.
NEOWISE
The NEOWISE project is the asteroid-hunting portion of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. NEOWISE harvests measurements of asteroids and comets from the WISE images and provides a rich archive for searching WISE data for solar...
New Horizons
New Horizons is the first mission in NASA's New Frontiers program of medium-class planetary missions. It will be the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moon Charon.
NEWS
The NASA Energy and Water cycle Study project uses satellite observations to improve predictions of water-related processes in the Earth's climate system.
NPP
The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) mission collects and distributes remotely-sensed land, ocean, and atmospheric data to the meteorological and global climate change communities.
NSF Ecosystem Science
A Belowground Framework for Predicting How Plant-Microbe Interactions Couple Carbon and Nutrient Economies of Forests.
NuSTAR
NuSTAR, launched in June 2012, is a pathfinder mission that has opened the high energy X-ray sky to sensitive study for the first time.
OASIS
The goal of the Onboard Autonomous Science Investigation System (OASIS) project at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is to evaluate, and autonomously act upon, science data gathered by in-situ spacecraft, such as planetary landers and rovers.
OCO-2 - Orbiting Carbon Observatory
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) is a mission designed to make precise, time-dependent global measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO-2) from an Earth orbiting satellite.
OCO-3 - Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3, or OCO-3, is a space instrument flying on the International Space Station designed to investigate important questions about the distribution of carbon dioxide on Earth.
OMG (Oceans Melting Greenland)
OMG uses the GLISTIN-A radar to measure Greenland's receding glaciers, air-dropped ocean sensors to measure the nearby oceans, as well as ship-based sonar and airborne gravity to map the depth and shape of the sea floor around the glaciers.
Origins Space Telescope
Origins Space Telescope is a NASA study for an 8+ meter cryogenic telescope targeting the earliest heavy element and the formation of life-bearing planets.
OSIRIS
OSIRIS is the Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System on the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission.
OSTM/Jason 2
OSTM/Jason-2 provides continues the legacies of TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions for measuring ocean surface dynamic topography.
OurOcean
The JPL OurOcean Portal provides both real-time and retrospective analysis of remote sensing data and ocean model simulations in the Pacific Ocean.
PACE
PACE's advanced technologies will provide unprecedented insight into Earth's ocean and atmosphere, which impact our everyday lives by regulating climate and making our planet habitable.
Palomar
The 200 inch telescope at Palomar Observatory is used by JPL astronomers for research including high resolution, high contrast imaging of exoplanets.
Parker Solar Probe
Parker Solar Probe will study the streams of charged particles the Sun hurls into space from a vantage point where the processes that produce the solar wind actually occur.
PASIPHAE
A unique Astrophysics experiment is set to take place at the Skinakas Observatory, Crete, and the South African Astronomical Observatory in Sutherland, South Africa, aiming to clear the path towards the detection of the imprint on primordial light ..
PHyTIR
The Prototype HyspIRI Thermal Infrared Radiometer is a complete prototype of the HyspIRI Thermal Infrared Radiometer.
Planck
Planck is the first European mission to study the birth of the Universe. Planck was launched on May 14, 2009.
PROPER
A library of IDL, Python, and Matlab routines for optical diffraction propagation
QuakeSim
Cyberinfrastructure for integrated modeling and analysis of geodetic imaging and other earthquake related data for understanding earthquake processes.
Quantum capacitance detector (QCD)
detector development. The QCD is this most sensitive far-IR detector ever made, enabling space-borne spectroscopy at the zodiacal-light limit and now demonstrating far-IR photon counting.
QuikScat
The Quick Scatterometer, or QuikScat, is an Earth satellite that provides valuable data on ocean winds.
RIME
RIME, the Radar for Icy Moon Exploration, is a radar sounder designed to probe the icy crusts of Jupiter's satellites.
ROBO-AO
Robo-AO is the first autonomous laser adaptive optics system and science instrument operating on sky.
ROMS - Regional Ocean Modeling System
The goal of the JPL ROMS group is to provide real-time and retrospective analysis of remote sensing data and ocean model simulations in the Pacific Ocean. We are particularly interested in the U.S. West Coastal Ocean with focused areas around Southern Cal
Rosetta
The Rosetta mission is designed to study the origin of comets, the relationship between cometary and interstellar material and its implications with regard to the origin of the Solar System.
SAFIR
The Single Aperture Far-Infrared Observatory (SAFIR) is a large cryogenic space telescope envisioned as a follow-on to the Spitzer Space Telescope (Spitzer) and the Herschel Space Observatory.
SDC (The Stellar Double Coronagraph)
The Stellar Double Coronagraph (SDC) is an advanced high-contrast, small-angle coronagraphic instrument that carries out state-of-the-art high-contrast observations at very small angles from host stars on the Palomar 200 inch telescope.
SHERLOC
The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey-IIII (SDSS-III)
Building on the legacy of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and SDSS-II, the SDSS-III Collaboration is working to map the Milky Way, search for extrasolar planets, and solve the mystery of dark energy.
SMAP - Soil Moisture Active Passive
The Soil Moisture Active Passive mission provides measurements of soil moisture, freeze/thaw state, as well as sea surface salinity and ocean wind.
SNAP
SNAP is a proposed optical/infrared mission that would detect thousands of Type Ia supernova plus conduct weak-lensing studies.
SOFIA
SOFIA is the largest airborne observatory in the world; SOFIA's instruments - cameras, spectrometers, and photometers - operate in the near-, mid- and far-infrared wavelengths.
Solar Probe Plus
Solar Probe Plus will study the streams of charged particles the Sun hurls into space from a vantage point where the processes that produce the solar wind actually occur.
SPHEREx
SPHEREx will conduct an all-sky spectral survey in the near-infrared.
Spider
Spider is a balloon borne observatory designed to probe the epoch of Inflation through measurements of the CMB polarization on the largest angular scales.
Spitzer
The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility) was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 25 August 2003.
Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
The Square Kilometre Array is the world's biggest radio telescope, to be built in South Africa and Western Australia over the coming decade.
SRTM
The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) obtained elevation data on a near-global scale to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth.
Starshade
Starshade is a giant shade which could help in the search for life on planets outside our Solar System.
STEREO
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is the third mission in NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes program (STP).
STO and STO-2
STO-Stratospheric Balloon Observatory is a Long Duration Balloon (LDB) experiment to study cooling lines of the interstellar medium. STO-2 is a similar, more capable, balloon launching from McMurdo in December, 2015.
SuperBIT
SuperBIT is a mid-latitude (launch from Wanaka, NZ) ultra-long duration balloon (ULDB), which will provide 100 days of near space-quality imaging of selected galaxy clusters to study properties of dark energy and dark matter.
SuperSpec
is a wideband millimeter-wave on-chip spectrometer a lithographically-patterned superconducting filterbank and kinetic inductance detectors.
SWOT
The Surface Water Ocean Topography Mission provides measurements of land surface water storage and ocean surface dynamic topography.
Terra
In December 1999, NASA launched the Terra satellite as the flagship mission of the Earth Observing System.
TES
TES (Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer) is one of four science instruments aboard NASA's Aura satellite, which was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on July 15, 2004.
TESS
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
The Ponce Group
The Ponce Group is an interdisciplinary team composed of members from both the California Institute of Technology and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory that integrates microbiology, chemistry, biophotonics and engineering principles.
TIM
The Terahertz Intensity Mapper
TIME
TIME is an experiment to measure the carbon emission from the Universe’s oldest galaxies.
TMAS
Ten MilliArcsec is a simple visible-light imager system to enable high-angular-resolution science with PALM-3000.
TPF - Terrestrial Planet Finder
Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) is a suite of two complementary observatories that will study all aspects of planets outside our solar system.
Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet)
The primary scientific objective is to provide time/height ozone measurements from near the surface to the top of the troposphere to describe in high-fidelity their spatio-temporal distribution.
UAVSAR
UAVSAR, is a reconfigurable, polarimetric L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), is specifically designed to acquire airborne repeat track SAR data for differential interferometric measurements.
Venus Express
Venus Express is the European Space Agency's first mission to Earth's nearest planetary neighbor, Venus.
Volcano Sensor Web
The Sensor Web Project uses a network of sensors linked by software and the internet to an autonomous satellite observation response capability.
Voyager
Voyager 1 and 2 explored the outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and are now investigating interstellar space as they leave the solar system.
WISE
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a four-channel, super-cooled infrared telescope designed to survey the entire sky with 1,000 times more sensitivity than previous infrared missions.