Dara Entekhabi, SMAP science team lead, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, center, speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, Thursday, Jan. 08, 2 More
Dara Entekhabi, SMAP science team lead, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, Thursday, Jan. 08, 2015, at More
Christine Bonniksen, SMAP program executive with the Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters, left, Kent Kellogg, SMAP project manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), seco More
Kent Kellogg, SMAP project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, Thursday, Jan More
Brad Doorn, SMAP applications lead, Science Mission Directorate’s Applied Sciences Program at NASA Headquarters speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) miss More
Christine Bonniksen, SMAP program executive with the Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Pass More
Generic artist rendition of SMAP spacecraft Public domain photograph of a satellite, space exploration, NASA artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Image of the Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft with transparent background.
Artist rendering of the Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft Public domain photograph of a satellite, space exploration, NASA artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Publ More
Artist rendering of the Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft Public domain photograph of a satellite, space exploration, NASA artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Artist's rendering of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft in orbit.
Long text: A NASA spacecraft designed to globally track soil moisture waits at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California for its date with space on January 29, 2015. Launching on a United Launch Alliance Delta II More
Long text: World Soil Day celebrates the importance of soil as a vital component of Earth's natural system. Soil contributes to humanity's food, water and energy security, and mitigates climate change and biod More
Long text: In two weeks, on January 29, 2015, NASA's soil moisture mapper satellite, SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive), is scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from California' More
The amount of water available to evaporate from the land surfaces can be used by meteorologists to improve their forecasts of local and regional weather over spans of days to weeks. Forecasting the weather req More
Launching next Thursday, Jan 29, SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive) will monitor soil moisture and provide critical information for drought early warning. Soil moisture strongly affects plant growth and hence More
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