NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

OCO Aims to Boost Carbon Management Options

As the concentration of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere continues to rise, so also do efforts to find solutions to this global problem.

Scientists Find Black Gold Amidst Overlooked Data

Scientists recently found black gold bubbling up from an otherwise undistinguished mass of ocean imagery.

NASA Study Predicted Outbreak of Deadly Virus

An early warning system successfully predicted the 2006-2007 outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley fever in northeast Africa.

Mission Meets the Carbon Dioxide Measurement Challenge

The challenge: very precisely measure carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere all over the world, especially near Earth's surface.

The Mystery of the Missing Carbon: A JPL Live Chat

A NASA satellite set to launch this month will soon be hot on the trail of the elusive greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced cause of global warming. JPL's Chip Miller will take your questions.

NASA Names Chairman for Orbiting Carbon Observatory Investigation

02.25.09 - NASA's Rick Obenschain, deputy director at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will lead the investigation board for the unsuccessful launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory on Feb. 24.

NASA's Launch Of Carbon-Seeking Satellite is Unsuccessful

02.24.09 - A Mishap Investigation Board will be immediately convened to determine the cause of the launch failure.

02.17.09

OCO Ready for Launch

02.29.08

NASA's New Decadal Survey Missions: SMAP, ICESat-II