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AcrimSat Celebrates 10 Years Of Measuring Sun's Energy
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2009 Launched Dec. 20, 1999, the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite (AcrimSat) monitors the total amount of the sun's energy reaching Earth. It is this energy, called total solar irradiance, that creates the winds, heats the land and drives ocean currents. Some scientists theorize a significant fraction of Earth's warming may be solar in origin due to small increases in the sun's total energy output since the last century. By measuring incoming solar radiation, climatologists are using AcrimSat to improve their predictions of climate change and global warming over the next century. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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NASA Transfers Kepler Mission Management To Ames Research CenterMoffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2009 NASA today transferred management of all operations for the Kepler Mission from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., to NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. JPL managed the mission through development, launch and the start of science operations. The spacecraft was launched March 6, 2009 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. James Fanson, the JPL ... read more |
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