NASA's First Global Measuring Satellite Readied For Launch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CA - JANUARY 28: In this handout from NASA, The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory on board, at the Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base on January 28, 2015 in Vandenberg, California. The Scheduled launch will be for NASA's first Earth-observing satellite designed to collect global observations of surface soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. SMAP will provide high resolution global measurements of soil moisture from space. The data will be used to enhance scientists' understanding of the processes that link Earth's water, energy, and carbon cycles. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CA - JANUARY 28: In this handout from NASA, The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory on board, at the Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base on January 28, 2015 in Vandenberg, California. The Scheduled launch will be for NASA's first Earth-observing satellite designed to collect global observations of surface soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. SMAP will provide high resolution global measurements of soil moisture from space. The data will be used to enhance scientists' understanding of the processes that link Earth's water, energy, and carbon cycles. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
NASA's First Global Measuring Satellite Readied For Launch
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