NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory, on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, launches at 6:22 a.m. PST (9:22 a.m. EST) Saturday from Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. SMAP is NASA’s first Earth-observing satellite designed to collect global observations of surface soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015. NASA successfully launched its first Earth satellite designed to collect global observations of the vital…
