Approaching its second anniversary since launching in July 2004, Aura has been retrieving information and producing valueable data of the Earth and its atmospheric properties. Each instrument working individually and alongside its counterparts to bring us ozone measurements, tropospheric maps of carbon monoxide and cloud ice, as well as measurements in the stratosphere.
Image above: First global tropospheric maps show streams of tropospheric ozone crossing the oceans
NASA Satellite Eyes Atmosphere to Improve Pollution and Climate Forecasting
Using satellites, regional air pollution and their sources can now be observed closely from space. + Read More
Arctic Air Helps Us Learn About Our Climate
Scientists head north to learn about air quality, ozone, and climate change predictions. + Read More
NASA's Aura: New Eye for Clean Air
The instruments onboard Aura will help scientists monitor pollution production and transport around the world. + Read More
The Good, the Bad and the Ozone
The story of a molecule and the spacecraft designed to help us understand it. + Read More
Aura to Check Health of Earth's Atmosphere
A mission to understand and protect the air we breathe. + Read More + Take the Ozone Quiz
01.31.07 - A NASA Space Sleuth Hunts the Trail of Earth's Water
For the first time, NASA scientists have used a shrewd spaceborne detective to track the origin and movement of water vapor throughout Earth's atmosphere. + Read More
12.14.06 - NASA Tropical Ozone Studies Yield Surprises
Two new NASA-funded studies of ozone in the tropics using NASA satellite data not previously available are giving scientists a fuller understanding of the processes driving ozone chemistry and its impacts on pollution and climate change. + Read More
08.03.06 - Washington Getting a Summertime Air Quality Exam
Since early July Washington area skies have been subjected to a powerful array of scientific instruments -- in space and on the ground -- to dissect the region's atmosphere. + Read More
06.29.06 - Scientists Find Antarctic Ozone Hole to Recover Later Than Expected
Read more about a NASA study that finds clock is ticking slower on ozone hole recovery. + Read More
