Salt-seeking spacecraft arrives at launch site; NASA instrument will measure ocean surface salinity
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 20:30
in Astronomy & Space
An international spacecraft that will take NASA's first space-based measurements of ocean surface salinity has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Aquarius/SAC-D mission will provide scientists with a key missing variable in satellite observations of Earth that links ocean circulation, the global balance of freshwater and climate.