Satellites soaring high above Earth have revealed exactly how wispy clouds are created by the giant plumes of ash belched ...

An artist’s concept shows NASA’s CloudSat spacecraft in orbit above Earth. Launched in 2006, it provided the first global survey of cloud properties before being decommissioned in March 2024 at the ...

NASA’s CloudSat mission was decommissioned in March and moved into position for eventual deorbiting, marking the end of nearly 18 years of operation. CloudSat was launched in 2006 and was ...

NASA's CloudSat mission, which provided unprecedented insights into the vertical structure and water/ice content of clouds, has concluded its operations after nearly two decades. Launched in 2006, ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The BAE Systems-built CloudSat satellite has officially ended operations after more than 17 years on orbit. CloudSat launched in April 2006 as part of ...

The NASA mission provided data on cloud profiles and physical properties to enhance weather prediction models "The deorbiting of CloudSat brings an end to a long and valuable mission that helped ...

April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The BAE Systems-built CloudSat satellite has officially ended operations after more than 17 years on orbit. CloudSat launched in April 2006 as part of a NASA-led ...

CloudSat, a NASA mission that peered into hurricanes, tallied global snowfall rates, and achieved other weather and climate firsts, has ended its operations. Originally proposed as a 22-month ...

NASA's pioneering CloudSat weather and climate mission has come to an end after nearly 18 productive years in Earth orbit. The agency recently decommissioned the satellite, which launched in April ...

Editor’s note: Matthew Rogers was the education and public outreach lead for the CloudSat mission until 2011. Today he works at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at CSU. SOURCE ...

Early on, she joined the team supporting CloudSat, a NASA cloud-measuring satellite flying in formation with a French counterpart. When CloudSat suffered a battery anomaly, Braun designed the ...