The Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE), now officially called the Earth Science Enterprise (ESE), is a program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the U.S. government. The mission is to use spacecraft and space technology to...

The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a program of NASA comprising a series of artificial satellite missions and scientific instruments in Earth orbit designed for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans of the...

In 1991, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) embarked upon the extensive and comprehensive Earth Science Enterprise, a program to help us better understand what is happening on the Earth's surface. The centerpiece of the Earth Science Enterprise is known as The...

With a nod to the idea that we are, indeed, all in this together, 60 countries and the European Commission have agreed to join forces to observe the earth, its climate, and other terrestrial phenomena. The result is the 10-year implementation of a...

Improvements to a global network of early warning systems helped save many lives in Bangladesh last week when a powerful cyclone pummeled the country's southwestern coast, an intergovernmental group said Wednesday.The government's official death toll Wednesday stood at 3,167, with 1,724 people missing. Though the...