Saturday, 30 July 2022

NASA's mineral dust detector starts gathering data

After being installed on the exterior of the International Space Station, NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission has provided its first view of Earth. The milestone, called "first light," took place at 7:51 p.m. PDT (10:51 p.m. EDT) on July 27 as the space station passed over Western Australia.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/nasas-mineral-dust-detector-starts-gathering-data