State-of-the-art weather instruments developed by University of New Hampshire researchers have been launched into outer space.The equipment was launched into space aboard a rocket carrying a NASA ...

LOS ANGELES — A cooling problem with a key instrument on a weather satellite launched less than three months ago could degrade its performance for at least part of each day, with potential but still ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON — Engineers have made some progress in restoring the performance of the key instrument ...

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI), designed and built by Ball Aerospace for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is entering its fourth year of service. Designed as a ...

One of my favorite things to do as a meteorologist is to visit schools and talk about how the weather works. Growing up, I was always one of those nerdy, science-loving kids, and I’m so thankful that ...

Provides 3X spectral coverage; 4X resolution; 5X faster than previous generation of satellites Strengthens NOAA’s environmental and weather monitoring Heralds next generation of weather satellite ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A weather vane is an instrument used to show the direction the wind is blowing from. It is one of the simplest weather instruments created and it has been used since ancient times. The ...

In a one-week period, Ball Aerospace was selected by NASA to complete two 20-month studies on new instruments to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Geostationary ...

NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument, built by CU Boulder, launched today from Kourou, French Guiana aboard SES-14, a commercial communications satellite built by ...

Just how nervous is an ISIS-fearing America? Consider the case of a falling weather instrument that triggered a full-scale bomb squad response in Philly over the weekend. (screen shot/NBC-10) Just how ...

A power issue causing a wind sensor to fail has stranded a number of travelers in Yakutat since last week. Without the sensor, part of the Automated Surface Observing System, commercial flights on ...