27 May 2016
Scientists reveal Mars is emerging from an ice age
... than lower latitudes, the polar caps retreat and water vapour migrates toward the equator, forming glaciers and ground ...these measurements, we can improve our understanding of how much water is moving between the poles and other latitudes, helping ...
13 July 2020
UAE's mission to Mars scheduled for launch tomorrow
... eXploration Imager (EXI). Designed to measure the planet's water ice and ozone abundances, it will focus on Mars’... to measure the global distribution of dust, ice clouds, water vapour and temperature profile of the martian skies. Although Hope will...
February 2019
European system for global weather forecasting and climate change detection
... WMO. The IJPS cooperation includes the exchange of instruments, such as the European MHS, which measures atmospheric water vapour on NOAA and EUMETSAT satellites, and the American AVHRR, AMSU-A and HIRS/4 instruments flown on Metop. It involves...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... RP-1 and liquid oxygen, whereas the cleanest are those powered by liquid hydrogen fuel, which produces ‘clean’ water vapour exhaust, although the production of hydrogen itself can cause significant carbon emissions. Rocket engines also release...
01 December 2014
MAVEN studies Martian atmosphere
... its study of the Martian atmosphere. It is seeking answers as to why Mars has lost its atmosphere and water vapour, focusing on the Martian upper atmosphere. Its elliptical orbiter sequence occurs. Within a 50-year plan, Roscosmos is interested...
17 December 2015
Last look at geological activity on Enceladus before Cassini moves on
... of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, suggested to have a global ocean and likely hydrothermal activity. A plume of ice particles, water vapour and organic molecules sprays from fractures in the moon's south polar region. This remarkable discovery of geologic...
