NASA's CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds

NASA's CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds

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Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 24, 2024

Over the course of nearly two decades, its powerful radar provided never-before-seen details of clouds and helped advance global weather and climate predictions. 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 mission, the spacecraft was recently d

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