NASA carbon counter reaches final orbit, returns data
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 05:02
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —Just over a month after launch, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)—NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide—has maneuvered into its final operating orbit and produced its first science data, confirming the health of its science instrument.