It's 'full spin ahead' for NASA soil moisture mapper
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 07:30
in Astronomy & Space
The 20-foot (6-meter) "golden lasso" reflector antenna atop NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory is now ready to wrangle up high-resolution global soil moisture data, following the successful completion of a two-part procedure to spin it up to full speed.