NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive Earth-watching Satellite in Photos

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 16:50 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission will measure the soil moisture on Earth like never before. The mission, which launches on Jan. 29, 2015, aims to study the links between water, energy and carbon cycles on Earth. See more images from NASA's SMAP

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