Features

Image from TERRA
Katmai National Park
Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:24 EDT

The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, located in Katmai National Park, forms a unique and ashen landscape. Encircled by volcanoes – both active and inactive – it has served as a perfect collection area for huge amounts of volcanic ash.

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Eyes on the Snow as Water Supplies Dwindle
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:30 EDT

Water departments in the West are using maps and models originally created by a NASA team to help track water.

Image from TERRA
NASA and Google Team up to Better Track Local Air Pollution
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:00 EDT

NASA and Google broadened an existing partnership to help local governments improve their monitoring and prediction of air quality for better decision making.

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Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits Workshop (2022)

NASA previously released a Request for Information (RFI) on a Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits Workshop, for which the response date was October 11, 2022.

The Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits Workshop was held virtually on November 1-2, 2022. The Workshop Agenda is available on the RFI NSPIRES page (linked above).

The Executive Summary of the Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits Workshop is downloadable as a PDF from this link. The January-February 2023 edition of The Earth Observer also includes a workshop summary and is also downloadable as a PDF from this link.

Summary of NASA’s Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits RFI Announcement

Additional Resources:

Official Terra Timeline (September 2022):

TerraLifetimeSummaryDownload

Terra Orbital Changes

Orbit-Changes-TerraDownload

Terra Systems Summary and Analysis

See the document below for additional details on the health and status of the Terra satellite and its instruments.

Terra System Status UpdateDownload