EARTH SCIENCE MISSIONS

NASA just got a hand-me-down plane that used to fly thousands of passengers around the world. But this isn’t any ordinary jet—it’s now the biggest flying science lab in the agency’s fleet. After a year of heavy-duty upgrades in Texas, the former Japan Airlines Boeing 777 landed at NASA’s Langley Res

The future of NASA's Earth science missions is hanging in the balance. Some missions are already being asked to plan for their own end. This worrying news came from Rep. George Whitesides, who shared that both new and ongoing Earth science missions have been told to get ready for potential budget cu