CSDA Releases New Data Acquisition Request System

CSDA Releases New Data Acquisition Request System

• CSDA launches Data Acquisition Request System for future satellite data requests. • Authorized users submit proposals via dashboard, track status in real time. • System integrate

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 69 words
CSDA Program Announces Eight New Data Agreements

CSDA Program Announces Eight New Data Agreements

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Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 291 words
Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

• NDVI uses visible and near‑infrared reflectance to gauge plant health from space. • Dr. Jim Tucker pioneered linking chlorophyll to specific light wavelengths in the 1980s. • Fir

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 77 words
The Sky Belongs to All of Us

The Sky Belongs to All of Us

• 6 min read The Sky Belongs to All of Us Alicia Cermak How did a little girl born in India soon after its independence from the British Empire, become a program scientist for NASA

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 312 words 📰 2 sources
Measuring the Big Bang with the COBE satellite

Measuring the Big Bang with the COBE satellite

• 4 min read Measuring the Big Bang with the COBE satellite Alicia Cermak The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE) went up on a Delta rocket on Nov. • 18, 1989, into a polar

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 196 words
Peering Homeward, 1972

Peering Homeward, 1972

• 7 min read Peering Homeward, 1972 Alicia Cermak On July 23, 1972 the first civilian satellite designed to image Earth’s land surfaces was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 156 words
My NASA Experience

My NASA Experience

• Pioneered early near‑infrared detector arrays for astronomy, starting with a single‑pixel sensor. • Secured NASA R&A funding in 1983 to acquire a 32×32 HgCdTe kilopixel array. •

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 73 words