NASA Facts: NASA's Mission to Planet Earth


Entry_ID:  GCRIO 095
GCRIO_Inventory:  3
Entry_Title:  NASA Facts: NASA's Mission to Planet Earth
Agency_Name: NASA>National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Start_Date: 1992-12-02
Group:  Summary

	Audience_Interest_Guide:  General Interest



Provides overview of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, launched in 1991. 

Mission to Planet Earth is a global-scale examination of the Earth to study the 

interaction of all the environmental factors - air, water, land, biota.

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Group:  Data_Center

	Data_Center_Name:  NASA Office of Mission to Planet Earth

	Dataset_ID:  same as Entry_Title

	Group:  Data_Center_Contact

		Last_Name:  Johnson

		First_Name:  Danin

		Email:  None

		Phone:  (202) 479-0360

		Fax:  (202) 479-2566

		Group:  Address

		Document Resource Facility

		Earth Science Support Office

		300 D Street, SW, Suite 840

		Washington, DC  20024

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	End_Group

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Storage_Medium:  2 pages printed matter

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Water Vapor

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Aerosols

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Air Quality

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Ash

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Carbon Dioxide

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Chlorofluorocarbons

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Clouds

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Contaminants

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Humidity

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Methane

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Nitric Acid

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Nitrogen

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Nitrogen Dioxide

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Oxygen

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Ozone

Parameter:  Atmospheric Composition>Trace Elements

Discipline: Applied Sciences > Environmental Science

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Earth Science

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Atmospheric Sciences

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Oceanography

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Planetary Science

Location: Globall

Keyword: UARS>Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

Keyword: NASA>National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Keyword: Mission to Planet Earth

Keyword: satellite missions

Keyword: space programs

Keyword: space shuttles

Keyword: spacelab

Keyword: remote sensing

Keyword: earth observation