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Earth: Your Home, Our Mission

We pioneer and support an amazing range of advanced technologies and tools to help us better understand our home planet, the solar system and far beyond.

Here are 5 ways our tech improves life here on Earth…

1. Eyes in the Sky Spot Fires on the Ground

Our Earth observing satellites enable conservation groups to spot and monitor fires across vast rainforests, helping them protect our planet on Earth Day and every day.

2. Helping Tractors Drive Themselves

There has been a lot of talk about self-driving cars, but farmers have already been making good use of self-driving tractors for more than a decade - due in part to a partnership between John Deere and our Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Growing food sustainably requires smart technology - our GPS correction algorithms help self-driving tractors steer with precision, cutting down on water and fertilizer waste. 

3. Turning Smartphones into Satellites

On Earth Day (and every day), we get nonstop “Earth selfies” thanks to Planet Labs’ small satellites, inspired by smartphones and created by a team at our Ames Research Center. The high res imagery helps conservation efforts worldwide.

4. Early Flood Warnings

Monsoons, perhaps the least understood and most erratic weather pattern in the United States, bring rain vital to agriculture and ecosystems, but also threaten lives and property. Severe flash-flooding is common. Roads are washed out. Miles away from the cloudburst, dry gulches become raging torrents in seconds. The storms are often accompanied by driving winds, hail and barrages of lightning.

We are working to get better forecasting information to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Our satellites can track moisture in the air - helping forecasters provide an early warning of flash floods from monsoons.

5. Watching the World’s Water

Around the world, agriculture is by far the biggest user of freshwater. Thanks in part to infrared imagery from Landsat, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), we can now map, in real time, how much water a field is using, helping conserve that precious resource.

We use the vantage point of space to understand and explore our home planet, improve lives and safeguard our future. Our observations of Earth’s complex natural environment are critical to understanding how our planet’s natural resources and climate are changing now and could change in the future.

Join the celebration online by using #NASA4Earth. 

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.

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It was a night to remember @usarmyresearchlab as #Scientists #Soldiers and #Civilians Were Honored for #Service and then PARTIED to Celebrate #ARL25 Congrats!

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Happy Halloween! 🎃👻😈💀👿🤖☠️😘💕🌹

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Congrats @usarmyresearchlab on 25 Years of Excellence in Science and Technology on behalf of @usarmy #ARL25 The nation is lucky to have brilliant Army S&T and dedicated civil servants working to create tomorrow's Defense leaders, today! https://www.arl.army.mil/arl25/index.php @usarmychiefofstaff #AMC @aberdeen_proving_ground @future_soldier_center @goarmy @rdecom @fedscoop @deptofdefense @defense_one @wired @smithsonian @nasa @darpa @dhsgov @the_stem_connection @twcinternships @bigbangtheory_cbs @nfl @readersdigest @westpointband #sciencesaveslives #USGovSTEM #Hooah (at U.S. Army Research Laboratory)

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Meanwhile @s.delano_ is hanging @wooinsider with @roseosburn and @Kareem abduljabbar_33 The life of the scholar-athlete! Very 😎indeed!

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Today @usarmyresearchlab celebrated #postdoc day with a bunch of activities designed with these brilliant folks front and center. #army #STEM saves lives, fuels economy, undergirds our national defense, and focuses on @usarmy #AMC @rdecom #future #ARL25 #Hooah #USGovSTEM

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When @usarmyresearchlab Dr. Perconti shows up, the media swarms like paparazzi. Congrats! @deptofdefense Innovation Exemplar for @usarmy does it again! #AMC Army Materiel Command @rdecom @defense_one @wired @aberdeen_proving_ground @nbcwashington @goarmy #WAVYTV #InnovationfortheWarfighter #ARL25 @usarmychiefofstaff @future_soldier_center @usarmytradoc @usometrodc @nasa @darpa @nsfgov #STEM (at Norfolk Waterside Marriott)

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I don't like most motivational posters. I really dislike those that asset you can do anything if you try hard enough. I can flap my arms and jump off buildings, but I'm not flying. Yep, motivation is not all you need. Ask the corpses on Mt. Everest. They were highly motivated people once. Team work is nice, except when you get tackled because of someone else's terrible judgment. These poster motivate me. Know why? They make me laugh! 😂❤️

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The New York Times interviewed PMIC Founder Anne McBrearty Giotta today. Good on Ye, Ma! You've got a hell of a story to tell! They'd run out of ink before they got halfway to today. And to think, we've only just begun. My mother, my muse, my boss, my most cherished and beloved advisor: Congratulations!

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A warfighter, a neurologist, a sociologist, a policy insider, an NFL coach walk into #DLF Innovation Summit... 😎Excited to moderate an essential convo on human discernment in #AI for National Defense: Power Line Up of SMEs! (at Norfolk Waterside Marriott)

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A decade of collaboration yields @usarmyresearchlab #MASTerpiece (at Aberdeen Proving Ground)

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Here today and gone tomorrow. A wee reminder you're always welcome home. ❤️🌹🍀🌟

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What if China had invented the Internet? No Silicon Valley! We need #USGovSTEM for #cybersecurity 🇺🇸 #ScienceFuelsEconomy ROI = 140,000% Let's put outs money where our brains are! Core American Value - Geo. Washington, Inaugural Address

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Trump says he cares about voters in Pittsburgh, not Paris, and Pittsburgh’s mayor isn’t having it

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Sam and 🌹 having a blast @indy500snakepit @indy500official Beautiful pair on a beautiful day! 🇺🇸❤️ (at Indianapolis Motor Speedway)