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Space is Full of Junk. Here’s How to Clean It Up…
We know pollution is a problem on earth, but we’re filling space with our junk too. And if we don’t figure out a way to clean up space junk, we could end our interstellar dreams before they even get started. Today, we’re visiting some cool engineers in Switzerland to learn about the space junk problem…
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What is Remote Sensing? (tutorial)
Tutorial on remotely-sensed data, from sensor characteristics, to different types of resolution, to data processing and analysis. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/backgrounders/remote-sensing
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Radio and Plasma Wave Science, or RPWS, instrument
“They surveyed and sniffed, analyzed and scrutinized. They took stunning images in various visible spectra. Cassini’s 12 science instruments were designed to carry out sophisticated scientific studies of Saturn, from collecting data in multiple regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, to studying dust particles, to characterizing Saturn’s plasma environment and magnetosphere.” https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/mission/spacecraft/cassini-orbiter/radio-and-plasma-wave-science/
