What Happened
New Suborbital Projects to Study Wildfires, Air Quality, and Arctic Changes
NASA’s newest class of suborbital Earth Venture missions is gearing up to deliver science that will benefit communities in the United States and beyond. The six projects will study topics such as wildfires, air quality, and Arctic changes, using aircraft to collect data and fill gaps in computer models. The missions are led by various institutions, including NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Arizona, and will mobilize hundreds of scientists and pilots over several years. The projects were first reported by NASA Science.