"NASA's Billion-Dollar Earth Science Mission Defies Trump's Attempted Cancellation"
TL;DR
NASA successfully launched the PACE mission, aimed at studying phytoplankton and aerosols to better understand climate change, from Florida using a SpaceX rocket. The mission, which faced attempts at cancellation during the Trump administration, will provide crucial insights into the impact of phytoplankton on carbon dioxide absorption and their response to climate change. This launch marks the first time in over 60 years that a NASA satellite has been launched into polar orbit from the Florida spaceport.
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- NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel Ars Technica
- See SpaceX's breathtaking launch of NASA's PACE satellite (photos) Space.com
- NASA's new mission will study microscopic plankton and aerosols from space The Verge
- Falcon 9 launches PACE Earth science mission SpaceNews
- New NASA mission launches to observe ‘invisible universe’ on Earth CNN
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