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Friends & Family Meet PACE
With the towering structure of the spacecraft just behind clear plastic curtains, engineers, scientists, and others who worked on the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission recently had the...
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NASA Climate Science Spacecraft Arrives ‘on PACE’ for Launch
Technicians monitor movement as a crane hoists NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) observatory spacecraft after being uncrated on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, at the Astrotech Space...
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People of PACE: Corrine Rojas Helps Connect Science to Engineering and Back
Corrine Rojas is a scientific programmer in the ocean ecology lab at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center. Before we dive into your work with PACE, what is your favorite ocean- or atmosphere-related book...
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People of PACE: Kirk Knobelspiesse Keeps His Eyes on the Skies
Kirk Knobelspiesse is an atmospheric scientist and the project science team polarimeter lead for PACE at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He is also the polarimeter instrument...
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People of PACE: Ivona Cetinić Studies the Ocean’s Microscopic Organisms
Ivona Cetinić is a biological oceanographer in the Ocean Ecology Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. What is your favorite ocean or atmospheric related book or movie? I’m...
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People of PACE: Gary Davis Leads His Team Through Engineering Feats
Gary Davis is the mission systems engineer for PACE at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. What is your favorite ocean or atmospheric related book or movie? I don’t know if it’s...
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People of PACE: Otto Hasekamp Helps Scientists See Light in a New Light
Otto Hasekamp is a senior scientist at the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) and is the science lead for the SPEXOne polarimeter that will be on PACE. What is your favorite atmospheric or...
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Setting the Stage for PACE at AGU
After years of planning, building, and testing, 2024 is the PACE mission’s time to shine: Launch is slated for February and the team is eagerly awaiting a wealth of ocean- and atmosphere-related data...
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NASA Hosts Media Viewing of Spacecraft to Study Oceans, Clouds
Members of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) team are photographed with the spacecraft on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, during a NASA-hosted media day inside a cleanroom at the...
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People of PACE: Jeremy Werdell is the PACE Mission Scientific Conscience
Jeremy Werdell is the project scientist for the PACE mission as well as a biological oceanographer in the Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. What is...
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People of PACE: Natasha Sadoff Connects PACE Data to Benefit Society
Natasha Sadoff is the deputy coordinator for the applications program and PACE. What is your favorite ocean or atmosphere related book or movie? Probably “The Little Mermaid.” It’s a whole other world...
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People of PACE: Jeroen Rietjens Followed His Passions to SPEXone and PACE
Jeroen Rietjens is an instrument scientist at the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) and worked on the SPEXone polarimeter. PACE’s SPEXone instrument is a multi-angle polarimeter. It...
View ArticleNASA’s PACE Spacecraft Mated to Payload Adapter
NASA and SpaceX technicians connected NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft to the payload adapter on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility...
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People of PACE: Fred Huemmrich Plants the Seeds of Inspiration
Fred Huemmrich is a member of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) science and applications team and a research professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. What is...
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PACE Spacecraft Encapsulated in Payload Fairing
NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulate NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Astrotech Space...
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Teams Hold Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s PACE Mission
NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulate NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Astrotech...
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Encapsulated PACE Spacecraft Transported to Launch Pad
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft encapsulated inside SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings is transported from the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s...
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Science Briefing on Tap Ahead of NASA’s PACE Mission Launch
NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulate NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Astrotech...
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Trivia All About NASA’s Next Earth-Observing Satellite
I’ll take “All About PACE” for 300, please. While not exactly like “Jeopardy!”, PACE trivia is just as fun – and often as challenging! To prepare for the upcoming launch of the Plankton, Aerosol,...
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PACE ‘Go’ for Launch, NASA Prelaunch News Conference Next
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft inside a protective payload fairing is raised vertical at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape...
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