Science and Exploration

This Week at NASA: OCO-2 Launch, SLS and Saturn

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
July 4, 2014
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This Week at NASA: OCO-2 Launch, SLS and Saturn
This Week at NASA.
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NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission is underway. Launched from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, OCO-2 will help track our impact on the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and help us better understand the various human-made and natural sources of CO-2.
This is one of five Earth-observing missions scheduled in 2014 — the most Earth-focused missions launched in a single year, in more than a decade. Also, Saucer-shaped vehicle tested, Cygnus Orb-2 launch update, Space Launch System model tests and 10 years exploring Saturn.

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