CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission. The spacecraft will fly in February 2013 aboard a Taurus XL ...

Is it legal to pull the plug on a fully paid-for, functioning NASA satellite that’s the gold standard for monitoring global carbon? That’s the question now ringing out through the halls of Washington ...

“Just from an economic standpoint, it makes no economic sense to terminate NASA missions that are returning incredibly valuable data,” said David Crisp, the atmospheric physicist who led the Orbiting ...

As Congress debates NASA’s 2026 budget, two small but mighty satellites hang in limbo: the Orbiting Carbon Observatories, specifically OCO-2 and OCO-3. Tasked with tracking carbon dioxide and plant ...

This map shows mean net emissions and removals of carbon dioxide from 2015 to 2020 using estimates informed by NASA’s OCO-2 satellite measurements. Countries where more carbon dioxide was removed than ...

Launch of the replacement Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) will be delayed at least into mid-2014 while NASA finds a new launch vehicle and fixes a problem in the spacecraft reaction wheel ...

On July 1 NASA plans to launch a spacecraft that will monitor global levels of CO2. It’s called the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2. When humans burn fossil fuels, like gasoline, carbon dioxide is ...

(CNN) — NASA is planning to decommission premier satellite missions that gather information on planet-warming pollution and other climate vital signs beginning as soon as October, sources inside and ...

Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced it is in final preparations for the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) ...

While most people might be attracted by the perpetually sunny skies, nearby ocean, or mountains hugging the Los Angeles basin, environmental engineer Annmarie Eldering was drawn to the city’s smog.

As Congress debates NASA’s 2026 budget, two small but mighty satellites hang in limbo: the Orbiting Carbon Observatories, specifically OCO-2 and OCO-3. Tasked with tracking carbon dioxide and plant ...