Retired NASA Science Satellite Re-enters Earth’s Atmosphere

Credit: NASA
NASA’s Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS), which spent 21 years collecting data about how the planet absorbed and radiated energy from the Sun, re-entered the atmosphere on Jan. 8. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1984, ERBS also measured ozone, water vapor, nitrogen dioxide and...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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