NASA's CATS concludes successful mission on Space Station

Space Daily Tuesday, 12 December 2017 ()
NASA's CATS concludes successful mission on Space StationGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2017

A spaceborne lidar instrument that fired more laser pulses than any previous orbiting instrument has ended its operations on the International Space Station, after a successful 33-month mission to measure clouds and tiny atmospheric particles that play key roles in Earth's climate and weather. During its mission, NASA's Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) lidar provided measurements of t
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News video: Watch: Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli shares a pizza home with ISS crew

Watch: Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli shares a pizza home with ISS crew 00:59

 Space chiefs have kept Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli happy by sending him and his crew some pizza. Nespoli, 60, Europe’s oldest astronaut and on his third trip to space, casually mentioned he was missing Italy’s most famous export during a live link. A supply spacecraft in mid-November brought...