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{{short description|NASA research program}}

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[[File:NASA Earth Science Division Operating Missions.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|Schematic of NASA Earth Science Division operating satellite missions as of February 2015.]]

==[[NASA]] Vision==

[[File:Turquoise Swirls in the Black Sea.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|Satellite image from MODIS-Aqua from May 2017 shows Earth's surface including clouds, forests, islands, deserts, the deep blue Mediterranean Sea, and swirls of phytoplankton in the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Persian Gulf.]]

'''NASA Earth Science''', formerly called '''NASA Earth Science Enterprise''' ('''ESE''') and '''Mission To Planet Earth''' ('''MTPE'''),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/mtpe.htm|title=Mission To Planet Earth|publisher=NASA|date=30 October 1997|access-date=10 November 2020|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130062422/https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/mtpe.htm|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> is a [[NASA]] research program "to develop a scientific understanding of the [[Earth]] system and its response to natural and human-induced changes to enable improved prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards for present and future generations".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/glossary/e|title=Earth Science Enterprise (ESE)|publisher=NASA|access-date=10 November 2020}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

* To improve life here.

Its director was [[Michael Freilich (oceanographer)|Michael Freilich]] (2006–2019).

* To extend life to there.

* To find life beyond.

==NASA Mission==

* To understand and protect our home planet.

* To explore the [[Universe]] and search for life.

* To inspire the next generation of explorers...

as only NASA can.

"To improve life here" and "To understand and protect our home planet," NASA supports research in the Earth Sciences and launches and maintains Earth observing satellites to monitor the state of the climate, atmospheric chemistry, ocean and land ecosystems. It was a NASA scientist, Dr. James Hansen, who first alerted the world to the dangers of global warming due to greenhouse gases emitted by human burning of fossil fuels. Earth Science research also provides the foundations of understanding for the search for life on other worlds through the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI), in which the focus is often on the extreme conditions for life to survive.

"ToNASA improvesupports liferesearch here"in andthe "To[[Earth understandscience|Earth sciences]] and protect our home planet," NASAas supportspart researchof in theits [[Earth SciencesObserving andSystem]] (EOS), launches and maintains Earth observing satellites to monitor the state of the climate, atmospheric chemistry, ocean and land ecosystems. It was a NASA scientist, Dr. [[James Hansen]], who first alerted the world to the dangers of [[global warming]] due to [[greenhouse gases]] emitted by human burning of [[fossil fuels]]. Earth Science research also provides the foundations of understanding for the search for [[extraterrestrial life on other worlds]] through the [[NASA Astrobiology Institute]] (NAI), in which the focus is often on the extreme conditions for life to survive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/about/history-of-astrobiology/|title=History of Astrobiology|publisher=NASA|access-date=10 November 2020}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

== References ==

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*http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/mtpe.htm

*http://nai.nasa.gov/

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