Showing posts with label All 'SMILES' Aboard International Space Station in Wake of New Experiment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label All 'SMILES' Aboard International Space Station in Wake of New Experiment. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

All 'SMILES' Aboard International Space Station in Wake of New Experiment

There's a new way to look at environmental issues on Earth -- from 210 miles up aboard the International Space Station -- and investigators are all "SMILES" with early results.The SMILES experiment, more properly known as the Superconducting Submillimeter-wave Limb-emission Sounder, is investigating issues such as ozone depletion and air quality problems.The experiment launched on the Japanese