The stage is set for the launch carrying
#TEMPO, which will help us study what's in the air we breathe.
@TEMPO_Mission, a collaboration with our
@CenterForAstro, will be the first space-based instrument that can measure North American air quality hourly.
ALT Surrounded by four towers, a launch is ready. Big white clouds billow in the sky above green foliage.
In 1848, to understand the weather, the Smithsonian distributed monitoring equipment to volunteers across the U.S. This system gave rise to what we now know as the National Weather Service.
This week, we begin tackling a new challenge—monitoring pollution across the continent.