The space agency's latest Earth-observing satellite, Aura, is slated to launch Sunday. Scientists say the mission will provide a trove of data about the atmosphere, from the ground up. By Amit ...

The Aura atmospheric chemistry satellite celebrates its 10th anniversary on July 15th, 2014. Since its launch in 2004, Aura has monitored the Earth’s atmosphere and provided data on the ozone […] ...

On June 19, NASA will launch Aura, a next generation Earth-observing satellite. Aura will supply the best information yet about the health of Earth's atmosphere.

The launch of the Aura satellite from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has already been delayed from June 19 due to technical problems, but a new date has been tentatively set for June 26.