PARIS—The failure of the radar instrument on NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite will have no effect on the European Space Agency’s purchase of U.S. technology similar to what is ...

Less than four months after lift-off, testing on NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory is complete, and science operations have begun. The data recorded by the mission, which will ...

WASHINGTON — One of the two main science instruments on NASA’s $915 million Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft remains out of action more than a month after abruptly switching off, but ...

After 28 years of activity, the popular group SMAP is to break up at the end of this year. They have played a unique role in the Japanese entertainment industry, becoming national icons along the way.

NASA has successfully launched its Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket. The orbiter is designed to take high resolution moisture maps on a global ...

“Soil moisture is very important because it’s a leading indicator of future vegetation conditions,” says John Bolten, a hydrologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Center. The amount of moisture in the soil ...

NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission is designed to study the moisture content of the entire Earth's topsoil like never before. The results, scientists say, could help predict droughts, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tokyo: For nearly three decades, millions of Japanese have clamoured for their every album, lined up with breathless anticipation for ...

The adult members of a Japanese boy band have appeared on national television bowing and apologising for attempting to break up. The Japanese boy band SMAP apologise for attempting to break up SMAP is ...

NASA successfully launched its first Earth satellite designed to collect global observations of the vital soil moisture hidden just beneath our feet. The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) ...

Prime minister Shinzo Abe among those expressing relief that one of Japan’s most successful bands of all time is staying together after rumours of split Looking as if they were about to attend a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A key instrument on a $1 billion NASA satellite has failed, reducing scientists' ability to capture data to measure the moisture in Earth's soil in order to improve flood ...