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NASA's SWOT Satellite Unveils Ocean Mysteries, Tackles Space Debris

1/9/2025

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NASA's groundbreaking SWOT satellite, launched in December 2022, is transforming our understanding of the ocean floor by uncovering stunning new underwater features. In partnership with France's Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales, this mission sheds light on tectonic structures and ocean dynamics. Simultaneously, 28 nations are uniting under the Artemis Accords to tackle the pressing issue of space debris, striving for a cleaner cosmos.

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NASA's groundbreaking SWOT satellite, launched in December 2022, is transforming our understanding of the ocean floor by uncovering stunning new underwater features. In partnership with France's Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales, this mission sheds light on tectonic structures and ocean dynamics. Simultaneously, 28 nations are uniting under the Artemis Accords to tackle the pressing issue of space debris, striving for a cleaner cosmos.