NASA's Global Warming OCO | Optimax Lenses

Mission Details

Helps researchers watch the earth breathe and maps the CO2 from space to help understand how humanity's contribution of the greenhouse gas is affecting global climate change.

A faulty rocket brought the observatory plunging to the earth right after its launch in 2009.

LAUNCHED: 2009

Mission Resources

Check out the entire mission details on the NASA website:

Videos and Images Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

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