Credit: NASA
When did ECOSTRESS launch?
June 29, 2018
Where is ECOSTRESS?
248 miles (400 km) from Earth (aboard the ISS)
What does ECOSTRESS do?
ECOSTRESS is short for ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station. ECOSTRESS measures plant temperatures to reveal their water needs. This can help improve the ways that we water crops here on Earth. It can also predict how different plants respond to climate change.
Learn more about NASA’s ECOSTRESS.
