NASA | GPM: Engineering Next Generation Observations of Rain and Snow

For the past three years, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory has gone from components and assembly drawings to a fully functioning satellite at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The satellite has now arrived in Japan, where it will lift off in early 2014.

The journey to the launch pad has been a long and painstaking process. It began with the most basic assembly of the satellite's frame and electrical system, continued through the integration of its two science instruments, and has now culminated in the completion of a dizzying array of environmental tests to check and recheck that GPM Core Observatory will survive its new home in orbit.

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[UltraMarine]

I freakin' love nasa, keep up the good work

[jerrycarlisle]

Thanks for the explanation of a very complex project.  

[StephenPShaw]

An inside look at the #GPM  satellite scheduled for launch this Thursday.

[iehudim]

ok, now lets talk about Fukushima plume gate and NASA numbers

[verpauly]

And you still can't get a clear picture of the moon surface