Tag: Jessica Scheick

• ICESat-2 Hackweek 2025: Open Software for Earth Satellites

  

  By Kate Rich In 2018, NASA launched the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite 2 (ICESat-2) into space for scientific research. The satellite enables scientists to measure the elevation of tree canopies, oceans, sea ice, and ice sheets across the globe with its photon-counting laser altimeter. With these data, researchers can further explore how the…