Artist's illustration of the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, scheduled for launch in May 2010. It will be the first NASA instrument to measure sea salinity from space.April 29, 2009
An upcoming NASA mission will track sea salinity, helping scientists monitor and predict climate change.
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