GREENBELT, Md., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An instrument on NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite has acquired its first data, measuring water vapor in the lower atmosphere, the space agency said.
The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder is one of five instruments on board the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, or NPP, that launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on October 28, a NASA release said Thursday.