NASA joints hunt for missing Malaysian plane
March 14, 2014 22:10
NASA has joined international search operations to trace the missing Malaysian aircraft by analysing satellite data and images gathered since the plane with 239 people aboard vanished from radar screens a week ago.
The world's premier space agency on Monday began examining ways it can contribute to the search for missing Flight MH370.
"Activities under way include mining data archives of satellite data acquired earlier and using space-based assets, such as the Earth-Observing-1(EO-1) satellite and the ISERV camera on the International Space Station, to acquire new images of possible crash sites," said Allard Beutel, NASA spokesman said .
"The resolution of images from these instruments could be used to identify objects of about 98 feet (30 meters) or larger," he told Space.com.
The world's premier space agency on Monday began examining ways it can contribute to the search for missing Flight MH370.
"Activities under way include mining data archives of satellite data acquired earlier and using space-based assets, such as the Earth-Observing-1(EO-1) satellite and the ISERV camera on the International Space Station, to acquire new images of possible crash sites," said Allard Beutel, NASA spokesman said .
"The resolution of images from these instruments could be used to identify objects of about 98 feet (30 meters) or larger," he told Space.com.
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