{"id":535,"date":"2025-12-10T03:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/new-nasa-sensor-goes-hunting-for-critical-minerals\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:05:47","slug":"new-nasa-sensor-goes-hunting-for-critical-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/new-nasa-sensor-goes-hunting-for-critical-minerals\/","title":{"rendered":"New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A pilot signals to a crew member before takeoff from NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 21, 2025. Accompanying him in the high-flying ER-2 aircraft is one of the most advanced imaging spectrometers in the solar system.<\/div>\n
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Called AVIRIS-5, it\u2019s the latest in a long line of sensors pioneered by NASA JPL to survey Earth, the Moon, and other worlds.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth\u2019s surface some 60,000 feet below. In collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the flights are part of the largest airborne campaign of its kind in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s just one of many tasks that are on the horizon for AVIRIS-5, short for Airborne Visible\/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer-5, which has a lot in common with sensors used to explore other planets.<\/p>\n

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