[/caption] From a JPL press release: Final preparations are under way for the June 9 launch of the international Aquarius/SAC-D observatory. The mission’s primary instrument, Aquarius, will study interactions between ocean circulation, the water cycle and climate by measuring ocean surface salinity. Engineers at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California are performing final tests before … Continue reading New Satellite Will ‘Taste’ Earth’s Salty Seas from Orbit