SciShow Space News tells you about NASA’s latest launch — the first mission dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — and gives you a primer on what the June solstice really is!
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Sources:
http://www.nasa.gov/oco2/#.U55Cv9q9KSN
http://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/observatory/spacecraft/#
http://www.livescience.com/46303-nasa-carbon-tracking-spacecraft-oco2-launch.html
http://www.space.com/26239-nasa-oco2-launch-preparations-climate-change.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Carbon_Observatory
http://co2now.org
http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/solstice/
http://earthsky.org/tonight/earliest-sunrises-before-june-solstice-jupiter-venus
http://earthsky.org/tonight/solstice-brings-northernmost-sunset
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