Welcome to NASA's Curious Universe, a show full of wild and wonderful adventures for anyone,

especially first-time space explorers. I'm Patty Boyd. I'm Jacob Pinner, and I want to start

this episode hot with a pop quiz. Patty, no cheating, because I know you know the answer.

How about I ask the question then? Here goes.

What planet does NASA study more than any other?

Okay, now think about it. I'll give you a second.

You know, I'm not going to play the Jeopardy music, but like, hum it to yourself or something.

Okay. music, but like, come it to yourself or something. Okay, that's long enough. The answer is, drum roll, please.

Earth. I mean, it's a special planet for us because we live here. Plus, of all the planets

out there, Earth is the only one that we know for sure has life. NASA has a fleet of more

than two dozen satellites studying Earth from space. Plus, we work with other government agencies,

international partners, commercial partners,

universities, and all kinds of groups that can use our data.

We're kicking off a five-part series celebrating NASA's exploration of our home planet.

This is episode one.

Over the next few weeks, you're going to hear how NASA tech that was developed to map the moon

is now giving farmers detailed data about their crops.

We'll explore the oceans as only NASA can.

Our satellites track microscopic organisms from space and measure changes in sea level across the globe.

And we'll get the inside story from NASA's decades of research into one of the world's

biggest environmental challenges, ozone depletion, and how NASA satellites and airplanes

work together to study air quality around the world.

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