Summary:
- NASA's Earth Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission will continue its extended mission to study the composition and distribution of mineral dust in the Earth's atmosphere.
- The extended mission will allow EMIT to investigate a wider range of science questions, including the impact of dust on climate, the role of dust in atmospheric chemistry, and the sources and transport of dust globally.
- EMIT's hyperspectral imaging instrument will provide unprecedented data on the mineralogy of dust, which can help improve climate models and understanding of the Earth's climate system.