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On Pace

A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., in support of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, Feb. 8, 2024. PACE will help scientists investigate the diversity of organisms fueling marine food webs and improve our interdisciplinary understanding of the Earth system.

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