A new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth's surface some 60,000 feet below.
Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane called AVIRIS-5, it is the latest in a long line of sensors pioneered by NASA JPL to survey Earth, the Moon, and other worlds.
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by Joji Xavier
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