ESA's Biomass Mission

This week, Year 6 were lucky enough to hear, first-hand from the scientists at Airbus in Stevenage, about the launch of the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission.  The satellite, which will be launched on Tuesday 29^th April, aims to weigh the earth’s rainforests from space and to understand how deforestation and changes in land use are affecting carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.  Year 6 made posters about the launch and considered the importance of the mission’s work.