Artist's rendering, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" class="extiw" title="w:NASA">NASA</a>, of the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(satellite)" class="extiw" title="w:Aqua (satellite)">Aqua</a></i> spacecraft in its in-flight configuration. Part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Observing_System" class="extiw" title="w:Earth Observing System">Earth Observing System</a>, <i>Aqua</i> specifically studies the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water on Earth. It is also notably one of two satellites, along with <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_(sattelite)" class="extiw" title="w:Terra (sattelite)">Terra</a></i>, that carries the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderate-resolution_imaging_spectroradiometer" class="extiw" title="w:Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer">Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) photographic instrument, famous for its high-resolution imagery of the planet from orbit.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" class="extiw" title="w:NASA">National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)</a>
circa 2009 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+2009-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
<b>Published source</b>: "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://science.nasa.gov/toolkits/spacecraft-icons">Spacecraft Icons</a>" at NASA Science<br><b>Direct source</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://smd-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/science-green/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/Aqua.png">Image</a> hosted by smd-prod.s3.amazonaws.com.