Before revision: NASA Earth Science , formerly called NASA Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) and Mission To Planet Earth (MTPE), is a NASA research program "to develop a scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural and human-induced changes to enable improved prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards for present and future generations".
After revision: NASA Earth Science Division operating satellite missions as of February 2015.upright=2.0|Satellite image from MODIS-Aqua from May 2017 shows Earth's surface including clouds, forests, islands, deserts, the deep blue Mediterranean Sea, and swirls of phytoplankton in the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Persian Gulf.NASA Earth Science,upright=2.0|Schematic of formerly called NASA Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) and Mission To Planet Earth (MTPE), is a NASA research program "to develop a scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural and human-induced changes to enable improved prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards for present and future generations".