Kiʻi Kiʻi Nui-Angle no nā Aerosol (MAIA) he mikiona hui ia o NASA a me ka Italian Space Agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI). E aʻo ka misionari i ka hopena o ka pollution particulate ea i ke olakino kanaka. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo MAIA i ka manawa mua i komo ai ka poʻe epidemiologists a me nā ʻoihana olakino lehulehu i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka misionari satellite a NASA e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino lehulehu.

Ma mua o ka pau ʻana o 2024, e hoʻomaka ʻia ka hale kiaʻi MAIA. Aia ka haku mele i mea hana ʻepekema i hoʻomohala ʻia e NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ma Kaleponi Hema a me kahi satellite ASI i kapa ʻia ʻo PLATiNO-2. E nānā ʻia nā ʻikepili i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai nā mea ʻike honua, ka mea nānā a me nā kumu hoʻohālike e ka misionari. E hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā hopena me ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka hānau ʻana, nā halemai a me nā make ma waena o nā kānaka. E hoʻomālamalama kēia i nā hopena olakino o nā mea haumia paʻa a me ka wai i ka ea a mākou e hanu ai.

Ua hoʻopili ʻia nā Aerosol, nā ʻāpana ea, i nā pilikia olakino. Hoʻopili kēia i ka maʻi kanesa a me nā maʻi hanu e like me ka puʻuwai puʻuwai, ka hānō a me ka hahau. Eia kekahi, aia nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka hānau ʻana a me ka hānau ʻana, ʻo ka hānau mua ʻana a me nā pēpē haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. Wahi a David Diner, ka mea noiʻi nui ma ka MAIA, ʻaʻole i hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻia ka ʻona o nā huila like ʻole. No laila, e kōkua kēia misionari iā mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka pollution particulate airborne e hoʻoweliweli i ko mākou olakino.

ʻO ka pahu kiʻi spectropolarimetric kikoʻī ka mea hana ʻepekema o ka observatory. Hiki i ka spectrum electromagnetic ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi kikohoʻe mai nā kihi like ʻole. Loaʻa kēia i nā ʻāpana infrared kokoke-infrared, ʻike ʻia, ultraviolet, a me ka nalu pōkole. Ma ke aʻo ʻana i nā ʻano a me ka laha ʻana o nā pilikia olakino e pili ana i ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka ea, e loaʻa i ka hui ʻepekema MAIA ka ʻike maikaʻi. E hana ʻia kēia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia mau ʻikepili no ke kālailai ʻana i ka nui a me ka māhele ʻāina o nā ʻāpana ea. Eia kekahi, e kālailai lākou i ka haku mele a me ka nui o nā ʻāpana ea.

Ma ka moʻolelo lōʻihi o ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o NASA a me ASI, ʻo MAIA ka mea i hōʻike ʻia i ka piko o nā mea a NASA a me nā hui ASI e hāʻawi ai. Hoʻopili kēia i ka ʻike, ka mākaukau a me ka ʻenehana nānā honua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Francesco Longo, ke poʻo o ka ASI's Earth Observation and Operations Division, e kōkua ka ʻepekema o kēia mikiona hui i nā kānaka no ka manawa lōʻihi.

ʻO ka ʻaelike, i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma Ianuali 2023, hoʻomau i ka pilina lōʻihi ma waena o ASI a me NASA. Hoʻopili kēia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka misionari Cassini i Saturn ma 1997. ʻO ASI's lightweight Italian CubeSat for Imaging Asteroids (LICIACube) he mea nui o ka 2022 DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) o NASA. Ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ukana ʻē aʻe ma luna o ka mokulele Orion i ka wā o ka mikiona Artemis I.