AIRS data were used to create the first ever global map of carbon dioxide taken from direct observation

AIRS can also measure trace greenhouse gases such as ozone, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and methane.

AIRS uses cutting-edge infrared technology to create 3-dimensional maps of air and surface temperature, water vapor, and cloud properties.

AIRS is one of six instruments on board the Aqua satellite, part of the NASA Earth Observing System.

AIRS is a facility instrument whose goal is to support climate research and improve weather forecasting

By 2005, the Center was home to over 30 government agencies and private companies. By far the largest of these were elements of the United States Navy with some 3,500 personnel, which was far larger than the NASA civil servant contingent.

Before construction of the Stennis Space Center began, five small communities (Gainesville, Logtown, Napoleon, Santa Rosa and Westonia) with 700 families were relocated. Remnants of the communities, including city streets and a one-room school house, still exist within the facility.