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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Will Carry First Spacesuit Materials to Mars
In a Q&A, spacesuit designer Amy Ross explains how five samples, including a piece of helmet visor, will be tested aboard the rover, which is … Read More
A New Video Captures the Science of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover
With a targeted launch date of July 30, the next robotic scientist NASA is sending to the to the Red Planet has big ambitions.
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New NASA Research Projects Probe COVID-19 Impacts
The new projects look at food- and water-supply stability and how changes in human activity are affecting the environment.
The COVID-19 pandemic has touched most … Read More
NASA’s AIRS Sees Hurricane Douglas, Tropical Storm Hanna From Space
Wild weather sweeping in from the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico is bringing flooding rains, high winds, and dangerous storm surges to Hawaii and … Read More
NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Launch
A Mars photo booth, augmented-reality filters, and a virtual launch packet are just some of the ways to celebrate the July 30 launch of the … Read More
NASA Mission Will Study the Cosmos With a Stratospheric Balloon
Carried by a balloon the size of a football stadium, ASTHROS will use a cutting-edge telescope to observe wavelengths of light that aren’t visible from … Read More
NASA Juno Takes First Images of Jovian Moon Ganymede’s North Pole
Infrared images from Juno provide the first glimpse of Ganymede’s icy north pole.
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NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Passes Flight Readiness Review
The agency’s Mars 2020 mission has one more big prelaunch review – the Launch Readiness Review, on July 27.
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NASA to Broadcast Mars 2020 Perseverance Launch, Prelaunch Activities
Starting July 27, news activities will cover everything from mission engineering and science to returning samples from Mars to, of course, the launch itself.
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NASA Scientist Over the Moon With Homegrown Radish Research
How two video meetings, two online purchases, and a kitchen counter led to what could be “one small step” for future astronauts to grow food … Read More
Runaway Star Might Explain Black Hole’s Disappearing Act
The telltale sign that the black hole was feeding vanished, perhaps when a star interrupted the feast. The event could lend new insight into these … Read More
NASA to Highlight Comet NEOWISE with Public Broadcast, Media Teleconference
As Comet NEOWISE begins to dazzle the evening skies, the public and media can pose their astronomy questions to a panel of experts from NASA, … Read More
‘Disk Detective’ Needs Your Help Finding Disks Where Planets Form
Members of the public can help scientists learn how planets form by sifting through data from NASA’s WISE mission, managed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion … Read More
NASA Announces Mini Payload Challenge Winners
The winners for the JPL-led “Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload” challenge have been announced, and the miniature robotic designs could help the agency explore … Read More
6 Things to Know About NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
The first helicopter attempting to fly on another planet is a marvel of engineering. Get up to speed with these key facts about its plans.… Read More
NASA’s AIRS Monitors Tropical Storm Fay as It Deluges the East Coast
From its vantage point aboard the Aqua satellite, the instrument maps how much moisture the storm’s clouds contain.
Tropical Storm Fay is sweeping across New … Read More
Join NASA for the Launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
No matter where you live, choose from a menu of activities to join NASA as we “Countdown to Mars” and launch the Perseverance rover to … Read More
Two Bizarre Brown Dwarfs Found With Citizen Scientists’ Help
Data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission, managed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fuels the search for these not-quite-planets-but-not-quite-stars.
NASA’s Deep Space Station in Australia Is Getting an Upgrade
Used for communicating with distant spacecraft, a massive radio antenna is being retrofitted to prepare it for a busy future of solar system exploration.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Attached to Atlas V Rocket
Ready for its launch later in the month, the Mars-bound rover will touch terra firma no more.
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Comet NEOWISE Sizzles as It Slides by the Sun, Providing a Treat for Observers
Catch the comet in the morning sky until July 11, after which you can find it just after sunset until mid-August.
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7 Things to Know About the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission
NASA’s next rover to the Red Planet launched on July 30 and will land on Feb. 18, 2021. These highlights will get you up to … Read More
Keeping a Steady Eye on Sea Level Change From Space
The Sentinel-6/Jason-CS satellite mission will add to a long-term sea level dataset that’s become the gold standard for climate studies from orbit.
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Building NASA’s Psyche: Design Done, Now Full Speed Ahead on Hardware
The mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid is pivoting from planning the details to building real pieces of the spacecraft puzzle.
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NASA’s Venus Rover Challenge Winners Announced
An overwhelming response to the competition will help advance the design of a mechanical rover concept that could one day explore the hellish surface of … Read More
Curiosity Mars Rover’s Summer Road Trip Has Begun
After more than a year in a clay-rich region, Curiosity is making a mile-long journey around some deep sand so that it can explore higher … Read More
NASA’s InSight Flexes Its Arm While Its ‘Mole’ Hits Pause
Now that the lander’s robotic arm has helped the mole get underground, it will resume science activities that have been on hold.
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NASA’s ASTER Sees Arizona’s Bighorn Fire Burn Scar From Space
From the vantage point of the Terra satellite, the instrument can detect the scarred land that the wildfire, burning north of Tucson, is leaving in … Read More
VERITAS: Exploring the Deep Truths of Venus
Under consideration to become the next Discovery Program mission, VERITAS would reveal the inner workings of Earth’s mysterious “twin.”
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Black Hole Collision May Have Exploded With Light
In a first, astronomers may have seen light from the merger of two black holes, providing opportunities to learn about these mysterious dark objects.
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