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Huge Solar Arrays Permanently Installed on NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft
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The spacecraft’s Lunar Thermal Mapper science instrument will work with an imaging spectrometer to help researchers understand the nature of water on the Moon’s surface. .
Aug. 16, 2023
The addition of a high-gain antenna will enable the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft – set to launch in October 2024 – to communicate with mission controllers hundreds of millions of miles away. .
Aug. 15, 2023
Data from the mission will inform climate and ice models, providing better projections of how a warming world will affect sea ice loss, ice sheet melt, and sea level rise. .
Aug. 14, 2023
Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on the Red Planet. .
Aug. 10, 2023
A new paper suggests the same conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable to the emergence of microscopic life. .
Aug. 9, 2023
Streets and other built surfaces in the region absorbed and retained heat long after sunset and grew hotter over many days of persistent high temperatures. .
Aug. 8, 2023
Data sent by the spacecraft before it retired last December has provided new details about how fast the planet rotates and how much it wobbles. .
Aug. 7, 2023
The helicopter performed a short hop to help the team better understand why its previous flight was interrupted. .
The agency is testing technologies in space and on the ground that could increase bandwidth to transmit more complex science data and even stream video from Mars. .
In a case study, scientists detected the costly infection in cabernet sauvignon grapevines before they showed symptoms visible to the human eye. .
Aug. 4, 2023
The agency’s Cold Atom Lab is getting its second major upgrade and will be using it to explore the quantum realm. .
The Psyche mission is speeding toward its Oct. 5 launch date, preparing for the last of its launch-preparation milestones. .
Aug. 3, 2023
