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NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft, Optical Comms Demo En Route to Asteroid
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NISAR will study changes to ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice in fine detail, as climate change warms the air and ocean. .
Jan. 10, 2024
Videos from the rover show its shadow moving across the Martian surface during a 12-hour sequence while Curiosity remained parked. .
Dec. 28, 2023
The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest moons. .
Dec. 27, 2023
The Webb telescope has opened a new window onto the universe, but it builds on missions going back 40 years, including Spitzer and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. .
Dec. 22, 2023
The agency’s DSN provides critical communications and navigation services to dozens of space missions, and it’s being modernized to support dozens more. .
Runoff from one of North America’s largest rivers is driving intense carbon dioxide emissions in the Arctic Ocean. .
Dec. 21, 2023
The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historic milestone. .
Dec. 18, 2023
A study zooms in on data that NASA’s Cassini gathered at Saturn’s icy moon and finds evidence of a key ingredient for life and a supercharged source of energy to fuel it. .
Dec. 14, 2023
The asteroid and comet-hunting infrared space telescope has gathered an impressive haul of observations, but it’s now at the mercy of the Sun, which is accelerating its demise. .
Dec. 13, 2023
Now at 1,000 days on Mars, the mission has traversed an ancient river and lake system, collecting valuable samples along the way. .
Dec. 12, 2023
EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling scientists to model the fine particles’ role in climate change and more. .
Dec. 11, 2023
To compete in a race against the clock and each other, 18 student teams built complicated contraptions for the annual Invention Challenge at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. .
Dec. 8, 2023