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NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles
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The telescope’s MIRI instrument, managed through launch by JPL, is helping provide new insights about the sparse outer regions of the Milky Way. .
Sept. 12, 2024
Targeting an Oct. 10 launch, Europa Clipper aims to determine whether Jupiter’s moon Europa potentially has the ingredients necessary for life. .
Sept. 11, 2024
Tests on Earth appear to confirm how the Red Planet’s spider-shaped geologic formations are carved by carbon dioxide. .
The spacecraft uses its thrusters to stay pointed at Earth, but after 47 years in space some of the fuel tubes have become clogged. .
Sept. 10, 2024
Works in ‘Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination,’ an exhibit in Glendale, California, help shrink the universe into something tangible. .
Sept. 9, 2024
The teleconference will follow a key meeting earlier that day regarding next steps for the mission. .
Sept. 6, 2024
Up to 50 people will be selected to attend this two-day event tied to the mission, which will explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, investigating its potential habitability. .
Sept. 3, 2024
The PREFIRE mission will help develop a more detailed understanding of how much heat the Arctic and Antarctica radiate into space and how this influences global climate. .
Called IceNode, the project envisions a fleet of autonomous robots that would help determine the melt rate of ice shelves. .
Aug. 29, 2024
The mirrors for NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work on other spacecraft components is accelerating. .
Aug. 28, 2024
Extreme wildfires like these will continue to have a large impact on global climate. .
The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for planetary exploration just got its ‘wings’ — massive solar arrays to power it on the journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. .
Aug. 27, 2024
