Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch
In a little over a day, NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is slated to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon…
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NASA Turns Off 2 Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission
Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will…
NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Mission to Study Storm Formation
NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which…
University High Knows the Answers at NASA JPL Regional Science Bowl
What is the molecular geometry of sulfur tetrafluoride? Which layer of the Sun is thickest? What is the average of the first 10 prime numbers?…
NASA Uses New Technology to Understand California Wildfires
The January wildfires in California devastated local habitats and communities. In an effort to better understand wildfire behavior, NASA scientists and engineers tried to learn…
6 Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer
Launching no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer will help resolve an enduring mystery: Where is the Moon’s water? After sharing a ride…
NASA’s EZIE Launching to Study Magnetic Fingerprints of Earth’s Aurora
High above Earth’s poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky. These auroral electrojets push about…
NASA’s Europa Clipper Uses Mars to Go the Distance
On March 1, NASA’s Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what’s known as a gravity assist…
NASA: New Study on Why Mars Is Red Supports Potentially Habitable Past
A new international study partially funded by NASA on how Mars got its iconic red color adds to evidence that Mars had a cool but…
NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch
Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines…