NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Missions Studying Cosmic Origins, Sun
NASA’s SPHEREx is situated on a work stand ahead of prelaunch operations at the Astrotech Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The…
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How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer arrived in Florida recently in advance of its launch later this month and has been integrated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.…
NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Will Seek Life’s Ingredients
Every living organism on Earth needs water to survive, so scientists searching for life outside our solar system, are often guided by the phrase “follow…
NASA’s Advancements in Space Continue Generating Products on Earth
The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication, which highlights the successful transfer of agency technology to the commercial sector, is now available online. For nearly…
NASA’s Mini Rover Team Is Packed for Lunar Journey
Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars
Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover using its Mastcam — its main set…
NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas Sinking, Rising Along California Coast
Tracking and predicting sea level rise involves more than measuring the height of our oceans: Land along coastlines also inches up and down in elevation.…
Euclid Discovers Einstein Ring in Our Cosmic Backyard
Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, has made a surprising discovery in our cosmic backyard: a phenomenon called an Einstein ring.…
En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars
Three months after its launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency’s Europa Clipper has another 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion kilometers) to…
NASA’s InSight Finds Marsquakes From Meteoroids Go Deeper Than Expected
Meteoroids striking Mars produce seismic signals that can reach deeper into the planet than previously known. That’s the finding of a pair of new papers…