International SWOT Mission Can Improve Flood Prediction
Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are like our planet’s arteries, carrying life-sustaining water in interconnected networks. When Earth’s water cycle runs too fast, flooding can result,…
Category: Marstronaut
New Proposals to Help NASA Advance Knowledge of Our Changing Climate
NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the benefit of all,…
NASA Selects Students for Europa Clipper Intern Program
NASA has selected 40 undergraduate students for the first year of its Europa ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists) internship program, supporting the agency’s…
NASA Doubles Down, Advances 6 Innovative Tech Concepts to New Phase
NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC) has selected six visionary concept studies for additional funding and development. Each study has already completed the initial NIAC…
NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science
NASA has identified nine U.S. companies to perform a total of 12 concept studies of how commercial services can be applied to enable science missions…
NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away
An international team of researchers has successfully used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b. Precise…
NASA Grants Support Academic Collaborations for STEM Student Success
NASA has awarded $3.9 million to 13 teams at under-resourced academic institutions across the country, to support collaborative projects with NASA that offer students mentorship…
NASA Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
In the months ahead, two of NASA’s Mars spacecraft will have an unprecedented opportunity to study how solar flares — giant explosions on the Sun’s…
Launch Date Set for NASA’s PREFIRE Mission to Study Polar Energy Loss
NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting no earlier than Wednesday, May 22, 2024, for the first of two launches of the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant…
Webb Captures Top of Iconic Horsehead Nebula in Unprecedented Detail
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the most distinctive objects in…