NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended
NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission has been extended through September 2026 and is broadening its focus from Earth’s poles to…
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Giant Radar Antenna Reflector on NASA-ISRO Satellite in Full ‘Bloom’
Spanning 39 feet (12 meters), the drum-shaped antenna reflector on the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite mission from NASA and the Indian Space Research…
US-French SWOT Satellite Measures Tsunami After Massive Quake
The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite captured the tsunami spawned by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on…
NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our…
NASA Supercomputers Take on Life Near Greenland’s Most Active Glacier
Runoff from Greenland’s ice sheet is kicking nutrients up from the ocean depths and boosting phytoplankton growth, a new NASA-supported study has found. Reporting in…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Mars Vista As Clear As Day
The imaging team of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took advantage of clear skies on the Red Planet to capture one of the sharpest panoramas of…
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Moon Mission Ends
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the Moon on July 31. Despite extensive efforts, mission operators were unable to establish two-way communications after losing…
Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills
Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The six-wheeled robot has been given…
How Joint NASA-ESA Sea Level Mission Will Help Hurricane Forecasts
NASA has a long record of monitoring Earth’s sea surface height, information critical not only for tracking how the ocean changes over time but also…
NASA’s Europa Clipper Radar Instrument Proves Itself at Mars
As it soared past Mars in March, NASA’s Europa Clipper conducted a critical radar test that had been impossible to accomplish on Earth. Now that…