One Year From Launch: US-European Satellite to Track World’s Water
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography spacecraft enters the home stretch as an international team prepares this next-generation satellite for launch in 2022....
Month : December 2021
Twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Begins Terrain Tests
OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, begins a series of rigorous tests to assess the risk of potential driving hazards on the surface of...
NASA’s Perseverance Captures Challenging Flight by Mars Helicopter
Recently downlinked imagery of a September flight has allowed the rover imaging team to put together a video of rotorcraft performing to near-perfection....
New Deep Learning Method Adds 301 Planets to Kepler’s Total Count
Scientists have added a whopping 301 newly confirmed exoplanets to the total exoplanet tally....
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends a Picture Postcard From Mars
An artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view high up on a Martian mountain was created by mission team members who were stunned by the sweeping landscape....
Are Water Plumes Spraying From Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper Is on the Case
Finding plumes at Europa is an exciting prospect, but scientists warn it’ll be tricky, even from up close....
NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Impact Monitoring System Goes Online
The new system improves the capabilities of NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies to assess the impact risk of asteroids that can come...
NASA to Highlight New Science Findings, Missions During AGU Meeting
Topics of discussion include upcoming NASA Earth science launches, the scientific discoveries Perseverance’s investigations on Mars, and updates from the Juno mission....
NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to Senior Advisor Mark Geyer
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of Mark Geyer, senior advisor to associate administrator Bob Cabana, and former...
Team Behind NASA’s Newest Mars Rover to Honor Persevering Students
Select middle schoolers who have pushed past obstacles to reach their academic goals will be rewarded with a personal message beamed down from NASA’s Perseverance...
