NASA, USGS Map Minerals to Understand Earth Makeup, Climate Change
These new observations can be used to identify the presence of a wide variety of minerals as well as mineral weathering or alteration....
Month : November 2022
Testing, Testing: Space-Bound US-European Water Mission Passes Finals
A rigorous testing program is the best way to ensure that every part of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission, down to the ball...
NASA Awards Launch Services Task Order for TROPICS CubeSats Mission
NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and...
NASA’s Juno Gets Highest-Resolution Close-Up of Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Observations from the spacecraft’s pass of the moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world, resulting in remarkable imagery and...
NASA’s Europa Clipper Gets Its Wheels for Traveling in Deep Space
The enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter’s moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented....
NASA Study Finds Climate Extremes Affect Landslides in Surprising Ways
The results represent an early step toward developing what researchers hope will become the ability to forecast whether a slow-moving landslide will fail and slide...
NASA Invites Public Comment on Plans for Mars Sample Return Campaign
NASA is seeking public comments on a draft environmental impact statement for the agency’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign. Comments are due by Monday, Dec....
NASA, ESA Reveal Tale of Death, Dust in Orion Constellation
In a tale of cosmic proportions, the region is being transformed by the massive stars that live and die within it....
NASA Updates Coverage for Next SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 2:20 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 26, to launch the company’s 26th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station....
NASA Program Predicted Impact of Small Asteroid Over Ontario, Canada
2022 WJ1 was a tiny asteroid on a collision course with Earth. But astronomers saw it coming, and NASA’s Scout impact hazard assessment system calculated...
