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The latest updates from deep space missions, planetary defense, and scientific breakthroughs across the cosmos.
ArtemisI Am Artemis: Eric Alexander
Eric Alexander takes pride in his Artemis mission role to establish a long-term human presence in deep space, especially as part of a global network striving toward a common goal: advancing human spaceflight and scientific achievement for the benefit of humanity. Based at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Alexander serves as the …
ExoplanetsNASA’s New Hubble E-Book Takes Readers on a Journey to Curious Worlds
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope team has released a new edition in the Hubble Focus e-book series, called “Hubble Focus: Strange New Worlds.” This e-book highlights the mission’s recent discoveries about worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Download: ePub format (120 MB) PDF format (5 MB) “The Hubble Space Telescope is once again opening our eyes …
EarthNASA Approves Continuation of ICESat-2 After 3+ Years of Big Results
Melt Ponds, Summer Ice, and More: Space Laser Measures Changing Earth Arctic sea ice has lost about a third of its volume since 2003. At the other pole, new glacial lakes were discovered deep below the surface of Antarctic ice. At latitudes in between, changing water levels in reservoirs revealed human influences. Those are just …
MarsHelp NASA Scientists Find Clouds on Mars
By identifying clouds in data collected by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the public can increase scientists’ understanding of the Red Planet’s atmosphere. NASA scientists hope to solve a fundamental mystery about Mars’ atmosphere, and you can help. They’ve organized a project called Cloudspotting on Mars that invites the public to identify Martian clouds using the …
MarsNASA’s Curiosity Takes Inventory of Key Life Ingredient on Mars
Scientists using data from NASA’s Curiosity rover measured the total organic carbon – a key component in the molecules of life – in Martian rocks for the first time. “Total organic carbon is one of several measurements [or indices] that help us understand how much material is available as feedstock for prebiotic chemistry and potentially …
MarsNASA Experiment Suggests Need to Dig Deep for Evidence of Life on Mars
According to a new NASA laboratory experiment, rovers may have to dig about 6.6 feet (two meters) or more under the Martian surface to find signs of ancient life because ionizing radiation from space degrades small molecules such as amino acids relatively quickly. Amino acids can be created by life and by non-biological chemistry. However, …
ISSSpace Station Science Highlights: Week of June 20, 2022
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of June 20 that included examining burning and material flammability in microgravity, demonstrating a vision-based navigation system for small spacecraft, and taking photographs of Earth. Here are details on some of the microgravity investigations currently taking …
AsteroidsNASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spots Rocket Impact Site on Moon
Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred March 4, with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter later spotting the resulting crater. Surprisingly the crater is actually two craters, an eastern crater (18-meter diameter, about 19.5 yards) superimposed on a western crater (16-meter diameter, about 17.5 yards). The double crater …
ArtemisNASA Completes Wet Dress Rehearsal, Moves Forward Toward Launch
NASA has analyzed the data from the wet dress rehearsal conducted Monday, June 20, and determined the testing campaign is complete. The agency will roll Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy next week to prepare the rocket and spacecraft for launch. “During the wet dress rehearsal …
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