NASA continues Psyche asteroid mission
NASA announced Friday the agency decided its Psyche mission will go forward, targeting a launch period opening on Oct. 10, 2023.
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NASA Earth science racks up frequent-flier miles in New Zealand skies
Since mid-September 2022, NASA-funded instruments have been hitching rides on commercial aircraft and collecting environmental data over New Zealand. The collaboration with Air New Zealand is the first known data-collecting ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 13, 2022
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NASA to deflect asteroid in key test of planetary defense
NASA will on Monday attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devastating ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 26, 2022
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NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense
Bet the dinosaurs wish they'd thought of this.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 23, 2022
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NASA to fly six scientific balloons from New Mexico
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program is moving full-steam ahead into the fall 2022 campaign with six scientific, engineering, and student balloon flights supporting 17 missions. The flights are scheduled to launch from Fort ...
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2022
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EarthCARE satellite's solar wing expanded for testing
ESA's upcoming EarthCARE satellite mission has just taken a big stretch. Engineers have gently unfolded this new satellite's huge five-panel solar wing to test that it will deploy correctly once it is in space. The solar ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 22, 2022
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Doing a deep dive into the dusty Milky Way
An animated dive into the dusty Milky Way reveals the outlines of our galaxy taking shape as we look out further and further from Earth.
Astronomy
Jul 15, 2022
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NASA'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 ...
Astronomy
Jun 24, 2022
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft resumes science and operations, exits safe mode
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission returned to normal science and relay operations on May 28, 2022, after recovering from an extended safe mode event. The spacecraft encountered problems in February ...
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2022
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Looking ahead to Webb telescope's first images
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on 12 July 2022.
Astronomy
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