Since 2002, the United States National Research Council (NRC) has released a publication that identifies objectives and makes recommendations for science missions for NASA, the National Science Foundation, and other government ...
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2022
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Using ground-based and space-based observations, a team of researchers has been monitoring a difficult-to-see comet carefully. It's called Comet 323P/SOHO, and it was discovered over 20 years ago in 1999. But it's difficult ...
Astronomy
Mar 14, 2022
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NASA has selected two science missions—the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm—to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the sun, the sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment. ...
Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2022
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The Pandora mission, co-led by a national laboratory and a NASA flight center, has passed a crucial step on its path to study stars and planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets.
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2022
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Astronomers ended 2021 on a high with the launch on December 25 of the James Webb Space Telescope, a joint mission between the European Space Agency, Nasa and the Canadian Space Agency. It was a relief to hear that the precision ...
Space Exploration
Jan 6, 2022
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ESA and Airbus have signed a contract to move forward with the design and construction of the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, Ariel, planned for launch in 2029.
Space Exploration
Dec 7, 2021
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NASA has selected a new Earth science mission that will study the behavior of tropical storms and thunderstorms, including their impacts on weather and climate models. The mission will be a collection of three SmallSats, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2021
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NASA is continuing to investigate why the instruments in the Hubble Space Telescope recently went into safe mode configuration, suspending science operations. The instruments are healthy and will remain in safe mode while ...
Astronomy
Nov 2, 2021
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Billions of years ago, lakes of lava on the surface of the moon eventually dried to form the vast dark patches—the lunar maria—visible today on the lunar nearside. Now, thanks to rock samples recently returned to Earth ...
Space Exploration
Oct 8, 2021
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NASA's Scientific Balloon Program's 2021 fall campaign is now underway in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, launching the first three of eight missions in August.
Space Exploration
Sep 6, 2021
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