NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover To Begin Building First Sample Depot on Another World
The ten sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface contain an astounding variety of the planet’s geology, which will one day be analyzed on Earth….
The ten sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface contain an astounding variety of the planet’s geology, which will one day be analyzed on Earth….
Based partly on data from generations of NASA missions, including NASA’s Voyager and Cassini, a 40-year study could help scientists determine how to predict weather…
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, which is led by NASA and the French space agency CNES, will provide high-definition data on the…
After revealing a trove of details about the Jovian moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io….
NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System web-based visualization tool lets you “see” the SmallSat as it journeys to the Moon and seeks out water ice…
Mars 2020 Perseverance mission’s first two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – could help scientists better understand the Red Planet and engineers…
What are some skywatching highlights in December 2022? The Moon sweeps past Jupiter twice this month, and actually covers Mars completely, in an event called…
Compared to some of the other flights this past year, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s Flight 34 might not stand out. Wednesday’s successful 18-second flight was even…
Tantalizing opportunities for the six-wheeler’s science team while exploring a sediment-rich location in a Mars delta. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has begun exploring a region…
The Moon goes all red, plus Leonid meteors! The Leonids will battle against moonlight this year, but anyone with a view of the Moon in…
A closer look at what goes into wrapping up the mission as the InSight spacecraft’s power supply continues to dwindle. The end is nigh for…
Set for launch in November, Lunar Flashlight is a small satellite mission that will use lasers to search for water ice inside the darkest craters…
NASA’s InSight lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the cavernous new crater from space. Last…
EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) was built to help scientists understand how dust affects climate. It can also pinpoint emissions of the potent…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying. After trekking this summer through a…
The experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact like a car’s crumple zone. NASA has successfully landed spacecraft on Mars nine times,…
Pictures of the sky can reveal the grandeur of the cosmos, but movies can bring them to life. Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope are…
Measurements from EMIT, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation, will improve computer simulations scientists use to understand climate change. NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust…