How SWOT Will Look at the World’s Water: 5 Things To Know
The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will provide high-definition data on the salt- and fresh water on Earth’s surface. On December 16, NASA…
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Latest International Water Satellite Packs Powerful Engineering Punch
Meet the scientific heart of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission, which will see Earth’s water in higher definition than ever before. Successfully launched…
Watch NASA’s Latest Water Satellite Unfold in Space
Cameras on the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft captured the antennas for its main science instrument unfurling in orbit. But before it could…
Carbon Mapper: NASA Sensors to Help Detect Methane Emitted by Landfills
A nonprofit group, Carbon Mapper, will use data from NASA’s EMIT mission, plus current airborne and future satellite instruments, to survey waste sites for methane…
NASA’s Revolutionary Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) for Future Moon Missions
COLDArm, the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm, will significantly improve the utility of robotic arms for lunar landers. The arm will enable manipulation capabilities in…
Meet the People Behind NASA’s Incredible New SWOT Water-Tracking Satellite
A new video series highlights the hard work and passion of scientists and engineers who helped get this remarkable new satellite off the ground. On…
NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars – Otherworldly Holiday Scene With Cube-Shaped Snow
Cube-shaped snow, icy landscapes, and frost are all part of the Red Planet’s coldest season. When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into…
Black Hole Tears Apart Unlucky Star – NASA Gets Unusually Close View of Dramatic Destruction
NASA Gets Unusually Close Glimpse of Black Hole Destroying a Star Recent observations of a black hole devouring a wandering star may help scientists understand…
“Dead Bus” – NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After 4 Years on Red Planet
After more than four years on the Red Planet, NASA mission managers have concluded that the solar-powered InSight lander has run out of energy. NASA’s…
NASA Satellites Help Scientists Track Staggering Wetlands Loss in Louisiana
New research uses NASA satellite observations and advanced computing to chronicle wetlands lost (and found) around the globe. From Lake Pontchartrain to the Texas border,…
NASA Discovers Pair of Super-Earths With 1,000-Mile-Deep Oceans
NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer Find Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water In the 1995 post-apocalyptic action film “Waterworld” Earth’s polar ice caps have completely melted,…
A Cosmic Tale of Death & Dust Revealed in Orion Constellation
In a tale of cosmic proportions, the region is being transformed by the massive stars that live and die within it. A new image combining…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Martian Surface for Possible Return to Earth
The sample tube, which is filled with rock, will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that the Mars Sample Return campaign could…
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….
Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures Detected on Jupiter
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…
NASA Successfully Launches Game-Changing SWOT Mission To Survey Earth’s Water
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…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Exploring Jupiter’s Inner Moons During Extended Mission
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 Lunar Flashlight Has Launched – Follow the Mission to the Moon in Real Time
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…
