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Biggest Moments on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Rover 2021 Year in Review
A new video looks back on the six-wheeled scientist’s first 10 months on the Red Planet and all that it’s accomplished so far.
NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy since its harrowing touchdown in Mars’ Jezero Crater this past February.
In the 10 months since, the…
China complains to UN after maneuvering its space station away from SpaceX Starlink satellites
December 28, 2021
China filed a complaint this month with the United Nations, arguing that it had to conduct evasive maneuvers of its space station to avoid potential collisions with two of SpaceX’s internet-beaming Starlink satellites. The country is requesting that the UN’s Secretary…
How to watch the launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
December 26, 2021
After nearly two and a half decades of planning and work, NASA is finally set to launch its next-generation space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, this morning. The spacecraft will ride to space on top of a European Ariane 5 rocket, taking off out of Europe’s…
Early Christmas morning, NASA’s revolutionary new space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, successfully launched into space after taking off on top of a European Ariane 5 rocket from South America. The launch marks the beginning of one of the most anticipated NASA missions in decades, a program that promises to transform how we study the deepest depths of the…
CES 2022 loses Microsoft in Las Vegas over COVID fears
December 24, 2021
Microsoft is the latest company to drop a physical presence at CES, as the increased prevalence of COVID-19 spooks exhibitors. It joins a growing list of major companies ditching the world’s largest technology show.
“After reviewing the latest data on the rapidly…
Where Ideas Go to Grow
December 23, 2021
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James Smith created the JPL University Crowdsourcing Initiative (JUCI) to pair JPLers with a volunteer workforce hungry for challenges.
It was 2016 and Alex Austin couldn’t believe his luck. A college senior studying aerospace and mechanical…
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5 Things to Know About a Pair of Small But Mighty Weather Instruments
Launched Tuesday to the space station, the COWVR and TEMPEST two instruments could lead the way to big improvements in gathering key information for weather forecasting.
The Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer (COWVR) is no bigger than a minifridge. The Temporal…
New analysis further links Pegasus spyware to Jamal Khashoggi murder
December 21, 2021
New forensic analysis indicates that representatives of the United Arab Emirates government installed Pegasus spyware on the phone of Hanan Elatr, wife of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, just months before her husband was killed. The analysis was conducted by…
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NASA-JPL’s ‘On a Mission’ Podcast New Season Rolls Out With Mars Rovers
With the first episode available now, Season Four shares the personal stories of the people who’ve helped put NASA’s six-wheeled explorers on the Red Planet.
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft ‘Hears’ Jupiter’s Moon
December 18, 2021
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft ‘Hears’ Jupiter’s Moon
An audio track collected during Jupiter mission’s Ganymede flyby offers a dramatic ride-along. It is one of the highlights mission scientists shared in a briefing at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Sounds from a Ganymede flyby, magnetic fields, and remarkable…
