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NASA’s Mars Mission Shields Up for Tests

October 13, 2022

Protecting Mars Sample Return spacecraft from micrometeorites requires high-caliber work. Micrometeorites are a potential hazard for any space mission, including NASA’s Mars Sample Return. The tiny rocks can travel up to 50 miles per second. At these speeds, “even dust could cause damage to a spacecraft,” said Bruno Sarli, a NASA engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…

Star Duo Forms ‘Fingerprint’ in Space, NASA’s Webb Finds

October 12, 2022

. Star Duo Forms ‘Fingerprint’ in Space, NASA’s Webb Finds A new image shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion locked in a celestial dance. A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space…

NASA Study Suggests Shallow Lakes in Europa’s Icy Crust Could Erupt

October 12, 2022

New research makes hypotheses that NASA’s Europa Clipper can test: Any plumes or volcanic activity at the Jovian moon’s surface are caused by shallow lakes in its icy crust. In the search for life beyond Earth, subsurface bodies of water in our outer solar…

NASA’s S-MODE Field Campaign Deploys to the Pacific Ocean

October 12, 2022

The mission’s fleet of ship, aircraft, and marine robotics will study ocean eddies and other elusive features near the surface that have a big influence on climate. When the research vessel Bold Horizon sailed from Newport, Oregon, in early October, it joined a small armada of planes, drones, and other high-tech craft chasing the ocean’s shapeshifting physics. NASA’s Sub-Mesoscale Ocean…

NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm

October 8, 2022

. NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible. NASA’s InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent…

JPL Developing More Tools to Help Search for Life in Deep Space

October 7, 2022

. JPL Developing More Tools to Help Search for Life in Deep Space A team at the Lab has invented new technologies that could be used by future missions to analyze liquid samples from watery worlds and look for signs of alien life. Are we alone in the…

Citizen Scientists Enhance New Europa Images From NASA’s Juno

October 7, 2022

Science enthusiasts have processed the new JunoCam images of Jupiter’s icy moon, with results that are out of this world. Citizen scientists have provided unique perspectives of the recent close flyby of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. By processing raw images from JunoCam, the spacecraft’s public-engagement camera, members of the general public have created…

NASA Study Finds Climate Extremes Affect Landslides in Surprising Ways

October 6, 2022

The results represent an early step toward developing what researchers hope will become the ability to forecast whether a slow-moving landslide will collapse. Climate change is driving more volatile precipitation patterns around the world – very dry stretches…

NASA’s Juno Gets Highest-Resolution Close-Up of Jupiter’s Moon Europa

October 6, 2022

. NASA’s Juno Gets Highest-Resolution Close-Up of Jupiter’s Moon Europa Observations from the spacecraft’s pass of the moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world, resulting in remarkable imagery and unique…

Testing, Testing: Space-Bound US-European Water Mission Passes Finals

October 5, 2022

. Testing, Testing: Space-Bound US-European Water Mission Passes Finals Your browser cannot play the provided video file(s). A rigorous testing program is the best way to ensure that every part of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission, down to the ball bearings, will work smoothly in orbit. Before any NASA mission is launched, the spacecraft…