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NASA to Discuss Latest EMIT Findings, Helps Address Climate Change
Built to help scientists understand how dust affects climate, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation has demonstrated another crucial capability.
NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT (12 p.m. PDT) Tuesday, Oct. 25, to discuss the latest findings of the agency’s…
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NASA to Host Briefing on InSight, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Findings
Scientists from two Mars missions will discuss how they combined images and data for a major finding on the Red Planet.
NASA will host a virtual media briefing…
Why NASA Is Trying to Crash Land on Mars
October 21, 2022
Like a car’s crumple zone, the experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact.
NASA has successfully touched down on Mars nine times, relying on cutting-edge parachutes, massive airbags, and jetpacks to set spacecraft safely on the surface. Now…
Satellite to Study Earth’s Water Arrives at Launch Site
October 20, 2022
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Satellite to Study Earth’s Water Arrives at Launch Site
The international SWOT mission will view Earth’s ocean and surface water on land with unprecedented clarity.
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where teams will begin final preparations for the spacecraft’s launch in…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long-Awaited Salty Region
October 20, 2022
The rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying.
After journeying this summer through a narrow, sand-lined pass, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recently arrived in the “sulfate-bearing unit,” a long-sought region of…
NASA Telescope Takes 12-Year Time-Lapse Movie of Entire Sky
October 19, 2022
Pictures of the sky can show us cosmic wonders; movies can bring them to life. Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope are revealing motion and change across the sky.
Every six months, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or NEOWISE…
Measurements from EMIT, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation, will improve computer simulations researchers use to understand climate change.
NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission aboard the International Space Station has produced its first mineral maps, providing detailed images that show the composition of the surface in regions of northwest…
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…
Star Duo Forms ‘Fingerprint’ in Space, NASA’s Webb Finds
October 12, 2022
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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…
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 system are some of the most important targets. That’s why NASA is sending the Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter’s moon…
