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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 at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT) on Thursday, Oct. 27, to share new scientific findings based on observations from the agency’s…
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…
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 Mount Sharp enriched with salty minerals.
Scientists hypothesize that billions of years ago, streams, and ponds left behind the…
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…
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
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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…
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…
