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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.
For 25 years, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been sending rovers to Mars. From the first tentative tracks…
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…
Vergecast: James Webb Space Telescope’s launch next week, cool gadgets launched this week
December 17, 2021
Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. On the final Vergecast of 2021, Nilay and Dieter invite Verge managing…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
December 16, 2021
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency’s Mars Sample Return program will have to study.
Scientists with NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover mission have discovered that the bedrock their six-wheeled…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft
December 16, 2021
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft
With its recent 17th flight, the Red Planet rotorcraft reaches an airborne milestone the team never considered achievable. Its 18th flight is scheduled for no earlier than today.
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NASA Scientists Named AGU 2021 Union Honorees
December 15, 2021
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NASA Scientists Named AGU 2021 Union Honorees
Among the several being recognized by the American Geophysical Union are three from JPL.
Several individuals with NASA affiliations have been named 2021 Union honorees or fellows by…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Have the Coolest Camera in Space
December 15, 2021
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Before the MIRI instrument – one of four scientific instruments aboard the observatory – can operate, it has to be cooled down to almost the coldest temperature matter can reach.
Set to launch on Dec. 22, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest space observatory in history, and it has an equally gargantuan task…
A group of former SpaceX employees are coming forward about their experience working at the commercial rocket company, claiming that there is a culture of sexual harassment in the workplace and that managers and the human resources department handled complaints poorly.
The…
NASA to Launch 4 Earth Science Missions in 2022
December 14, 2021
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NASA to Launch 4 Earth Science Missions in 2022
The missions, including two led by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will help monitor our changing planet. Scientists will discuss them at the American…
NASA-NOAA Tech Will Aid Marine Oil Spill Response
December 14, 2021
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NASA-NOAA Tech Will Aid Marine Oil Spill Response
NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists are teaming up to test remote sensing technology for use in oil spill response.
Just off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, thousands of gallons of oil seep through cracks in the seafloor and rise to the…
