NASA’s Europa Clipper, shown in this illustration updated in December 2020, will fly around Jupiter on an elliptical path, diving close to its moon Europa on each flyby to collect data. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA‘S Europe The Clipper mission aims to solve problems with transistor radiation as it prepares to launch an expedition to Jupiter to … Read more
NASA tracked two near-Earth asteroids, gathering vital data on their trajectories and physical characteristics using radar technology that supports ongoing planetary defense efforts. (Artistic concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed by Earth. Researchers at NASA‘s Jet … Read more
As shown in this artist’s concept, the SHERLOC instrument is located at the end of the robotic arm of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech After six months of effort, an instrument that helps NASA‘s Perseverance Mars Rover’s search for possible signs of ancient microbial life is back online. After a mechanical failure halted SHERLOC … Read more
NASA has issued a warning about a major celestial event taking place today. A huge asteroidsimilar in mate to a towering skyscraper, hurtles towards the Earth at an astonishing speed speedThis event has caught the attention of astronomers and space enthusiasts around the world, as it highlights the continued need to keep an eye on … Read more
NASA has issued a warning about a major celestial event taking place today. A massive asteroid, comparable in size to a towering skyscraper, is hurtling toward Earth at an astonishing speed. The event has caught the attention of astronomers and space enthusiasts around the world, as it highlights the continued need to keep an eye … Read more
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover stores rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on Earth’s surface for retrieval on future missions, as shown in this illustration. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Tucked away at every rock and soil sample collected by NASA‘s Perseverance rover is a potential boon for atmospheric scientists. NASA’s perseverance Mars Rover is collecting samples on … Read more
NASA’s watchful eyes in the sky have detected an asteroid, designated 2024 LB4, that is expected to make a close approach to Earth. This asteroid, which is comparable in size to a commercial airliner and has a diameter of about 30 meters, is on a trajectory that will bring it within 3,000,000 kilometers of our … Read more
WASHINGTON – The four instruments on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft are returning science data for the first time since a computer failure last November, as scientists hope to keep the mission operational for another decade. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced June 13 that the spacecraft’s four instruments, which measure plasma waves, magnetic fields and particles … Read more
Ed Stone, the scientist who spent 50 years leading NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission to the outer planets and led the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when it landed its first rover on Mars, died Tuesday. He was 88. A physicist who started on the ground floor of space exploration, Stone played a leading role in NASA missions … Read more
Stone took the lead in tailoring the peer-review process to the faster pace of the mission’s planetary encounters: In the early afternoon, after the data was collected, teams of scientists decided what they thought would be their best results for that day they were and held firm. their conclusions for feedback to the entire science … Read more