NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles
The second of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) two satellites is communicating with ground controllers after launching at 3:15 p.m. NZST,…
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Twin NASA Satellites Ready to Help Gauge Earth’s Energy Balance
A pair of new shoebox-size NASA satellites will help unravel an atmospheric mystery that’s bedeviled scientists for years: how the behavior of clouds and water…
NASA to Measure Moonquakes With Help From InSight Mars Mission
The most sensitive instrument ever built to measure quakes and meteor strikes on other worlds is getting closer to its journey to the mysterious far…
Launch Date Set for NASA’s Second PREFIRE Satellite
NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting Saturday, June 1, to launch the second CubeSat for the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment)…
Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data
Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus has been observed for a second time. Scientists in Italy analyzed archival data from NASA’s Magellan…
NASA Launches Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles
The first of a pair of climate satellites designed to study heat emissions at Earth’s poles for NASA is in orbit after lifting off atop…
NASA’s Europa Clipper Makes Cross-Country Flight to Florida
NASA’s Europa Clipper, a spacecraft designed to investigate Jupiter’s icy moon Europa and its potential to support life, arrived in Florida on Thursday, May 23.…
New Images From Euclid Mission Reveal Wide View of the Dark Universe
The Euclid mission, led by ESA (the European Space Agency) with contributions from NASA, has released five new images that showcase the space telescope’s ability…
NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft passed its six-month checkup with a clean bill of health, and there’s no holding back now. Navigators are firing its futuristic-looking electric…
NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets
The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help pave the way in the search for habitable worlds outside our solar…