Why Is Methane Seeping on Mars? NASA Scientists Have New Ideas
The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their…
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NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
For the first time since November, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The…
NASA’s Juno Gives Aerial Views of Mountain, Lava Lake on Io
Scientists on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have transformed data collected during two recent flybys of Io into animations that highlight two of the Jovian…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now
Engineers working on NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter assembled for one last time in a control room at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California…
NASA Sets Path to Return Mars Samples, Seeks Innovative Designs
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shared on Monday the agency’s path forward on the Mars Sample Return program, including seeking innovative designs to return valuable samples…
SWOT Satellite Helps Gauge the Depth of Death Valley’s Temporary Lake
California’s Death Valley, the driest place in North America, has hosted an ephemeral lake since late 2023. A NASA-led analysis recently calculated water depths in…
NASA Invites Media to Mars Sample Return Update
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT), Monday, April 15, to discuss the agency’s response to a Mars Sample…
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Announces 3 Personnel Appointments
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is pleased to announce three key staff appointments, naming Keyur Patel the associate director for Flight Projects and Mission Success, Howard…
Media Get Close-Up of NASA’s Jupiter-Bound Europa Clipper
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are running final tests and preparing the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft for the next leg of…
NASA’s NEOWISE Extends Legacy With Decade of Near-Earth Object Data
NASA’s NEOWISE mission has released its 10th year of infrared data – the latest in a unique long-duration (or “time-domain”) survey that captures how celestial…