NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission, Optical Communications Demo
NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 6, to discuss the agency’s upcoming Psyche mission, which will be its first…
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NASA, Partners Study Ancient Life in Australia to Inform Mars Search
In June 2023, NASA’s Mars Exploration Program leaders joined their counterparts from the Australian Space Agency, ESA (European Space Agency), and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific…
NASA Maps Key Heat Wave Differences in Southern California
Like much of the planet, Southern California is expected to experience more heat waves in the future due to Earth’s changing climate. And some of…
New Video Series Reveals What Drives NASA’s Psyche Mission Team
What motivates someone to labor for years to help build something that will be rocketed into space, never to be seen again on our planet?…
NASA’s MAVEN Observes Martian Light Show Caused by Major Solar Storm
For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA’s MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae simultaneously, the r…
NASA Prepares to Say 'Farewell' to InSight Spacecraft
A closer look at what goes into wrapping up the mission as the spacecraft’s power supply continues to dwindle.
NASA and ESA Agree on Next Steps to Return Mars Samples to Earth
The agency’s Perseverance rover will establish the first sample depot on Mars.
NASA's InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars
The agency’s lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the yawning new crater from…
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.
Why NASA Is Trying To Crash Land on Mars
Like a car’s crumple zone, the experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact.