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How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets

October 29, 2024

Anthony Greicius

There’s water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers. When NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer begins orbiting the Moon next year, it will help resolve an enduring mystery: Where is the Moon’s water? Scientists have seen…
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DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging), Pioneer Venus, planetary science, Planetary Science Division, planets, Science & Research, Science Mission Directorate, Tech Industry, Tech News, The Solar System, Venus, VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography & Spectroscopy)

Old Data Yields New Secrets as NASA’s DAVINCI Preps for Venus Trip

October 17, 2024

NASA

How NASA’s DAVINCI mission to Venus uses old data to reveal new secrets.
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Astrophysics Division, goddard space flight center, Hubble Space Telescope, New Horizons, planetary science, Planetary Science Division, planets, Tech Industry, Tech News, The Solar System, uranus

NASA’s Hubble, New Horizons Team Up for a Simultaneous Look at Uranus

October 9, 2024

NASA

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different viewpoints. The results inform future plans to study like types of planets around other stars. Astronomers used Uranus as a proxy for similar planets beyond our…
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earth, JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), jupiter, Missions, planetary science, Planetary Science Division, Tech Industry, Tech News

NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation Belt

October 1, 2024

NASA

From Aug. 19-20, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped past our Moon and home planet, Juice’s instruments came online for a dry run of what they’ll do when they reach Jupiter. During…
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earth, JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), jupiter, Missions, planetary science, Planetary Science Division, Tech Industry, Tech News

NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation Belt

October 1, 2024

NASA

From Aug. 19-20, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped past our Moon and home planet, Juice’s instruments came online for a dry run of what they’ll do when they reach Jupiter. During…
Read more: NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation Belt
Astrophysics Division, Biological & Physical Sciences, citizen science, Earth Science Division, Heliophysics Division, Planetary Science Division, Tech Industry, Tech News

Women in Astronomy Citizen Science Webinar This Thursday

September 23, 2024

NASA

Women hold up half the sky… but participation numbers for NASA-sponsored citizen science projects don’t always reflect that. Why? And what can we do to welcome people of all genders to participate? During this week’s NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series webinar on Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT, we will…
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goddard space flight center, jet propulsion laboratory, mars, MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN), Planetary Science Division, Tech Industry, Tech News

Celebrating 10 Years at Mars with NASA’s MAVEN Mission

September 23, 2024

NASA

A decade ago, on Sept. 21, 2014, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmospheric and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, beginning its ongoing exploration of the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere. The mission has produced a wealth of data about how Mars’ atmosphere responds to the Sun and solar wind, and how these interactions can explain the…
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Artemis, Earth’s Moon, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Humans in Space, Missions, NASA Directorates, Planetary Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, Tech Industry, Tech News, The Solar System

9 Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole

September 11, 2024

NASA

Out-of-this-world phenomena NASA astronauts will experience at the Moon’s south polar region.
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earth, Earth Observatory, NASA Headquarters, Planetary Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, SmallSats Program, Tech Industry, Tech News

NASA Selects Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award

September 6, 2024

Tiernan P. Doyle

NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract with a maximum value of $476 million, cumulatively amongst all the selected contractors, and a performance period…
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Asteroids, Astromaterials, bennu, General, johnson space center, Missions, NASA Centers & Facilities, NASA Directorates, OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer), planetary science, Planetary Science Division, Science & Research, Science Mission Directorate, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Inst., Tech Industry, Tech News, The Solar System

NASA Shares Asteroid Bennu Sample in Exchange with JAXA

August 23, 2024

Sumer Loggins

As part of an asteroid sample exchange, NASA has transferred to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) a portion of the asteroid Bennu sample collected by the agency’s OSIRIS-REx mission. The sample was officially handed over by NASA officials during a ceremony on Aug. 22 at JAXA’s Sagamihara, Japan, campus. This asteroid sample transfer follows the…
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Category: Planetary Science Division

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets

Old Data Yields New Secrets as NASA’s DAVINCI Preps for Venus Trip

NASA’s Hubble, New Horizons Team Up for a Simultaneous Look at Uranus

NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation Belt

NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation Belt

Women in Astronomy Citizen Science Webinar This Thursday

Celebrating 10 Years at Mars with NASA’s MAVEN Mission

9 Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole

NASA Selects Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award

NASA Shares Asteroid Bennu Sample in Exchange with JAXA

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