The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter will create 3-D maps of asteroid Bennu to help the mission team…
Author: Solar System and Beyond
Plunging into the Ionosphere: Satellite’s Last Days Improve Orbital Decay Predictions
Scientists are learning more about how the upper atmosphere and ionosphere affect space satellites as well…
Four Months after Pluto Flyby, NASA’s New Horizons Yields Wealth of Discovery
From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, NASA’s New Horizons science team is discussing more than…
NASA Mission Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Begins Environmental Testing
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colorado.
Hubble’s Planetary Portrait Captures New Changes in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have produced new maps of Jupiter – the first in…
NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars
New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water…
Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, according to…
NASA’s LRO Discovers Earth’s Pull is ‘Massaging’ our Moon
Earth's gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface…
Cameras Delivered for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission as Launch Prep Continues
The first U.S. mission to return samples of an asteroid to Earth is another step closer…