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NASA’s Putting its Solar Sail Through its Paces
Those of you following the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System may have heard that its booms…
Study shows how amateur astronomers can aid in Jupiter weather monitoring
Jupiter. Credit: Enhanced image by Gerald Eichstädt and Sean Doran (CC BY-NC-SA) based on images provided…
Managing space debris through space law
Credit: NASA It’s becoming increasingly crowded in the orbits around Earth that are popular for space…
Sols 4295-4296: A Martian Moon and Planet Earth
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration…
There are Important Differences Between the Ice Caps on Mars
In the 17th century, astronomers Giovanni Domenica Cassini and Christian Huygens noted the presence of hazy white…
Eclipses create atmospheric gravity waves, student teams confirm
Plymouth State University students Sarah Brigandi, left, and Sammantha Boulay release a weather balloon from Moriarty,…
NASA Selects Langley Research Center Support Contractor
NASA has awarded the Center, Operations Maintenance, and Engineering II contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of…
NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN help solve the mystery of Mars’s escaping water
These are far-ultraviolet Hubble images of Mars near its farthest point from the sun, called aphelion,…
New Hardware for Future Artemis Moon Missions Arrive at NASA Kennedy
From across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Gulf of Mexico, two ships converged, delivering key…