The public is invited to a free talk called “The Juno Mission to Jupiter,” presented by…
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NASA’s NICER Mission Arrives at Kennedy Space Center
The multipurpose Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
NASA, France to Collaborate on Planetary Science and Space Exploration
NASA and the Astrophysics and Planetology Research Institute (IRAP), located in Toulouse, France, have signed an…
NASA Selects Instrument Team to Build Next-Gen Planet Hunter
NASA has selected a team to build a new, cutting-edge instrument that will detect planets outside…
Student-Built Experiment Integrated onto NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
The Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) will determine elemental abundances on the surface of asteroid Bennu.
International Instrument Delivered for NASA’s 2016 Asteroid Sample Return Mission
The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter will create 3-D maps of asteroid Bennu to help the mission team…
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.