For the first time, Optical Communication and Sensor Demonstration has successfully completed space-to-ground optical communications
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Planetary Defense Has New Tool in Weather Satellite Lightning Detector
NASA's efforts to better understand asteroid impacts has found unexpected support from a new satellite sensor…
Is Mars’ Soil Too Dry to Sustain Life?
Life as we know it needs water to thrive. Even so, we see life persist in…
NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Continues Testing Prior to First Observations
After a successful launch on April 18, 2018, NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey…
Planet-Shifting Collision Shaped Uranus’ “Rolling” Rotation
Scientists have always wondered how Uranus got tilted so much that it spins on its side,…
NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Pauses Science Observations to Download Science Data
Earlier this week, NASA’s Kepler team received an indication that the spacecraft fuel tank is running…
Could Electricity-Producing Bacteria Help Power Future Space Missions?
Humans aren’t the only ones who have harnessed the power of electricity. Some bacteria produce wire-like…
Will We Know Life When We See It? NASA-led Group Takes Stock of the Science
In the last decade we have discovered thousands of planets outside our solar system and have…
Student Airborne Earth Science Program Celebrates Tenth Year
Student Airborne Earth Science Program Celebrates Tenth Year
Microbial Tracking
When humans travel to the International Space Station, they bring microbes with them. Since the construction…