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NASA’s LEXI provides X-ray vision of Earth’s magnetosphere
This visualization shows the LEXI instrument aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which will deliver 10 Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) payloads to the Moon. Credit: Firefly Aerospace NASA’s X-ray imager will head to the moon as part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, where it will take the world’s first images of the magnetic field that protects Earth from…
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NASA’s micromission Lunar Trailblazer will take macroscopic measurements of the lunar surface in 2025
NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission is scheduled to return astronauts to the moon by as early as April 2026. The last time astronauts were on the moon was the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Artemis II will utilize NASA’s Space Launch System. This is an extremely powerful rocket that enables manned space exploration beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The four-person crew will…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Survived Close to the Sun’s Hot Surface
This image released by NASA is an artist’s depiction of the Parker Solar Probe as it approaches the Sun. Designed to withstand the effects of the sun like never before thanks to an innovative heat shield that can withstand 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,370 degrees Celsius). Credit: Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins University APL/NASA, via AP, File NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has made…
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Image: NASA’s Terra satellite captured the shadow of the 2015 solar eclipse.
Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team On the morning of March 20, 2015, a total solar eclipse was visible in parts of Europe, and a partial solar eclipse was visible in North Africa and northern Asia. NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Arctic Ocean on March 20 at 10:45 a.m. UTC (6:45 a.m. EDT), capturing the shadow of the…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe aims to get closer to the sun than ever before
This image released by NASA is an artist’s depiction of the Parker Solar Probe as it approaches the Sun. It’s designed to withstand the sun like never before, thanks to an innovative heat shield that can withstand 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,370 degrees Celsius). Credit: Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins University APL/NASA, via AP, File NASA’s spacecraft aims to fly closer to the…
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The report analyzes NASA’s long history of commercial space support.
SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft, carrying NASA astronaut Nick Haig and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov, orbits 461 miles above Ontario, Canada, near James Bay, reaching the International Space Station. approach. Credit: NASA NASA released a new report Thursday highlighting 17 agency mechanisms that have directly and indirectly supported the development and growth of the U.S. commercial space sector for the benefit…
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NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate whether Jupiter’s icy moons can support extraterrestrial life
Credit: NASA The discovery of extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific and philosophical revelations humanity has ever made. However, such breakthroughs do not come easily. Our starting point is to first look for signs of habitability on other worlds, that is, signs of the possibility of life. NASA is doing just that. On October 10th, the…
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NASA’s Chandra discovers galaxy cluster crossing river
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Xiamen University/C. Ge; Optics: DESI Collaboration; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory have discovered two intersecting streams of superhot gas in a cluster of galaxies, a finding that suggests the intersection of gas streams could lead to the formation of new structures. Researchers have discovered a huge, comet-like tail of hot gas stretching more…
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NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services to Study the Stars from the Moon with MoonLITE
Diagram showing the MoonLITE setup on the lunar surface. The mission will begin with the lander being delivered by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Landing Services (1), followed by deployment of over 100 meters (328 ft) of fiber umbilical cable (2), and the siderostat station (3). Once instrument calibration is complete, science operations will begin. Credit: van Belle et al. (2024) Optical…
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NASA’s Artemis II crew uses Icelandic terrain for lunar training
NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch stands in the stark landscape of Iceland during a geology field training course. Photo by NASA/Robert Markowitz Black and grey sediment stretches as far as the eye can see. Huge boulders lie on the bare ground. Humans look almost miniature against the band of shadowy mountains. At first glance, it seems…
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